Taking A Design-Build Approach to Roofing with Ashley Moss

I'm Todd Miller of Isaiah Industries, manufacturer of

specialty residential metal roofing and other building materials.

Welcome to Construction Disruption, the show that explores what's new,

what's next, and what's working in the construction and remodeling worlds.

Um, I'm really excited about going forward with today's show today.

But first, let me welcome our co-host, Ryan Bell.

Ryan, how you doing?

I'm doing well, Todd, how are you?

I'm doing well.

Also heard something interesting the other day.

Please share.

Yeah, I heard that you can actually skydive, uh, without a parachute.

Really

Um, problem is you can't skydive twice without a parachute.

Okay, sorry about that.

nice there.

There is actually, uh, I believe Travis Pastrana jumped out of

a airplane without a parachute.

I have seen some of that.

Yeah.

And then, and then the gliding stuff too, where they look like flying

squirrels until they land someplace.

Yep.

I, I'm gonna, I'm gonna pass.

I mean, I've been roofing all my life and I still don't like kites particularly,

so passing Anyway, shall we move ahead?

Yes, let's get started.

Fantastic.

Well, one of the things I often, um, have talked to roofing contractors about

over the years is how possibly they could differentiate themselves by taking more of

a design build approach to roofing, uh, as they talk to their clients rather than a.

I'm a roofer.

Here's my price type of approach that so many contractors like to take.

Um, so today we're going to dig into that with a company that is

indeed taking a different approach to the benefit of their clients.

Our featured guest today is Ashley Moss, owner and president of Missus,

that's MRS, missus Roof Pros based in Greenville, South Carolina.

With a passion for craftsmanship and a fresh eye for curb appeal.

Ashley started MRS Roof Pros in 2025 out of her love for the roofing

industry and her desire to bring a female perspective to the industry.

MRS Roof Pros believes that a roof is an opportunity to reimagine, um, and re-image

a home's design, elevate its value.

And at the same time, protect what matters most.

All with style and precision.

Ashley, welcome to Construction Disruption.

Thank you.

I'm so happy to be here.

Todd and Ryan, thank you for having me.

Well, we are thrilled to have you here and I forgot to tell our

audience we are doing challenge words again this episode, so y'all can be

listening for something we may say that is a little bit peculiar and figure out

if that might be our challenge word.

So, um, let's move ahead.

Tell us a little bit, Ashley, how did you fall in love with roofing

as a profession and as a business?

Well, I think like most people, you don't really fall in love with

roofing as much as you fall into roofing.

Right?

That's pretty much what happened to me.

It's almost like both of them happened to me.

So by that, let me tell you the little story.

So about 11, 12 years ago, I was, um.

I was, I was looking for something new to do.

I hadn't had been in the workforce for a while, and one of my good

friends who, our sons played football together, she was working at a roofing,

distribute a distribution center.

And she said, Hey, we're looking for a part-time file clerk.

Is that something you'd be interested in?

And I said, sure.

I mean, I'm raising four kids.

I'm always looking for another way to bring in some sort of income.

And so I said, sure, I'll, I'll do that.

And so what started out was just as a part-time file clerk in

the HR department turned into.

A full-time HR assistant position.

And then I kind of just as opportunities presented themselves, I just kind

of moved into some different roles.

And it was actually really great because the distribution company was in its

beginning phases, it was growing, so that really lent to some opportunities for me,

and I ironically ended up in a position.

Um, as their organizational development specialist, which is what I had

gotten my degree in, but had never used right, like so many of us.

And so with that position, I was able to start creating content

training programs for their.

Up and coming new managers, their current branch managers, district

managers, all those kind of of positions.

And so I was creating content training programs and that let me learn more

and more about the roofing industry.

I got to see.

Um, what a distributor saw.

I got to meet vendors and manufacturers because of course they're always

looking for ways to get people to pay for those trading programs.

So I was able to meet a lot of really interesting individuals and

some great people in the industry.

And I learned more about the products both on the residential

and the commercial side.

And so that really lent.

That, that opening and that that learn uh, that introduction to the roofing industry.

And then not only did I start to fall in love with that industry as I think

most of us do once we get in it, 'cause you find some really cool people.

