Before I was born, my dad was an HVAC maintenance professional who was very much content with working full time and taking care of his family.
For a family of four, he didn’t struggle to keep the family happy because there was so much work to go around.
Growing up, I didn’t take much notice of what was going on with his job until I was in junior high. Slowly I started noticing dad bringing home parts of furnaces or heaters. Some were relatively new but most were dated and probably required heater repairs here and there. As a renowned HVAC repairman, I just assumed most of his clients trusted him to take home whatever he could. At some point, out of curiosity, during the weekends and holidays I started taking my dad on rounds for boiler repair or regular heat maintenance around the neighborhood. It is then that I realized that he had a heating dealership. He specialized in heating, so a lot of his work revolved around furnace/heater installation, heat pump repair and maintenance, and generally anything to do with heat and AC products. On the side, he was trying to partner with an old colleague to register a separate heating business that handles hybrid heating and focuses on hydronic heating as an option for traditional ACs. As impressive as his track record was, I drew his attention to several equipment he had collected over years in his garage that held a lot of value. He didn’t know he could sell them, so I looked around for auctions and professional collectible agents that could shed some light on the collectibles and sure enough, he had enough to generate enough capital to jumpstart his side partnership business. At the end of it all, I was just glad I could be of help.