1 00:00:04,160 --> 00:00:06,200 Speaker 1: What's up his way up with Angela. Yee. I'm so 2 00:00:06,280 --> 00:00:09,520 Speaker 1: excited for this conversation today. I got Robbie Smith here, 3 00:00:09,640 --> 00:00:13,200 Speaker 1: Robbier Robbie are Robbie are Robbi are? But Robbie Smith, Yes, 4 00:00:13,520 --> 00:00:15,840 Speaker 1: is what we call you. And you are the founder 5 00:00:15,880 --> 00:00:19,800 Speaker 1: and CEO of RB Pest Solutions and the RB Premium products. 6 00:00:20,239 --> 00:00:22,599 Speaker 1: You bust some bucks strike here with you today and 7 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:24,920 Speaker 1: we're going to get into all of that. But what 8 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:26,880 Speaker 1: I love is that I had a whole conversation on 9 00:00:26,920 --> 00:00:30,319 Speaker 1: the air about businesses that one could start that would 10 00:00:30,360 --> 00:00:32,760 Speaker 1: be lucrative, you know, during a time if you want 11 00:00:32,800 --> 00:00:35,879 Speaker 1: to be a business owner an entrepreneur. And one of 12 00:00:35,880 --> 00:00:38,159 Speaker 1: the things we talked about was pest control and I 13 00:00:38,240 --> 00:00:40,720 Speaker 1: was saying, that's something that, no matter what, we're always 14 00:00:40,720 --> 00:00:43,880 Speaker 1: going to need. So I got to ask you because 15 00:00:43,960 --> 00:00:45,920 Speaker 1: I don't know that I could do that business. After 16 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:48,519 Speaker 1: I was reading up on you, I was like, I 17 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:51,199 Speaker 1: can't do what she does. And I know this is 18 00:00:51,240 --> 00:00:53,360 Speaker 1: not how you started, but your family this is like 19 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:54,760 Speaker 1: a family business too. Yes. 20 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:57,640 Speaker 2: Yes, my dad's been in the industry for forty six years, 21 00:00:57,640 --> 00:01:00,680 Speaker 2: helping other people go off and start their own businesses 22 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:03,520 Speaker 2: or work for other big companies, and then I've been 23 00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:05,640 Speaker 2: a little girl all this time around him, so I'm like, 24 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:07,720 Speaker 2: I don't want to do pest control. But then eight 25 00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:10,560 Speaker 2: years ago I took the tests after felling it over 26 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:12,760 Speaker 2: and over again because it's a hard test. It's a 27 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:15,920 Speaker 2: state test, and once I passed it, creating my website, 28 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:17,600 Speaker 2: business cards and off running. 29 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:19,800 Speaker 1: Now I saw that you did take it. Took a 30 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:21,240 Speaker 1: couple of times for you to pass. What type of 31 00:01:21,280 --> 00:01:22,679 Speaker 1: questions do they ask on the test? 32 00:01:22,800 --> 00:01:26,759 Speaker 2: So it's technical questions because your license with the Department 33 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:30,600 Speaker 2: of Public Safety, so it's a really really serious job. 34 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:34,280 Speaker 2: You're dealing with pesticides, in sexticides, rodenticides, so you have 35 00:01:34,360 --> 00:01:36,520 Speaker 2: to know how to apply those things and you have 36 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:39,559 Speaker 2: to be responsible. You all, safety is our first key. 37 00:01:39,800 --> 00:01:42,240 Speaker 2: So it's not like just the trade where you can't 38 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:43,480 Speaker 2: be technically trained. 39 00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:44,720 Speaker 3: You have to be trained. 40 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:48,160 Speaker 1: I have never had black women come to my house 41 00:01:48,760 --> 00:01:51,160 Speaker 1: that did like pest controls, you know what I mean. 42 00:01:51,240 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 1: And I think that it's also what should people look 43 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:57,000 Speaker 1: for because every time I try to be really proactive 44 00:01:57,040 --> 00:01:59,640 Speaker 1: and making sure that I protect my home and that 45 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:01,760 Speaker 1: I don't have any issues. You know, every now and 46 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:03,600 Speaker 1: then something slips through. There was a lizard in my 47 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:06,360 Speaker 1: house the other day, Oh my god, a little teeny 48 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:07,200 Speaker 1: tiny lizard. 49 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:07,920 Speaker 3: Oh cute. 50 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:10,320 Speaker 1: And I was looking cause I was like, we don't 51 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:12,320 Speaker 1: have lizards like that in New York. And I thought 52 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:14,000 Speaker 1: it was like a leaf or something like, maybe like 53 00:02:14,040 --> 00:02:16,440 Speaker 1: a little branch. So I got up close on it. It 54 00:02:16,440 --> 00:02:18,360 Speaker 1: didn't move, so that I felt like maybe it was 55 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:22,080 Speaker 1: like a little sick or something. And I was devastated. 