Um, but I also was able to find my husband and so that's how I also fell in love with

roofing as I got to fall in love with him.

And he is been in the roofing industry for years, so it's kind of a win-win for me.

That is awesome.

I have to think, you know, as you went from distribution and transitioned from

that into, um, actual contracting, I have to think that somehow, you know,

you looked at the roofing industry and you saw an opportunity probably to

better meet homeowner and customer needs.

Um, can you tell us a little bit about what that opportunity

was you saw out there?

Yeah, we, I, I, I saw an opportunity to create.

Kind of a different approach, like we talked about that

re-imagining the roofing process.

Right?

I saw that there was a lack of, I think oftentimes education for the homeowner.

They don't know what they don't know, and there's so much more out there now,

as you know, as a, as a manufacturer, as a vendor, there's so many more options

out there available to the homeowner.

And putting a roof on a house is a very big costly investment into your home.

And so we saw that.

Why not add a little bit more style?

Let's add, let's take those options that the manufacturers are creating and let's

really put that into the sales process and give our our clients the opportunity to.

Put their own stamp on their home, create a little more style with it, right?

And so that's kind of the focus that we went with.

And we were like, let's add more style, let's add more color, let's add

more, you know, pizazz fun into it.

And that that also lent itself to a, a slowing down the sales process too.

We really want to.

Make our customer our partner, you know, this is a big purchase,

this is a big investment.

You've really gotta trust that person that's coming into your home.

And so that's, that's the way we saw it.

We're like, let's, let's create a whole different process for a homeowner and,

and change kind of what the typical roofing or roofer contractor looks like.

I love that, and it goes right along with

something we say all the time.

I mean, you know, when you look at most homes, exteriors, about

two thirds of what you see is.

Roof in a lot of cases.

And, you know, we would never use the same trim or siding or brick

colors, all of our neighbors.

Um, but we always so often use the same roofing.

So I love what you're doing in terms of pointing that out and

kind of opening up people's worlds.

Well, I, I know that as you mentioned, Josh, um, is in the

business with your husband.

Um, he is your vice president of operations.

I'm kind of curious, so, so you're focused a lot on that.

Customer experience side of things.

Um, what do Josh's experience and passion bring to your clients?

Well, I think for the most part, Josh.

Brings a lot of the fun.

He is a, he is an extremely energized, uh, positive individual,

so I really like that, that he brings a lot of the fun into it.

He's very passionate about roofing.

He has been in the business for almost 30 years, and he has, he's

pretty much been on every angle of it.

He's been a contractor before.

He's been in the distribution side.

He's led.

Sales team, so he really can bring knowledge and expertise to

a homeowner on, on every angle.

You know, what, what do they need?

What do they want?

What can we offer?

And so that's what's really fun is that he brings the expertise, the knowledge.

I rely heavily on him for that.

Clearly his ability to get on a roof is great.

That really helps me out.

Um, but it, it is his ex, his expertise and his knowledge, and

he's such a great support to me.

He builds me up.

I just, I, I, there's no one else I would rather do this

with than him, so he's great.

cool.

Well, it sounds like you're a perfect match pair in a lot of respects then.

Well, so I'm kind of curious, so we are recording this shortly after, uh, one big

thing in the news of home improvement was.

Uh, Renovo Partners, uh, which was owned by venture capital just unexpectedly

closed up about three or four weeks ago.

Um, I'm, I'm kind of curious, and maybe it has nothing to do with that, but

is there anything when you look at the roofing business right now that kind

of troubles you, I mean advancements or things that are going on out

there that you feel may not be in the best interest of the property owner?

I think pretty much what you just said, you know that that latest.

The, the private equity coming in, right?

The changes in that thing, I think the biggest concern that

we have for our customers is you see that push for volume, right?

They just wanna get in, they wanna get a roof sold.

There's no care or concern about what the homeowner wants.

Um, they just look at what they need and, and oftentimes I think there's,

you know, like in any industry though, there's always a typical.

The bad seed, the one that doesn't do what they're gonna

say they're, they're gonna do.

And, and we have personally had customers who said, okay, you're

the third roofer I've called.

Right?

Other roofers have told me I need a whole new roof.

I don't know if I believe 'em.

Is that right?

