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Heritage Insights · printable · v1.0 · 2026-08-23

The first-hour sweep

One page. No email was asked for this, and none will be. Print it, mark it, take it to your accountant.

Before you say a word, any careful visitor — customer or buyer — has read these seven surfaces. Spend one hour reading them the way a stranger would, and write down what they actually say.

Where a stranger looks firstWhat they learn thereWhat yours says today
The phone answerHow many rings, who answers, what they say, what happens after hours
The search resultYour site, your reviews and your reply to the bad one, the photos strangers chose
The public recordLicence status, permits, filings — all one lookup away
The quote clockHours from enquiry to a written quote, and what the quote looks like
The premises and the trucksWhat the yard, the counter, and the vehicles say before anyone speaks
The paper trailEstimate to invoice to receipt: do the numbers and the names match
What your people sayJob postings, review-site employer pages, and how long openings sit

This sheet produces no number and no valuation — deliberately. Education, not advice: your accountant, attorney, and family make every real decision with you. Heritage Platform Group is a principal and advisor, not a broker. © 2026 Heritage Platform Group, Inc.