56 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:24,120 Speaker 1: I didn't know what to do at anytime there's anything in 57 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:26,799 Speaker 1: my house, like if I see anything any type of bug, 58 00:02:27,200 --> 00:02:28,920 Speaker 1: God willing. I have not had a mouse in my 59 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:30,280 Speaker 1: house at all, but. 60 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:30,640 Speaker 3: I don't know. 61 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:31,480 Speaker 1: I think I would move. 62 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:33,560 Speaker 2: I know. 63 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:38,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, but you're from Chicago, yes, And you know a 64 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:41,360 Speaker 1: lot of people don't realize this, but when it comes 65 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:46,080 Speaker 1: to rats New York versus Chicago, Chicago was actually number one. 66 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:48,760 Speaker 3: We are number one eight years in a row. Look 67 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:51,120 Speaker 3: it up. Do not listen to me, like google it. 68 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:52,160 Speaker 3: We are number one. 69 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:53,880 Speaker 2: But I think it's due to a lot of the 70 00:02:53,919 --> 00:02:56,639 Speaker 2: construction and building that we have going on in Chicago, 71 00:02:56,800 --> 00:02:59,600 Speaker 2: Like it's so much going up, demolition and things like that. 72 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:01,799 Speaker 3: So I think it's contributed. 73 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:05,839 Speaker 2: To that, and our restaurants, like we love our restaurants food, yes, 74 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:08,720 Speaker 2: but I guess yes they do. But I assume because 75 00:03:08,880 --> 00:03:11,000 Speaker 2: the way you all dispose your garbage. People say the 76 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:13,079 Speaker 2: New York is the rabbiest, and it is. You all 77 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:15,440 Speaker 2: have your fair share of rats. But come on a 78 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:17,080 Speaker 2: couple of rat jobs for me, you'll see what I'm 79 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:17,560 Speaker 2: talking about. 80 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:20,160 Speaker 1: Tella and I, my friend Sheella, argue about this all 81 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:21,880 Speaker 1: the time because she's like, gee, I don't be seeing 82 00:03:21,919 --> 00:03:24,519 Speaker 1: no rats running around like I do in New York. 83 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:27,640 Speaker 1: Because I think in New York garbage pickup day and 84 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:30,120 Speaker 1: I want to say it's gotten better, because what's random 85 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:34,480 Speaker 1: is that Eric Adams as the mayor, actually implemented us 86 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:37,040 Speaker 1: having to use bins for garbage. We never had that before. 87 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:39,160 Speaker 1: Nice So we used to just throw our trash on 88 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:41,560 Speaker 1: the street like in a bag, and you would see 89 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:44,200 Speaker 1: the bags moving, you know. And when I used to 90 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:46,080 Speaker 1: do the breakfast club early in the morning, you know, 91 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:48,800 Speaker 1: that's their time to thrive, and so I would be outside. 92 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:51,320 Speaker 1: I would literally stand on a stoop and scream and 93 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:53,000 Speaker 1: make a lot of noise just in case they was 94 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:55,600 Speaker 1: anywhere around. Before I go down the steps. But now 95 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:58,120 Speaker 1: it's so much better, Like I don't see them as much, 96 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:00,720 Speaker 1: but yes, I think that was part of what it was. 97 00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:03,120 Speaker 2: Yeah, pest control companies, we have to partner with the 98 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:05,480 Speaker 2: state to see what you all are doing well in 99 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:07,920 Speaker 2: terms of government and just see what you know they're 100 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:10,080 Speaker 2: out here doing, just so we can help implement safety 101 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:13,080 Speaker 2: precautions in the states. So that's why we're essential. We're 102 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:16,360 Speaker 2: in essential business a trade. You can't open up a restaurant, 103 00:04:16,440 --> 00:04:19,840 Speaker 2: do a real estate deal, anything without pest control finalizing 104 00:04:19,839 --> 00:04:22,120 Speaker 2: that deal. So that's why it's so important I bring 105 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:24,920 Speaker 2: awareness to this trade because people go off to college 106 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:28,039 Speaker 2: or they think about everything else but pest control. We 107 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:30,679 Speaker 2: were working during COVID. We didn't have anything you needed 108 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:34,719 Speaker 2: to yes, because why we were social distancing. The rats 109 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:37,760 Speaker 2: were not. They were having a bull They was like, listen, 110 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:41,200 Speaker 2: no one's around, okay, So they set up shop in 111 00:04:41,279 --> 00:04:44,599 Speaker 2: so many different places. So without us, it's just we 112 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:47,640 Speaker 2: we keep the ecosystem going. Exterminator is rock the best 113 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:50,479 Speaker 2: trade ever. It's a multi billion dollar business. 