And so that gives us an opportunity to, to show them, okay, yes, they

were right, or no, they weren't.

Right.

Right.

So we're trying to change the reputation, trying to bring that

trustworthiness, that honesty.

Mostly the transparency back into the, into the roofing field.

And so I think that's also why, because you do, you see this big push now for,

um, for, for volume, let's just get a

roof.

Let's just fla the same thing up.

Let's keep going.

And I'm like, I'm like, all righty, then let's totally take it down.

Let's slow it down a little bit.

Let's change the process.

And that's also, once again, wanting to reimagine that roofing

experience for our homeowners.

So.

Yeah, that's cool.

And you know, I think that I'm not gonna bash private equity too much, but I, I do

think when they get involved, everything.

Boils down to numbers for them.

Um, and, and that's not just their sales and their profits, but you

know, it's like you're saying, we just wanna go out there and sell as

many rifs as, as we possibly can.

And, uh, I think that's tough.

I know that, um, Scott Clifton, who is one of our territory managers,

uh, I know you work with Sam Knight in your area, but, uh, Scott is our

territory manager for the New England States and, uh, he has recently.

Crafted some talking points that he's sharing with contractors

about how to differentiate yourself from those companies that may be

driven, may be driven or owned by that, uh, private equity group.

And, um, really it's been re well received by a lot of contractors to see

the, the talking points he's sharing.

I'm kind of curious, as you look at, um, MRS Roof Bros, what are

your dreams for your company?

I think I maybe even saw where, you know, you wanna get more into other

types of home improvements as well.

Uh, tell us a little bit about that.

Yes.

We've got, we're really excited about what and where we wanna take MRS Roof pros.

And we're actually already starting that.

I mean, you're, you're, you're, you're spot on.

We've actually started to create a, a whole new series that we're

doing called Making it Home.

Where we're gonna do a lot of social media and draw in more of the exterior design.

'cause we have a full-time interior designer on staff and originally

we kind of just had him, Hey, place your eyes on our customer's roof.

Give us a couple of color choices or a different material choice so

that way you as a homeowner get a professional kind of a viewpoint, which.

Is also why that helps differentiate who we are as, as you know, MRS

Roof Pros.

But we also, um, want to continue that.

We wanna take it from the roof to the rooms.

We want to be your one stop shop, right?

Because.

Our biggest goal when we're meeting with a customer is to gain their trust, right?

We wanna partner with our customers, and so if we can partner with 'em

and we can gain that trust with 'em, then we've got our foot in the door.

And as I'm sure you guys probably know yourself, like with a lot of contractors,

when you're in there and you're spending time with that homeowner and you're

listening to what their concerns are.

We've had people talk about all sorts of things.

They're like, okay, I've got a leaky window and I don't know about this

siding, and why is my stove not working?

And all sorts of weird questions.

But that also gives us another opportunity to say, Hey, you know.

Let's look at other things that we can help you with, or let's talk about your

other needs you might have and, and we are partnering with a lot of very

reputable contractors here that we can help with painting with, with siding,

with gutters, with remodeling, right.

And that's also wanting to pull that interior designer in to continue

that so we can kind of touch.

Everything that a homeowner might need, and when we can be their go-to person

where they feel like they have that, that confidence and that trust already built.

So yeah, and then also we would really love to see, let's

take this brand of and of MRS

Roof pros of that female focused, and let's take it across the country.

We'd love to see.

Dots, you know, all over the map as well.

'cause having worked with that distribution company, we do know

a lot of talented women and men in the industry that we know would

do fantastic in other markets.

So that's kind of the really big, long-term picture.

But, um, that, that would also be something we would really

enjoy doing and working on.

It makes every bit of sense once you've established those

relationships and got that trust going, um, to be able to bring other products and

other, uh, trades to those folks as well.

So I wanna talk a little bit about the in-home sales process.

Um, you use and, you know, you talk about slowing down that process and, uh, gotta

be honest, that's the exact opposite of what I see most contractors wanting to do.

They just wanna speed it up and push it through.

So, um, what.

Does slowing down the process mean to you, and how do your customers respond to that?

The biggest thing about slowing down the process for us is

really taking the time to listen.

