Water & Storm Damage Restoration: Best Referral Sources
Who should be sending you clients, and the rooms they are already sitting in.
Get the networking events worth showing up to
Tell us where you are. We will send you the best rooms for restoration contractors and the next meeting dates. Add a ZIP and this page will also show your local chapters and which seats are open.
Most business owners network where their competitors are, not where their referral partners are.
Your own trade group is for learning. Your partners' groups are where the work comes from. Everything below starts with one question. When something happens that makes people need restoration contractors, who else gets a call that same week?
Restoration contractors sell to both individuals and businesses, and most of the work starts when a pipe bursts or a roof starts leaking. It is usually an emergency, so whoever is trusted at that moment gets the call. Most clients buy once, so the flow of new names is the whole business.
- Water damage / leakwhen a pipe bursts or a roof starts leaking
- Storm damagewhen a named storm comes through
- Building system failurewhen the AC dies, a pipe fails, or something in the building stops working
- Lawsuit or claimwhen somebody gets sued
Who should be sending you clients
Who you should be sending clients to
Ranked by what starts the job, not by who sounds close to your trade.
The same list, turned around. Give first and the rest follows.
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Community Association Manager (HOA / Condo)
They send you work88Trigger: a pipe bursts or a roof starts leaking
Community association managers hear about it when a pipe bursts or a roof starts leaking, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
- 02
Insurance Property & Casualty
They send you work86Trigger: a pipe bursts or a roof starts leaking
P&C insurance agents hear about it when a pipe bursts or a roof starts leaking, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
- 03
Commercial Property Manager
They send you work84Trigger: a pipe bursts or a roof starts leaking
Commercial property managers hear about it when a pipe bursts or a roof starts leaking, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
- 04
Facility Manager
They send you work83Trigger: a pipe bursts or a roof starts leaking
Facility managers hear about it when a pipe bursts or a roof starts leaking, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
- 05
Public Adjuster
They send you work78Trigger: a pipe bursts or a roof starts leaking
Public adjusters hear about it when a pipe bursts or a roof starts leaking, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
- 06
Property Manager (Residential)
Two-way74Trigger: a pipe bursts or a roof starts leaking
You and residential property managers both get the call when a pipe bursts or a roof starts leaking, usually the same week. This one goes both ways.
- 07
Plumber
Two-way70Trigger: a pipe bursts or a roof starts leaking
You and plumbers both get the call when a pipe bursts or a roof starts leaking, usually the same week. This one goes both ways.
- 08
Roofing Contractor
Two-way67Trigger: a pipe bursts or a roof starts leaking
You and roofers both get the call when a pipe bursts or a roof starts leaking, usually the same week. This one goes both ways.
- 09
Septic & Drain Services
Two-way64Trigger: a pipe bursts or a roof starts leaking
You and septic and drain companies both get the call when a pipe bursts or a roof starts leaking, usually the same week. This one goes both ways.
- 10
Restaurant / Food Service
They send you work63Trigger: the AC dies, a pipe fails, or something in the building stops working
Restaurants hear about it when the AC dies, a pipe fails, or something in the building stops working, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
- 01
Public Adjuster
They send you work68Trigger: a pipe bursts or a roof starts leaking
Public adjusters hear about it when a pipe bursts or a roof starts leaking, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
- 02
Roofing Contractor
Two-way63Trigger: a pipe bursts or a roof starts leaking
You and roofers both get the call when a pipe bursts or a roof starts leaking, usually the same week. This one goes both ways.
- 03
Insurance Property & Casualty
They send you work60Trigger: a pipe bursts or a roof starts leaking
P&C insurance agents hear about it when a pipe bursts or a roof starts leaking, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
- 04
Septic & Drain Services
Two-way58Trigger: a pipe bursts or a roof starts leaking
You and septic and drain companies both get the call when a pipe bursts or a roof starts leaking, usually the same week. This one goes both ways.
- 05
Plumber
Two-way57Trigger: a pipe bursts or a roof starts leaking
You and plumbers both get the call when a pipe bursts or a roof starts leaking, usually the same week. This one goes both ways.
- 06
Community Association Manager (HOA / Condo)
They send you work56Trigger: a pipe bursts or a roof starts leaking
Community association managers hear about it when a pipe bursts or a roof starts leaking, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
Where those people actually are
Ranked by how many of your best partners are in the room, and how much work each one can send you.
CAI (Community Associations Institute)
Your partners are in this room: community association managers and public adjusters.
Condo and HOA managers, board members, and management companies. One manager here can control hundreds of homes. They have a membership just for vendors, so you can join.
Find your local chapter →Give someone nine choices and they pick none. If you do one thing from this page, do this.
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CAI (Community Associations Institute)
Your partners' associationYour partners are in this room: community association managers and public adjusters.
Condo and HOA managers, board members, and management companies. One manager here can control hundreds of homes. They have a membership just for vendors, so you can join.
Chapter finder → - 02
CAI chapter trade show & expo
Event or trade showYour partners are in this room: community association managers and public adjusters.
Hundreds of association managers and board members walking a vendor floor, there to find vendors. One of the few trade shows where a booth actually pays off.
Chapter finder → - 03
Independent Insurance Agents (Big I)
Your partners' associationYour partners are in this room: P&C insurance agents and public adjusters.
Insurance agents. They get the first call after almost any damage, and they talk to the client every year at renewal.