114 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:53,039 Speaker 1: Yeah, no, I can listen. That's the thing. AI is 115 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:54,960 Speaker 1: not going to be able to take the place of it. 116 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:57,720 Speaker 1: Can only elevate, like you know, as far as systems 117 00:04:57,760 --> 00:05:00,200 Speaker 1: in place, yeah, but we need a person. 118 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:03,000 Speaker 3: Yes, And it's just the stepping stone. This is pest control. 119 00:05:03,040 --> 00:05:05,200 Speaker 2: We're talking about roaches and rats and bad bucks, but 120 00:05:05,240 --> 00:05:08,560 Speaker 2: we're talking about the agriculture system and food and how 121 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:10,679 Speaker 2: you spray the foods and things like that, and getting 122 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:12,719 Speaker 2: more health conscious on what you eat and what you 123 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:15,680 Speaker 2: put on top of that. So it's so many departments 124 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:17,920 Speaker 2: and sectors in pest control that you can get into. 125 00:05:18,240 --> 00:05:20,360 Speaker 2: If you're not a person that want to do rats 126 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:23,120 Speaker 2: and roaches, fine, going to agriculture, going to so many 127 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:26,080 Speaker 2: other ways to help protect our world. We need eco 128 00:05:26,120 --> 00:05:26,880 Speaker 2: friendly products. 129 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:28,600 Speaker 3: That's how creative about Buckshake. 130 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:30,320 Speaker 1: And I want to say I love that you have 131 00:05:30,400 --> 00:05:33,360 Speaker 1: Buckshake because this is eco friendly because one thing that 132 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:35,680 Speaker 1: I think about it was having like an ant situation. 133 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:39,160 Speaker 1: But a lot of those products when you go and 134 00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:41,760 Speaker 1: buy products in the stores, it could be things that 135 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:44,600 Speaker 1: are harmful, like anything that you're like if this gets 136 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:48,200 Speaker 1: ingested or you know you're breathing in fumes, yes, if 137 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:50,039 Speaker 1: you're putting this in the house, or like you said, 138 00:05:50,120 --> 00:05:54,280 Speaker 1: when it comes to pesticides on agriculture, that's something that's 139 00:05:54,279 --> 00:05:56,200 Speaker 1: harmful to us as humans. 140 00:05:56,279 --> 00:05:57,200 Speaker 3: Yes, yes, I know. 141 00:05:57,360 --> 00:05:59,440 Speaker 2: So many people go to the store, they stun in 142 00:05:59,480 --> 00:06:01,480 Speaker 2: the out and they're like what to get and it's 143 00:06:01,520 --> 00:06:05,200 Speaker 2: full of synthetic things ingredients. So that's why, as a 144 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:07,279 Speaker 2: pest control technician, I was like, how can I help 145 00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:09,960 Speaker 2: my people save thousands of dollars with me with bad 146 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:13,080 Speaker 2: bug jobs? Because their houses was immaculate and clean. But 147 00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:15,240 Speaker 2: they were like, how am I getting bed bugs? And 148 00:06:15,279 --> 00:06:17,960 Speaker 2: as you travel, like, right now is the busiest season. 149 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:20,440 Speaker 2: I mean, I know we have our issues with TSA 150 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:24,000 Speaker 2: and the government right now, but it's the busiest time 151 00:06:24,040 --> 00:06:26,720 Speaker 2: to travel. And so as people are sitting think about 152 00:06:26,760 --> 00:06:28,919 Speaker 2: the many people that sit in this seat, people have 153 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:29,440 Speaker 2: bed bucks. 154 00:06:29,480 --> 00:06:32,640 Speaker 3: They don't tell you you're scared to see you, Bobby? 155 00:06:32,680 --> 00:06:33,120 Speaker 1: Why come on? 156 00:06:33,440 --> 00:06:35,400 Speaker 2: We don't get cause I want to be trying to 157 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:37,320 Speaker 2: be your personal instruminated as. 158 00:06:38,839 --> 00:06:40,120 Speaker 3: I need you to keep it. 159 00:06:40,080 --> 00:06:42,560 Speaker 2: So you can spray or like barbecues when you have 160 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:44,599 Speaker 2: company over, the first thing you tell people is go 161 00:06:44,640 --> 00:06:45,880 Speaker 2: put your code in the guests room. 162 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:48,440 Speaker 3: Things like that that we have to be aware of. 163 00:06:48,800 --> 00:06:50,440 Speaker 3: And then you look up and you like, how did 164 00:06:50,440 --> 00:06:51,480 Speaker 3: this bug get in my house? 