Um, I think that goes back to kind of what we were talking about, that volume

that a lot of companies are trying to do.

They wanna get in, they wanna get out, they wanna sell what they

typically know, and we really try to.

Pause before we even meet with our clients as we're getting ready

to walk in and, and meet them and have a conversation with them.

We really try to calm ourselves and slow ourselves down and really pay attention

to what they're saying because oftentimes.

What they think their issue is may not necessarily be what their issue

is or what they think they want isn't necessarily what they need.

And so we spend a lot of time having that conversation with them and, and

allowing them to talk and allowing them to share what their concerns are.

And this also gives us an opportunity to really get to know.

What, what their long-term goals are with their home, or what

their financial situation is, or what their family situation is.

Um, you, you'd be surprised at how, how much people really wanna

share or, you know, wanna be heard.

And so that's our biggest thing, is really just taking the time to really understand

what they're doing, what, what their, what their needs are, what their wants are.

Just listening to, to what their concerns are.

And that's been very well received.

Um, I feel like lots of times our customers are just, they, they're happy.

They're like, thank you for coming, and that was so much fun.

I didn't know this could be fun.

Because they're like, I feel really comfortable.

I feel like we should have more conversations.

And so it's really been well received.

So we're, we're really happy about how that's turning out.

So.

I love that.

And you talk about helping them to, you know, talk about their dreams

and their future and you know, that really can influence the choices

they make now, I mean, I see a lot of folks, for example, who invest

in better roofs, who tell me you.

You know, I'm gonna leave this house to my kids, or I've got a nephew I'm

gonna sell this to in a few years.

And so, you know, blessing them with a long-term roof can make a lot of sense.

Well, I, I'm kind of curious on your sales process.

How, how long are you typically in the home with a client?

It can vary depending right on the situation, but.

We, we spend a decent amount of time because our typical, kind of a typical,

uh, meeting with a client would be, we get there, we kind of just talk

about what their needs are, why did they call us, what are their concerns?

And then Josh will get on the roof, he'll get in the attic, he'll

crawl around, he'll take a look.

And one of the biggest things that we've started utilizing, which we really

feel like has been a big game changer.

It has been the use of like the GoPro.

So he'll get on the roof, he'll get up there, he'll take videos, he'll

be able to show them where there's damage or where there's not damage,

right, where something's going on.

And so by him getting up there and taking a few quick videos, when he

comes back down and we go back in there to talk to the, the customer.

They can see firsthand what he's talking about.

And that has been, like I said, just a really big game changer.

The, the, when you look at that, that customer's face as you're showing

'em, okay, here's some hail damage, you can see the divots, or here's

some wind damage you see pulled back, you know, shingles or whatnot.

The customer is finally going, oh, they, they get a better visual.

They understand, and that also builds a lot of that trust.

I think, you know, they, they, they can see it because otherwise you're taking

your word for somebody, getting on a roof, going, yeah, there's some damage

up there, there's some issues, but how do you know you're not getting on the roof?

You don't know what to look for.

And so by, by showing those videos and getting them to be able to

see firsthand what's going on in their roof has been a huge.

a huge.

asset to us.

So it gets them more involved too.

They're looking at it.

They're going, okay, now what do we need to do?

And so that opens up those doors for us to give them options.

Is it gonna be.

Just a, a restoration of the roof or is it gonna be a full replacement?

And then, like you just said, that allows us also to have those conversations of are

you planning on staying here long term?

You know, is this, are you getting ready to sell?

Are you getting ready to downsize?

Are you, are you wanting to remodel?

And then if we can have those conversations when we're talking about

what needs are needing to be met.

That opens up their wants.

And then we can also talk about, okay, look, if you're ready to remodel,

let me show you all the cool new things that are out there for roofs.

Let's put metal on this time.

Let's talk about a different type of a shingle.

Let's, let's do a bold color because you're wanting to change

the app, the exterior home, so.

Those have been the, the best way.

So that's, I mean, it's not a set way that we do, we really try to, like I

said, listen to our customers and then that just kind of guides where we go

and, and how our sales process goes.

Well, I think that's great because over the years I've noticed some.

Tractors take a very technical approach.

Others take a little bit more of an ROI based approach.

