Outside investment reshaping HVAC/plumbing into a more sophisticated, capital-backed industry

Operator Brad Barron describes the trades shifting away from a 1970s mom-and-pop model toward outside investment, more sophisticated operators and technology, enabling recruitment of corporate talent.

“this new way that the industry is kind of forming with outside investment”

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