165 00:06:51,520 --> 00:06:55,000 Speaker 2: And then it infested and at that point it's thousands 166 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:55,479 Speaker 2: of dollars. 167 00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:58,480 Speaker 3: When I created a solution for eleven ninety. 168 00:06:58,279 --> 00:07:01,240 Speaker 2: Nine that you spray go on your vacation with your 169 00:07:01,320 --> 00:07:04,359 Speaker 2: bay spray the bed, the mattress, all those good things, 170 00:07:04,400 --> 00:07:08,080 Speaker 2: and it helped protect and prevent bad books while you're traveling. 171 00:07:07,720 --> 00:07:09,280 Speaker 1: To and from And you did a deal with home 172 00:07:09,320 --> 00:07:11,600 Speaker 1: Depot for this. Yes, tell to me about how that 173 00:07:11,640 --> 00:07:12,360 Speaker 1: even came about. 174 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:13,440 Speaker 3: I thought it was a prank. 175 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:16,080 Speaker 2: They reached out to me and I'm like, okay, home 176 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:18,000 Speaker 2: deep on they was like, yes, we see the things 177 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:19,720 Speaker 2: that you're doing. And at that time, I didn't want 178 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:22,080 Speaker 2: to put the product out in stores. I just wanted 179 00:07:22,120 --> 00:07:23,960 Speaker 2: to see what the public would do. And when I 180 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:26,640 Speaker 2: put it out from there, they reached out. Shark Tank 181 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:29,600 Speaker 2: reached out yes, and we were just like, Okay, I 182 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:32,200 Speaker 2: think we're onto something. So this is just the first 183 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:35,360 Speaker 2: of many products coming out from a woman down, black 184 00:07:35,400 --> 00:07:38,679 Speaker 2: owned company. So we're making history too. I didn't sought 185 00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:40,920 Speaker 2: out to make history, but we're making history. 186 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:44,440 Speaker 1: I love that, Cousin. Your trajectory has been different when 187 00:07:44,480 --> 00:07:46,480 Speaker 1: you first started out and you and young I know 188 00:07:46,520 --> 00:07:49,280 Speaker 1: you have your master's two masters, if I'm not mistaken it. 189 00:07:49,640 --> 00:07:51,880 Speaker 3: Yes, in an NBA and business and you. 190 00:07:51,840 --> 00:07:54,880 Speaker 1: Were doing it, but also on the creative side of things. Yes, 191 00:07:55,440 --> 00:07:57,640 Speaker 1: you wanted to do something completely different. 192 00:07:57,400 --> 00:08:01,680 Speaker 2: Completely different, Like I, I'm just out getting education, trying 193 00:08:01,720 --> 00:08:04,480 Speaker 2: to claim the corporate ladder, and I'm not thinking that 194 00:08:04,840 --> 00:08:08,000 Speaker 2: all my goodness, the trajectory of being in pest control 195 00:08:08,040 --> 00:08:10,760 Speaker 2: and being at the BET Awards and Fashion Week and 196 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:11,679 Speaker 2: here with you. 197 00:08:11,760 --> 00:08:15,080 Speaker 3: Has changed my life off of this trade that people 198 00:08:15,120 --> 00:08:15,560 Speaker 3: are like, I. 199 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:17,280 Speaker 2: Don't want to go into that, but you have to 200 00:08:17,320 --> 00:08:20,560 Speaker 2: think about the essential trades when you're thinking of entrepreneurship 201 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:23,440 Speaker 2: or passive income. We think about all the things for 202 00:08:23,480 --> 00:08:24,480 Speaker 2: the glitz and glam. 203 00:08:24,720 --> 00:08:25,920 Speaker 3: When you have the central. 204 00:08:25,640 --> 00:08:28,520 Speaker 2: Businesses that are making a killing and there are multi 205 00:08:28,520 --> 00:08:32,320 Speaker 2: billion dollar business and they're taken me far, They've taken 206 00:08:32,360 --> 00:08:33,960 Speaker 2: me places I can only dream of. 207 00:08:34,120 --> 00:08:37,040 Speaker 1: So yeah, no, and it's interesting that you really try 208 00:08:37,120 --> 00:08:40,600 Speaker 1: to shy away from that. Yes, even though your father 209 00:08:40,800 --> 00:08:43,079 Speaker 1: this was his business that he had done for so long, 210 00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:44,880 Speaker 1: and I have to imagine that you knew a lot 211 00:08:44,920 --> 00:08:46,920 Speaker 1: about it just from being at home and seeing what 212 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:47,480 Speaker 1: he was doing. 213 00:08:47,559 --> 00:08:49,800 Speaker 2: Yes, just being a little girl going on jobs with him. 214 00:08:49,840 --> 00:08:53,800 Speaker 2: He would go into infested Chicago housing and things like that. 215 00:08:53,880 --> 00:08:56,400 Speaker 2: It would be roaches and rats and bed bugs everywhere. 