And it sounds like you folks do a great job of blending those both together

and, uh, that certainly seems like it would serve your clients extremely well.

Um, well, let's talk a little bit about product selection.

You know, helping them choose the right product for them and their home.

Um, again.

This is kind of a fresh approach.

'cause so many contractors just push the product that they're most familiar with or

they have an installer with for, or maybe the one they, they're gonna get a trip

program if they sell enough squares of it.

I don't know.

Um, what are some of the tools that you use when working with homeowners

through that product selection process?

I think the biggest tool that we've been utilizing is all the

technology that's out there, right?

All of the manufacturer's websites, the, the, the amazing tools that they're

out there now where you can, you know, take a picture of your, of your home

and we'll do that with their home.

And we'll change colors of the roof so they can kind of see firsthand.

So we really encourage our customers too.

After we've had an assessment, after we've talked to 'em about options, then

we really like to say, Hey, why don't you go check out these different websites.

Go look at these different, uh, products that are now available.

We'll bring in.

Product samples if need be, like in our second in our, you

know, appointment with 'em.

And there's obviously every kind of pamphlet I have, every kind

of, you know, flyer I've got.

But what we really try to use is really push them to go look out

on the internet and see what's out there because there's so many.

Uh, visuals now.

And that's so helpful when a and a, when a customer's trying to

decide, because I mean, once you get that roof up there, you're not

gonna be like, Hey, I don't like it.

Now what do I do?

I mean, we actually were talking to a, uh, our dentist the other

day and he was making that comment.

He was like, no.

My wife was like, I really want this color.

And he was like, I don't know.

And then it's up there and now they're like.

Really wish we could change it.

So there's all these cool new technological advances that, that

we really try to utilize to help ease that decision making as well.

Right.

So there's just a lot out there that they can go and look and,

and that's definitely a benefit.

So I.

You know, as I think about, you know, being a woman owned

business in a largely male industry, I'm, I'm kind of curious, and maybe

this is kind of a nuance, but.

Do you carry the fact that you are female owned, front and center in your marketing?

Or is it more that you promote the fact that your business is

different, uh, in these ways?

And of course those are because you know, you've got more of a

female perspective to things.

I realize that's kind of a nuance, but I'm kind of curious which one

kind of leads the way for you.

Well, I think our name

is a, is a big, you know, uh, push towards, it's the misses, right?

It's the female, it's the pink, it's the logo, it's the diamonds.

I mean, you know, it, it's, it's kind of in your face in that regard.

Then clearly if you're on the website, you'll see my face.

But, um, but it wasn't, it's not as much of the, of wanting to really

push the female owned business as much as, as it is the female perspective.

And that's what's differentiating us from other roofers.

Right.

It's adding.

Style in adding that extra flare, giving our customers the chance to

be able to make their home a little more unique and a little more them.

And I think that's where I try to emphasize.

The female side of it, if you will.

It's not necessarily that way, but it is a different approach, a different way of

thinking of things, um, and, and about how to go about putting on a roof, right?

I wanna add style, I wanna add color, I wanna make, I want my

house to stand out a little bit more than somebody else's or whatnot.

But, so yeah, it is a very nuanced, like you said it, but.

The, I think the logo and the name speaks a

lot,

Sure.

but other than that, no.

I, I kind of wanna push with that.

We're different because of how we approach it.

So you just maybe think of something.

Very rarely do I plug our own company on our podcast, but,

um, I, I do have to say this, so.

To the best of my knowledge, we are the only residential roofing manufacturer

that can do custom colors in job lots.

And a lot of times, you know, we have customers who end up with us

because they're like, I just want this specific color, and we can

bring them through a color matching process and do some cool stuff.

Well, I, I'm kind of curious, you know, you've been at this, you

know, for a while now, starting your own business with MRS Roof Pros.

Any challenges along the way that surprised you?

Um, I would think the, the biggest challenge has been the technology.

Oh, really?

Okay.

Um, yes.

Um, just, I mean, I've been floored at how hard it's been to be Google verified and.

It's all those little teeny things, the marketing, the social

media, the, the technology, because it's changing so rapidly.

That, I mean, we've definitely had to hire younger people to

help us with our social media.

