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Back to Episodes"The Packouts Girl With the Hobby Job" : Kristen Stein on What Contents Work Actually Takes
Season 1
Episode 70
Published 2 weeks ago
Description
Most restorers think contents is easy. Put stuff in a box. Kristen Stein says the box was never the hard part.
In this episode, host Clinton James sits down with Kristen Stein, owner of Blue Kangaroo Packouts in Randolph, New Jersey. Kristen came out of international trade, bought a restoration franchise three years ago, and now runs 20,000 square feet of storage serving New Jersey, New York, and parts of Pennsylvania.
You'll walk away with:
- Why contents is an owner-operator business, not a passive one
- How to set homeowner expectations when a job runs three to six months instead of three weeks
- Where contents companies quietly lose money on box sizing and inventory
- How to push back on carrier guidelines with documentation instead of arguments
- How she uses video and AI estimating to size crews and trucks before anyone rolls out
- What restorers should ask before handing a contents company a client's entire home
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