216 00:08:56,400 --> 00:08:58,000 Speaker 2: And as a little girl, I'm like, I don't want 217 00:08:58,000 --> 00:08:59,640 Speaker 2: to do this, and you'd be like, hen me your 218 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:02,000 Speaker 2: you get me the can in the spring, I'd be like, ugh, 219 00:09:02,040 --> 00:09:04,960 Speaker 2: here you go. But as I've gotten older, I'm like, 220 00:09:05,040 --> 00:09:06,880 Speaker 2: this is a pretty cool trait because I feel like 221 00:09:06,960 --> 00:09:09,920 Speaker 2: a superhero. People are in a frenzy and then in 222 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:12,480 Speaker 2: certain areas people do not deserve to live like this. 223 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:15,000 Speaker 2: And a lot of landlords they purchased the homes and 224 00:09:15,040 --> 00:09:17,920 Speaker 2: things like that are the properties and they do well, 225 00:09:17,960 --> 00:09:20,360 Speaker 2: but they need help with pest control. So they need 226 00:09:20,400 --> 00:09:22,600 Speaker 2: an expert to come in and say, Robbie, what's the 227 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:25,520 Speaker 2: strengths and weaknesses of my property? Are there any entry points? 228 00:09:25,679 --> 00:09:29,320 Speaker 2: Foundational wise, get pest control involved when you are putting 229 00:09:29,400 --> 00:09:33,120 Speaker 2: in the drywall and the baseboard, absolutely the cabinets, because 230 00:09:33,160 --> 00:09:35,200 Speaker 2: when I come in as a pest control person, I'm like, 231 00:09:35,280 --> 00:09:37,680 Speaker 2: that's the gap they left this, they left that, and 232 00:09:37,679 --> 00:09:40,120 Speaker 2: then it's a safe haven for pests to get in 233 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:41,199 Speaker 2: and then set up shop. 234 00:09:41,960 --> 00:09:44,920 Speaker 1: Listen, you are a god send. Let me tell you something. 235 00:09:45,400 --> 00:09:48,160 Speaker 1: When I first moved into my new house. I had 236 00:09:48,160 --> 00:09:51,040 Speaker 1: my guid daughter staying downstairs and the rental and one 237 00:09:51,160 --> 00:09:52,719 Speaker 1: day she sent me a picture. I'm gonna show it 238 00:09:52,760 --> 00:09:55,360 Speaker 1: to you. There was under the stairs outside they were 239 00:09:55,360 --> 00:09:58,439 Speaker 1: doing construction next door and we still like we were 240 00:09:58,440 --> 00:10:01,640 Speaker 1: getting my house. The facaetydown so there were different holes 241 00:10:01,880 --> 00:10:05,160 Speaker 1: and there was like a little family under the stairs. 242 00:10:05,160 --> 00:10:07,200 Speaker 1: So she was like, I was scared to walk past that. 243 00:10:07,280 --> 00:10:09,559 Speaker 1: She sent me a picture. I saw little eyes. I 244 00:10:09,640 --> 00:10:11,800 Speaker 1: was like calling all over like I didn't even care 245 00:10:12,080 --> 00:10:13,320 Speaker 1: who was going to come out. I was like, I 246 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:15,839 Speaker 1: need time to come today. Like one place was like, oh, 247 00:10:15,840 --> 00:10:17,480 Speaker 1: we can make it to Nope. I said I needed 248 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:20,640 Speaker 1: to day like immediately because I was you know, I 249 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:23,120 Speaker 1: think it's also something that you can't put it off. No, 250 00:10:23,280 --> 00:10:25,400 Speaker 1: if you see something, it's something you have to handle 251 00:10:25,480 --> 00:10:25,880 Speaker 1: right away. 252 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:27,400 Speaker 2: You know what, do you want to switch trade? You 253 00:10:27,400 --> 00:10:29,000 Speaker 2: want to go on the pest control because you are 254 00:10:29,080 --> 00:10:32,080 Speaker 2: spot on. People say I seen this one mice or 255 00:10:32,120 --> 00:10:34,240 Speaker 2: this rat, and I'm like, they're social. It is not 256 00:10:34,440 --> 00:10:36,800 Speaker 2: just one and people think I'm trying to scare them, 257 00:10:36,840 --> 00:10:39,280 Speaker 2: but I'm not. It's just that we're like the dentists. 258 00:10:39,280 --> 00:10:41,280 Speaker 2: People come to us after the fact when they have 259 00:10:41,320 --> 00:10:43,480 Speaker 2: a toothache. But at that point, I'm like, I have 260 00:10:43,559 --> 00:10:46,680 Speaker 2: to get around generations and generations of rats. Do you 261 00:10:46,720 --> 00:10:51,040 Speaker 2: know rats out the alpha male and the female. He reproduced, well, 262 00:10:51,080 --> 00:10:54,319 Speaker 2: not reproduced, but he go every eleven minutes. And when 263 00:10:54,360 --> 00:10:56,880 Speaker 2: I say every eleven minutes, if he have a litter 264 00:10:57,000 --> 00:11:00,160 Speaker 2: of females that are fertile and ready to go, he's 265 00:11:00,240 --> 00:11:02,920 Speaker 2: mating with them eleven minutes. 266 00:11:02,920 --> 00:11:04,320 Speaker 1: They need to find out what he's eating. 267 00:11:04,360 --> 00:11:08,240 Speaker 2: Because some of these guys, so I'm saying that to say, 268 00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:11,000 Speaker 2: they reproduce so rapidly and they have their way with 269 00:11:11,080 --> 00:11:11,840 Speaker 2: their literacy. 270 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:12,200 Speaker 1: One. 271 00:11:12,520 --> 00:11:14,679 Speaker 3: It's more than one, y, it's more than one. 272 00:11:14,760 --> 00:11:15,000 Speaker 2: One. 273 00:11:15,240 --> 00:11:17,120 Speaker 1: I want to ask you, what is I have a 274 00:11:17,120 --> 00:11:19,040 Speaker 1: couple of questions here, Sure, all right, tell me a 275 00:11:19,240 --> 00:11:21,959 Speaker 1: time that stands out in your mind, even from when 276 00:11:21,960 --> 00:11:24,120 Speaker 1: you were young up until now, that was like the 277 00:11:24,160 --> 00:11:25,720 Speaker 1: worst situation that you've seen. 278 00:11:25,920 --> 00:11:30,679 Speaker 2: Oh, it's so many, it's so many that you were like, 279 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:34,320 Speaker 2: we were moving the money, We removed like twenty skunks 280 00:11:34,360 --> 00:11:37,080 Speaker 2: about a couple of weeks ago under a woman's porch. 