Um, our own children were laughing at us at the very beginning and they're

like, wow, that's not good mom.

And so, so bringing in.

Those that understand that better has been a lifesaver.

And you'll hopefully start to see that even more and more now.

Um, but yeah, that technology on that side, right, you know, it's,

it's learning a new CRM and utilizing that because we really wanna be tech

focused because that is the future.

And that's another way for us to differentiate ourselves, I think

from a lot of roofing contractors, there's so many that are still too

afraid to get into that, and we want.

We want our clients to be able to, from their phone, pay that invoice, right.

Choose some things, make appointments.

Um, and so we're having to learn all that and make sure we understand that.

And, and it's constantly changing.

I mean, AI and everything else, uh, it's, it's, woo, it's been a lot.

Well, and I love that, you know, the, the kids

saying, I'm just saying, mom, we gotta do it this other way.

And, you know, having, having that, uh, younger perspective to help you.

Well, any real pleasant surprises you've had along the way.

I would say our, our best surprise, and I don't know why this is

so shocking to me, but the unbelievable amount of support that we have gotten

from everyone, from our previous, like coworkers and colleagues, even our,

what you would consider our competition, um, everyone has been so positive.

And so supportive, and they're like, you guys are gonna kill it out there.

We're so excited.

I love what you're doing.

I've never thought about doing it that way.

I love all this, this whole approach.

And so that has been just absolutely wonderful.

Just the, the sheer support from everybody has been, we're just, we're so grateful

and we're just been so humbled by it.

So it's been wonderful.

Well, you guys are doing the American Dream by going out there on

your own and doing this, so kudos to you.

Um, I'm kind of curious.

Is there any place or anyone you follow or listen to or read, um, that where

you find inspiration for your ideas?

Anyone in particular or just kind of a broad range or?

I think a lot of it has been like listening to podcasts such as

yours, listening to other friends of mine who do podcasts in, in, in the building

industry, listening to our customers.

Talking to our family and friends, you know, we'll throw all sorts of random

ideas at 'em and like, what do you guys think about if we did something like this?

Or, and, and they've got insight by being a homeowner or

experiences they've gone through.

That's been really great.

'cause we have, we've gotten a lot of, of just different

ideas from them, um, previous.

Especially when I was doing organizational development and doing all that

leadership, I always, I love John Maxwell.

I mean any of his leadership books.

Leadership 1 0 1 is such a great overall simple kind of when you're just kind

of starting out a love that book.

Uh, one of my other favorites was Rory Vaden.

Take the Stairs.

It's like an older book, but, and I don't know if you're,

uh, familiar with him at all.

It is such a great positive.

Basically, get off your bum, you know, get out there, get

going and just, and just, and.

Plow ahead at it, right?

Like, don't make excuses, just go and do something instead of just sitting.

Make a change.

And so his whole thing is like, take the stairs, right?

Instead of taking the elevator, take the stairs.

It's more of a challenge, but there's gonna be benefits from it.

And one of my favorite stories that he's.

That he talks about in there and it's, it's, it's stuck with

me for, for all these years.

And I don't know if you guys have ever heard of the cow and

the Buffalo story, where, how.

In the Colorado plains, there's cows and there's buffaloes.

And when storms would come in, they come over from the west right

out over the rocky mountains, and then they go towards the east.

The cows and the buffaloes would both go, okay, I can sense there's a storm coming.

So the cows just go, I gotta get outta here, right?

So they start running towards the east, away from the storm.

So the problem is cows aren't very fast, right?

they've run out of energy pretty quick.

And so the storm eventually catches up with the cows and the cows are tired, and

then they're stuck in the storm longer having to be, you know, suffer from it.

Where a buffalo turns towards the storm, he goes to the west, and the

buffaloes just run through the storm.

And they just, you know, put their head down and they go and, and then you,

you get through the storm a lot faster, you're on the other side and then you

get to enjoy the benefits from the storm, the rain, the growth, the whatever.

And, and that's just always struck me because so many times we want

to just go, this is too hard.

I don't wanna do this.

And I'm not gonna lie, there's been a few days, you know, recently

when we've started this business that we're like, what are we doing?

Um, but.

That's just stuck with me and I, and I really feel strongly that

if we just all kind of just face those storms, just get through it.