Chapter finder → - 04
Your city or county chamber of commerce
Chamber of commerceYour partners are in this room: community association managers, P&C insurance agents, and commercial property managers.
Too big and too broad on its own. The value is in one committee. Pick one and go every time. The same fifteen people show up, and they get to know you.
Chapter finder → - 05
IREM (Institute of Real Estate Management)
Your partners' associationYour partners are in this room: commercial property managers and residential property managers.
Property managers for apartments, offices, and mixed buildings. Vendors can join and go to chapter meetings.
Chapter finder → - 06
LinkedIn groups & local B2B communities
Online communityYour partners are in this room: P&C insurance agents, facility managers, and residential property managers.
Works when your buyer has a job title. Useful comments on your partners' posts beat posting your own.
Chapter finder → - 07
Software & platform user groups
Vendor & supply chainYour partner is in this room: facility managers.
Groups for the software your customers use, like practice management, property management, and accounting. You meet people in the middle of a problem.
- 08
Manufacturer training & certification days
Vendor & supply chainYour partners are in this room: plumbers and roofers.
Training you need anyway, in a room with the rep who decides which contractor gets the warranty calls in your area.
CAI Southeast Florida chapter
Your partners are in this room: community association managers and public adjusters.
South Florida has more condos than almost anywhere, so this room is packed with association managers. Vendors can go to the trade shows and the monthly lunches.
Find your local chapter →Give someone nine choices and they pick none. If you do one thing from this page, do this.
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CAI Southeast Florida chapter
Your partners' associationYour partners are in this room: community association managers and public adjusters.
South Florida has more condos than almost anywhere, so this room is packed with association managers. Vendors can go to the trade shows and the monthly lunches.
Chapter finder → - 02
CAI chapter trade show & expo
Event or trade showYour partners are in this room: community association managers and public adjusters.
Hundreds of association managers and board members walking a vendor floor, there to find vendors. One of the few trade shows where a booth actually pays off.
Chapter finder → - 03
Independent Insurance Agents (Big I)
Your partners' associationYour partners are in this room: P&C insurance agents and public adjusters.
Insurance agents. They get the first call after almost any damage, and they talk to the client every year at renewal.
Chapter finder → - 04
Your city or county chamber of commerce
Chamber of commerceYour partners are in this room: community association managers, P&C insurance agents, and commercial property managers.
Too big and too broad on its own. The value is in one committee. Pick one and go every time. The same fifteen people show up, and they get to know you.
Chapter finder → - 05
IREM (Institute of Real Estate Management)
Your partners' associationYour partners are in this room: commercial property managers and residential property managers.
Property managers for apartments, offices, and mixed buildings. Vendors can join and go to chapter meetings.
Chapter finder → - 06
LinkedIn groups & local B2B communities
Online communityYour partners are in this room: P&C insurance agents, facility managers, and residential property managers.
Works when your buyer has a job title. Useful comments on your partners' posts beat posting your own.
Chapter finder → - 07
Software & platform user groups
Vendor & supply chainYour partner is in this room: facility managers.
Groups for the software your customers use, like practice management, property management, and accounting. You meet people in the middle of a problem.
- 08
Manufacturer training & certification days
Vendor & supply chainYour partners are in this room: plumbers and roofers.
Training you need anyway, in a room with the rep who decides which contractor gets the warranty calls in your area.
Let us be straight with you. For restoration contractors, a weekly referral group is not the best pick. Your partners gather in professional groups instead, so spend your time there. We would rather say that than sell you a seat you do not need.
Is your seat open?
Prime Time takes one water & storm damage restoration per chapter. Put in a South Florida ZIP above and we will show you which seats are open.
Add a ZIP code at the top of the page to see which seats are open.
Prime Time doesn't operate where you are yet.
We have fifteen chapters in South Florida and none near you. Telling you to join would be bad advice. The rooms above are the real answer where you are. We can email you the one page version and let you know if we open near you.
Send me those roomsHave the next meetings sent to you
The rooms above are the answer. This is when they meet. Tell us where to send it and we will email you the next dates for restoration contractors, with the one page plan.
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Your one-page action plan
Five partners, five things to say, three rooms. Print it and keep it in the car.
Networking plan: Water & Storm Damage Restoration
The five people who should be sending you clients
- Community Association Manager (HOA / Condo) (They send you work)
Shared trigger: a pipe bursts or a roof starts leaking - Insurance Property & Casualty (They send you work)
Shared trigger: a pipe bursts or a roof starts leaking - Commercial Property Manager (They send you work)
Shared trigger: a pipe bursts or a roof starts leaking - Facility Manager (They send you work)
Shared trigger: a pipe bursts or a roof starts leaking - Public Adjuster (They send you work)
Shared trigger: a pipe bursts or a roof starts leaking
The three rooms to be in
- CAI (Community Associations Institute): Your partners are in this room: community association managers and public adjusters.
- CAI chapter trade show & expo: Your partners are in this room: community association managers and public adjusters.
- Independent Insurance Agents (Big I): Your partners are in this room: P&C insurance agents and public adjusters.
- CAI Southeast Florida chapter: Your partners are in this room: community association managers and public adjusters.
- CAI chapter trade show & expo: Your partners are in this room: community association managers and public adjusters.
- Independent Insurance Agents (Big I): Your partners are in this room: P&C insurance agents and public adjusters.