281 00:11:37,840 --> 00:11:41,080 Speaker 2: Oh the rats, Oh my goodness. I have pictures and 282 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:44,240 Speaker 2: videos of me going into places. But here's the disheartening 283 00:11:44,280 --> 00:11:46,320 Speaker 2: fact when I go into the elderly, When I go 284 00:11:46,320 --> 00:11:50,280 Speaker 2: into elderly demographic or any housing and I see roaches there, 285 00:11:50,400 --> 00:11:54,160 Speaker 2: or elderly because they may have any developmental issues or 286 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:58,079 Speaker 2: any just disabilities, and they can't see or hear or 287 00:11:58,160 --> 00:11:58,800 Speaker 2: know what's going on. 288 00:11:58,840 --> 00:12:01,280 Speaker 3: So they go to the doctor and realize, oh. 289 00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:03,080 Speaker 2: They got bitten, and they think it's probably just a 290 00:12:03,120 --> 00:12:05,840 Speaker 2: mosquito bite or a spider bite, not knowing when I 291 00:12:05,880 --> 00:12:08,560 Speaker 2: go do an inspection, it's a full blown infestation of 292 00:12:08,600 --> 00:12:11,200 Speaker 2: something else. And so that's why for me, I know 293 00:12:11,320 --> 00:12:13,480 Speaker 2: this is a multi billion dollar business, but what I'm 294 00:12:13,520 --> 00:12:16,839 Speaker 2: doing is chasing purpose because in many of our communities 295 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:20,160 Speaker 2: pest is an issue along with and so my goal 296 00:12:20,320 --> 00:12:22,319 Speaker 2: is to save one property at a time. 297 00:12:22,640 --> 00:12:24,640 Speaker 3: Take all the education that I learned with. 298 00:12:24,559 --> 00:12:26,760 Speaker 2: All my masters and incorporate it and try to be 299 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:30,880 Speaker 2: an advocate with landlords and the liaison with tenants and say, hey, 300 00:12:30,960 --> 00:12:34,280 Speaker 2: let's do some educational workshops in town hall or meeting 301 00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:36,280 Speaker 2: with the government. Can I meet with you all in 302 00:12:36,320 --> 00:12:38,680 Speaker 2: the way that you all go about pest control. Get 303 00:12:38,679 --> 00:12:40,960 Speaker 2: an expert on the team that can help you with 304 00:12:41,040 --> 00:12:43,840 Speaker 2: the city's issue with pest control because it is a 305 00:12:43,880 --> 00:12:47,239 Speaker 2: hazard when you have roaches in it, they carry viruses 306 00:12:47,640 --> 00:12:50,319 Speaker 2: and things like that. So for me, it's disheartening when 307 00:12:50,320 --> 00:12:53,440 Speaker 2: I go into situations where I feel like I'm trying 308 00:12:53,480 --> 00:12:55,520 Speaker 2: to save the day, I'm trying to get rid of 309 00:12:55,559 --> 00:12:59,160 Speaker 2: because little children, elderly, no one deserves to live with 310 00:12:59,520 --> 00:13:00,480 Speaker 2: that best their place. 311 00:13:00,720 --> 00:13:02,479 Speaker 3: So that's where Tuck's in my heart. 312 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:04,600 Speaker 1: You know. It's what else is tough is that I 313 00:13:04,600 --> 00:13:06,360 Speaker 1: know there's people that live in like say, a building 314 00:13:06,360 --> 00:13:08,600 Speaker 1: where you can keep your space as clean as possible. 315 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:12,040 Speaker 1: My god, but if your neighbors, the person upstairs, the 316 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:15,640 Speaker 1: person that if they aren't doing that, there's honestly, I 317 00:13:15,640 --> 00:13:18,360 Speaker 1: don't even know how you can manage to deal with 318 00:13:18,400 --> 00:13:22,120 Speaker 1: that and keep your place free from you know, from pest. 319 00:13:22,240 --> 00:13:24,800 Speaker 2: And a lot of investors and landlords they are out, 320 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:27,600 Speaker 2: you know, being the best investor in landlord they can be. 321 00:13:27,679 --> 00:13:29,840 Speaker 2: So when you run up on so many properties, you 322 00:13:29,880 --> 00:13:31,520 Speaker 2: can't be the eyes of your properties. 323 00:13:31,559 --> 00:13:32,679 Speaker 3: But if you have pest. 324 00:13:32,400 --> 00:13:34,760 Speaker 2: Control there on a monthly basis, we give you the 325 00:13:34,840 --> 00:13:37,800 Speaker 2: reports where the eyes and ears of the property. We're 326 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:40,720 Speaker 2: the liaison between you two, sayd hey, residents, this is 327 00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:44,080 Speaker 2: what you need to do on you're in Okay, investor landlord, 328 00:13:44,160 --> 00:13:46,280 Speaker 2: this is what's happening at your property. You haven't been 329 00:13:46,320 --> 00:13:48,760 Speaker 2: there over three four months, but I have I know 330 00:13:48,840 --> 00:13:50,040 Speaker 2: your tenants, they know me. 331 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:53,400 Speaker 3: We've created a rapport. So it's a great marriage. 332 00:13:53,480 --> 00:13:56,160 Speaker 2: But it's just that, unfortunately people are not understanding the 333 00:13:56,320 --> 00:13:59,200 Speaker 2: essentral part and having it on a monthly basis. They 334 00:13:59,240 --> 00:14:02,080 Speaker 2: call when it's issue, and that's not how you tackle 335 00:14:02,880 --> 00:14:03,520 Speaker 2: host plugged. 336 00:14:03,800 --> 00:14:06,320 Speaker 1: Yes, if you see some little droppings, whatever it is, 337 00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:08,880 Speaker 1: make sure you take care of it. If you had 338 00:14:08,920 --> 00:14:11,400 Speaker 1: to give somebody, Because we're talking about like starting a business, 339 00:14:11,480 --> 00:14:14,280 Speaker 1: like we said, that's been lucrative and it's a multi 340 00:14:14,280 --> 00:14:17,600 Speaker 1: billion dollar business. If somebody's like, okay, now that I 341 00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:20,280 Speaker 1: see Robbie Smith up here, I never thought about doing 342 00:14:20,320 --> 00:14:22,880 Speaker 1: something like this before, but maybe I would. How would 343 00:14:22,920 --> 00:14:23,800 Speaker 1: somebody get started? 