It's so much better.

On the other side, the procrastination is what just holds

so many of us stuck, you know?

So that, those are like two of my favorites that I'll still, every now and

then pick up and just kind of read to give me a little boost, a little extra.

You can do this.

Don't go take that nap right now for whatever it might be, but.

I love that story.

Uh, Ryan, we gotta call this the cows in the Buffalo episode.

I think.

I mean, that is a great story and I have no idea if it's true.

I haven't lived with cows or buffalo, but, but, but what a great story.

Well, I, I'm curious, do you have any advice for someone out there who might be

new to construction or home improvement, what advice do you have for them?

Network.

I really am a big proponent of networking and, and meaning as simple as just getting

out there and talking to people, right?

Um, finding friends or family members who are in the

industry, talking to them about.

What is it like?

What do you do?

You know, what should I, what should I go and study or should I find out

more about just networking and then utilizing any of those groups that

are in that particular industry?

Um, uh, clearly one for us for is, is National Women in Roofing.

It's a great.

It's a great, uh, group of women and it's a way for you to be immediately

connected with other people who are going through the same boat as

you or understand that industry.

Um, finding a mentor.

Uh, I was blessed to have a fantastic mentor when I was at that, uh,

distribution company, and she has, she's turned into one of my best friends.

But just having that mentor you can go throw ideas off of and ask questions

about, how do I do this in this field?

And what have you experienced?

And, and she's so good at.

She'll, she'll give it to me back straight.

She'll be like, Nope, don't do this, do that.

You're doing it wrong, whatever.

But just mentoring and, and finding out other people that you can go glean from

their expertise and their experiences is probably my biggest suggestion.

Oh, that's great advice.

Um.

Hey, it's been great having you here on the show today.

Is there anything we haven't covered that you wanted to be sure to, to share with

our construction disruption audience?

Um, no, I mean, other than.

I, it's like we were talking about, I'm, I'm excited to be doing this.

This is a scary new kind of, of, of, of thing.

We're gonna go out here and try.

But I just really encourage other women, other men, other individuals,

like you said, I mean, America's the greatest place to live and

we have so much opportunity here.

Just get out there and try something you just don't know and, and just jump

into it and you'd be surprised at how many people are willing to be supportive

and helpful and help you along that.

Um, I mean, we're excited to be here.

We're excited to see where we can take, you know, MRS Roof pros and, and just

thank you both again for having me on.

This has been a fantastic experience.

Well, thank you and I'm excited to see what you're doing and

watch the coming years unfold as well.

Uh, I think you're doing a, i a great job and I love what

you're, the fresh perspective you're bringing to an old trade.

Uh, I think is great.

Well, this has been a great time.

Um, before we close out, I have to ask if you're willing to participate

in something we call Rapid fire.

Um, so these are five questions, some serious, some a little more silly.

All you have to do is give a quick response or you up to

the challenge of rapid fire.

Absolutely.

Awesome.

Well, Ryan, would you like to have the pleasure of making the

first, asking the first question?

I would love to Thank you, Todd.

Question number one, what is a product or service you've acquired recently

that was a real game changer for you?

I don't know if it's necessarily as as recent, as much

as I had no idea that with Amazon, if you already have an order out.

They've started a new little button that if you look at something else you

might want, it can just add it right to that same order and you, if you push

it, 'cause I accidentally pushed it the other day, it'll just charge you.

It goes right on there.

I had no idea it was a game changer for me and, and then I also realized that I can.

I can order paper towels, I can order all sorts of things that I

don't have to go to the store for.

That has been a game changer, which is kind of sad to say, but

it really has been wonderful.

So

So you don't have to add it to your cart and checkout.

It's just like a one click checkout.

Yes.

And it'll, it'll automatically stick it on whatever's coming tomorrow.

And I'm like, oh my

gosh, this is so bad.

'cause now I'm like, oops.

So, so convenient though.

Uh, so convenient.

Okay.

Question number two.

What is a vehicle that you once owned or maybe you drove?

O, maybe it was even a parent's vehicle that you wish you still had.

that's a good question, huh.

Um,

I did have, well, it was my parents, but a Mitsubishi 3000 gt.