344 00:14:24,040 --> 00:14:27,320 Speaker 2: Well, first and foremost, here's the thing. Go to your 345 00:14:27,480 --> 00:14:31,600 Speaker 2: state site and look at all the RFP's requests for 346 00:14:31,720 --> 00:14:34,560 Speaker 2: proposals there and get an idea of what trades are 347 00:14:34,560 --> 00:14:37,480 Speaker 2: out there where it's janitorial, it's pest control, is window, 348 00:14:37,800 --> 00:14:40,520 Speaker 2: it's all types of things there. And then you'll see 349 00:14:40,720 --> 00:14:44,480 Speaker 2: that it's multimillion dollar contracts sitting there set aside for 350 00:14:44,720 --> 00:14:48,400 Speaker 2: WB E, m B E dB, this disadvantaged minority business 351 00:14:48,440 --> 00:14:52,440 Speaker 2: woman businesses, and those contracts are specifically for us, set 352 00:14:52,480 --> 00:14:55,480 Speaker 2: aside for us. And then once you look at those contracts, 353 00:14:55,480 --> 00:14:57,800 Speaker 2: you can see if you good at cleaning and you clean, well, 354 00:14:57,960 --> 00:15:00,680 Speaker 2: open up a cleaning company or thing like that and 355 00:15:01,040 --> 00:15:04,120 Speaker 2: go to that site and apply for your certifications to 356 00:15:04,200 --> 00:15:07,520 Speaker 2: get a contract with the state. So that way you 357 00:15:07,560 --> 00:15:09,880 Speaker 2: can go ahead and you can help with the state's 358 00:15:09,960 --> 00:15:13,320 Speaker 2: issue with whatever essential businesses that is. So I would 359 00:15:13,360 --> 00:15:16,800 Speaker 2: recommend starting there, get familiar with the request for a proposal. 360 00:15:16,960 --> 00:15:19,960 Speaker 2: Those contracts are set aside for people that look like us. 361 00:15:20,080 --> 00:15:22,720 Speaker 2: But if no one's talking about it, then we're just like, oh, 362 00:15:22,720 --> 00:15:24,480 Speaker 2: we're going to open up this and that, and we're 363 00:15:24,520 --> 00:15:27,280 Speaker 2: letting the essential businesses just go to other people when 364 00:15:27,320 --> 00:15:29,000 Speaker 2: the contracts are not set aside for them. 365 00:15:29,040 --> 00:15:31,240 Speaker 3: It's set aside for people who look like us. 366 00:15:32,160 --> 00:15:35,800 Speaker 1: Did your father he knew that you went into this business, Okay. 367 00:15:35,520 --> 00:15:38,920 Speaker 3: So he was he didn't know this portion of the business. 368 00:15:38,960 --> 00:15:41,280 Speaker 2: I think that's what makes it such a great marriage 369 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:43,160 Speaker 2: is he owed school, he got into it in nineteen 370 00:15:43,200 --> 00:15:46,360 Speaker 2: seventy nine, so in terms of information and things like that, 371 00:15:46,400 --> 00:15:49,080 Speaker 2: he wasn't privy to so me going to school getting education. 372 00:15:49,280 --> 00:15:51,760 Speaker 3: That's why I tell people don't knock education because. 373 00:15:51,480 --> 00:15:54,080 Speaker 2: If you can get that alongside with the grind and 374 00:15:54,160 --> 00:15:56,320 Speaker 2: hustle of entrepreneurship, marry the two. 375 00:15:56,440 --> 00:15:57,400 Speaker 3: It's a great marriage. 376 00:15:57,480 --> 00:15:59,080 Speaker 1: Agree. I'm a forever student. 377 00:15:58,960 --> 00:16:01,880 Speaker 2: Yes I'm I'm one of those. But I hear people say, oh, 378 00:16:01,920 --> 00:16:03,320 Speaker 2: go and do this, and go and do that. But 379 00:16:03,360 --> 00:16:05,680 Speaker 2: I was able to create my website and do everything 380 00:16:05,720 --> 00:16:08,800 Speaker 2: based off my education. So I didn't have to outsource 381 00:16:08,880 --> 00:16:12,120 Speaker 2: many of the things such as my website, business cards, forms, 382 00:16:12,360 --> 00:16:15,520 Speaker 2: processes and systems because you get to a certain tax 383 00:16:15,560 --> 00:16:16,800 Speaker 2: where you have to say, I have to put the 384 00:16:16,880 --> 00:16:19,720 Speaker 2: right people in the right seats and processes and systems. 385 00:16:19,800 --> 00:16:22,240 Speaker 2: So a lot of that I leaned on my education 386 00:16:22,400 --> 00:16:24,360 Speaker 2: for that, and so I was able to take my 387 00:16:24,480 --> 00:16:26,840 Speaker 2: dad's old school. And it was certain things that he 388 00:16:26,880 --> 00:16:29,600 Speaker 2: couldn't take me in a boardroom and be a four 389 00:16:29,720 --> 00:16:31,160 Speaker 2: multi million dollar contract. 390 00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:32,240 Speaker 3: He couldn't help me with that. 391 00:16:32,320 --> 00:16:34,480 Speaker 2: I had to get familiar with that, and even to 392 00:16:34,560 --> 00:16:36,840 Speaker 2: this day, you know, we're still fighting for a name 393 00:16:36,920 --> 00:16:39,000 Speaker 2: because we show up and people are like, where your 394 00:16:39,040 --> 00:16:41,000 Speaker 2: team at. You're getting rid of these bad bucks, and 395 00:16:41,040 --> 00:16:43,360 Speaker 2: I'm like, come on, I'm one hundred and forty five, 396 00:16:43,400 --> 00:16:45,600 Speaker 2: but you come with me. You're two forty five and 397 00:16:45,640 --> 00:16:48,840 Speaker 2: you running from the rats, so you know. So it's 398 00:16:48,960 --> 00:16:52,640 Speaker 2: just about constantly having to prove ourselves and we've made 399 00:16:52,680 --> 00:16:53,600 Speaker 2: a name for ourselves. 400 00:16:53,640 --> 00:16:55,440 Speaker 3: So I'm excited about it. I wish you were in 401 00:16:55,480 --> 00:16:57,200 Speaker 3: New York. I'm coming. 402 00:16:57,280 --> 00:17:00,880 Speaker 1: I'm coming helping other people also, and you're gonna also 403 00:17:00,920 --> 00:17:01,360 Speaker 1: expand it. 404 00:17:01,600 --> 00:17:02,160 Speaker 3: I am coming. 