It was like one of those old kind of sportsy car and it was just fun 'cause

it was little and it was two seater basically, and it was a lot of fun.

Oh my gosh, that is such a fun question and I haven't thought about that.

Yeah, I haven't thought about that car in a long time.

That was a great car.

May, maybe another one of those can be in your future.

Who knows?

that's right.

I don't know where you'd find one of those now, but.

All right.

Uh, question number three.

What is your favorite meal?

Ooh.

I love lots of meals, but pretty much anything that has chips and

salsa in it, I'll be a happy person.

I will eat chips and salsa as a meal on at least once a week, if not more.

So anything with chips and salsa, I'd love.

So.

Well, that's hard to work that in with your, uh, your

favorite pumper nickel bread that you like so much, isn't it Ryan?

Was hoping I'd be able to talk about it a little bit.

Yeah.

But yes, I love for it.

Anybody that doesn't, doesn't know.

I love

pumpernickel

Thumper nickel and and salsa.

Question four.

Um, what would, okay, would you rather always have to sing everything you have

to say or would you prefer to have to dance every place you have to walk?

Ooh, definitely the dancing.

Really interesting.

I'm not good at either, but I really do.

I love dancing, so I would have so, so much fun dance.

I mean, my husband and I do a lot of dancing in the house anyways, and

we will do it in the grocery stores.

'cause I don't know if you guys have been at a grocery store lately, but

they're playing all of our eighties stuff and I, we will end up dancing

in the aisles and we're like, and then I'm like, oh, where am I?

Okay.

So yeah.

But I think I would totally love to do the dancing.

Cool.

Good answer.

All right.

Final question here.

We'll end on a little bit more of a serious note.

What would you like to be remembered for at the end of your days?

I would wanna be remembered for being someone who

is just kind, compassionate, uh, giving 'cause Josh and I really do

focus a lot on, we wanna give back.

We're very, our faith is a very big part of who we are and we

love to, to help others and.

Being in this industry has also opened up those doors for us, which

is wonderful, but just charity and kindness and giving back to others.

I, I, that would, that would, that would be awesome to be remembered for that.

I, I love that answer.

And how often, I've been thinking lately what a different.

World it would be if we were all just giving and sharing, uh, the way that,

that we're supposed to be doing.

Um, and how, how different that would be.

So cool stuff.

Well, actually, I have no doubt, um, that what you're going to do, what you're

doing is gonna be successful and it's gonna successful continue to follow you.

Um, if folks would like to connect with you, what are the

best ways for them to do that?

Um, on our website, we've got Facebook, Instagram, just look

for MRS Roof Pros and you'll find us.

We're out there, obviously more so now than ever with our new young help.

Well, and I know you're pretty easy to find on LinkedIn also.

And and so is Josh.

I believe so.

Yes.

Oh yeah.

Good.

Well, did we all get in our challenge words?

I know I worked mine in, um, what was mine?

Oh, mine was just saying.

Just saying.

Yeah.

I'm pretty sure I got mine in

all then.

all right then.

All Ryan, I'm sorry.

I probably spoiled yours for you, didn't

So I was planning on throwing it in.

I'm, I was thinking, no matter what she says, I can say that sounds good

with a side of pumpernickel bread.

was totally caught off guard by the chips and salsa answer, and I was

just kinda like, I'm not, I'm just not gonna get my word in this episode.

So.

I

apologize, Ryan.

okay.

you, you get a half point because we still got it in there somehow

with, with a little help from our friends.

Right.

Yep.

Well actually, thank you so much.

This has been a great time.

We really appreciate your time here today.

Thank you.

It has been so much fun.

I really enjoyed it.

Thank you to our audience for tuning into this very special

episode of Construction Disruption with our friend Ashley Moss of MRS Roof.

Pros, please watch for future episodes.

Um, we always have great guests.

Give us a thumbs up or a good review, whatever the case may be.

Um, but until the next time we're together, keep on challenging, keep on

looking for better ways of doing things.

And above all, don't forget to have a positive impact on everyone you encounter.

Um, make them smile, give them some words of encouragement.

Such simple yet powerful things you can do to change someone else's world.

So God bless and take care.

This is Isaiah Industry signing off until the next episode

of Construction Disruption.