405 00:17:02,240 --> 00:17:04,520 Speaker 2: We are looking to expand, and that's why we're here 406 00:17:04,560 --> 00:17:07,760 Speaker 2: this week for the Black Girls Rock premiere. Yes, and 407 00:17:07,840 --> 00:17:11,320 Speaker 2: so they're highlighting our series that we're putting out. And 408 00:17:11,359 --> 00:17:13,720 Speaker 2: so we have the service space, the retail and now 409 00:17:13,840 --> 00:17:17,040 Speaker 2: the reality series that's coming out. So we're excited to 410 00:17:17,400 --> 00:17:20,560 Speaker 2: highlight this amazing field that people just don't want to 411 00:17:20,560 --> 00:17:23,119 Speaker 2: get into. But when they're seeing us, they're like, you 412 00:17:23,160 --> 00:17:25,040 Speaker 2: know what, I think I can do it because those 413 00:17:25,080 --> 00:17:25,919 Speaker 2: people look like me. 414 00:17:26,200 --> 00:17:27,760 Speaker 1: So this is Black Girls. We're ck in the Urban 415 00:17:27,800 --> 00:17:30,080 Speaker 1: World Film Festival. Tell me about the series. 416 00:17:30,080 --> 00:17:32,520 Speaker 2: The reality is and goodness. So every time we're out 417 00:17:32,560 --> 00:17:34,600 Speaker 2: and I'm doing a job. People are so in awe 418 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:37,280 Speaker 2: that I'm actually doing the work, and they like, hey, 419 00:17:37,280 --> 00:17:38,840 Speaker 2: have you ever thought of a reality show? 420 00:17:39,280 --> 00:17:41,200 Speaker 3: Like we think we can do something like that. 421 00:17:41,280 --> 00:17:44,480 Speaker 2: And so the only thing is that the customers are 422 00:17:44,600 --> 00:17:47,159 Speaker 2: not comfortable with people being in their homes and things 423 00:17:47,200 --> 00:17:47,880 Speaker 2: like that, right. 424 00:17:47,920 --> 00:17:50,760 Speaker 1: But sometimes they're embarrassed too. Probably they're embarrassed. 425 00:17:50,800 --> 00:17:53,280 Speaker 2: And the thing about pest control is not something to 426 00:17:53,320 --> 00:17:55,919 Speaker 2: be embarrassed about because it's not always about sanitation. 427 00:17:56,440 --> 00:17:59,280 Speaker 3: Roach is, like you said, if it's if it's. 428 00:17:59,080 --> 00:18:02,240 Speaker 2: A unit in a building, you can infest the entire 429 00:18:02,280 --> 00:18:04,280 Speaker 2: building because you're trying to treat it yourself. I go 430 00:18:04,280 --> 00:18:06,520 Speaker 2: in and see Raid and things like that, shout out 431 00:18:06,560 --> 00:18:08,160 Speaker 2: to Raid like Ray, but. 432 00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:09,120 Speaker 1: But Buckshack is here, period. 433 00:18:09,119 --> 00:18:10,960 Speaker 2: But Strike is here, and we're here and we're eco 434 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:13,639 Speaker 2: friendly and we're here to stay and you know, and 435 00:18:13,680 --> 00:18:16,600 Speaker 2: they're self treating and it's like, no, you need an 436 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:19,919 Speaker 2: expert there. So but they will they'll damage the entire 437 00:18:20,040 --> 00:18:22,000 Speaker 2: building just off of one unit. 438 00:18:22,280 --> 00:18:24,479 Speaker 1: And listen. One time on my roof I could hear 439 00:18:24,560 --> 00:18:27,159 Speaker 1: like a little scuffling on my roof and I was like, 440 00:18:27,240 --> 00:18:29,560 Speaker 1: what is that? And I think and maybe because I 441 00:18:29,640 --> 00:18:33,280 Speaker 1: ended up seeing a raccoon next door. Yeah, and you 442 00:18:33,280 --> 00:18:35,760 Speaker 1: know in certain situations like that, because they'll like scratch 443 00:18:35,800 --> 00:18:38,560 Speaker 1: and they could potentially like I saw because then I 444 00:18:38,560 --> 00:18:40,679 Speaker 1: started looking online. You know, I go down my rabbit 445 00:18:40,680 --> 00:18:43,560 Speaker 1: hole and I saw like a little raccoon just kind 446 00:18:43,560 --> 00:18:45,679 Speaker 1: of like digging, and then the roof ended up like 447 00:18:45,720 --> 00:18:47,920 Speaker 1: getting holes in it. And then you don't want to, 448 00:18:48,040 --> 00:18:50,200 Speaker 1: like I said, you don't want to wait. You do 449 00:18:50,320 --> 00:18:53,399 Speaker 1: if something happens, deal with it, like immediately right away. 450 00:18:53,480 --> 00:18:55,760 Speaker 3: You do not want to wait. It is so important. 451 00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:58,760 Speaker 2: They use environmental things around in the sharp and their teeth, 452 00:18:58,800 --> 00:19:01,920 Speaker 2: their hands and like that. And rats are blind, their 453 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:03,919 Speaker 2: eyes are on the side. That's why they use the 454 00:19:03,920 --> 00:19:06,920 Speaker 2: base sports and walls to travel to and from their fur, 455 00:19:07,160 --> 00:19:08,160 Speaker 2: their their tail. 456 00:19:08,400 --> 00:19:10,680 Speaker 3: They use everything around them to survive. 457 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:14,720 Speaker 1: Right, Yeah, I'm not feeling it, but that's what I 458 00:19:14,760 --> 00:19:17,399 Speaker 1: appreciate you. Yes, that's what I'm here for this. Say 459 00:19:17,480 --> 00:19:19,439 Speaker 1: you ended up doing this show? How do you feel like? 460 00:19:19,960 --> 00:19:22,080 Speaker 2: I feel so excited about it because again I get 461 00:19:22,119 --> 00:19:24,800 Speaker 2: a chance to highlight especially with my family. We are 462 00:19:24,960 --> 00:19:28,280 Speaker 2: pet third generation pest control. My daughters are run helping 463 00:19:28,320 --> 00:19:31,240 Speaker 2: me run the companies. It's two companies and my dad 464 00:19:31,320 --> 00:19:33,760 Speaker 2: is still here with me and husband, so it's a 465 00:19:33,760 --> 00:19:36,680 Speaker 2: family business. We get a chance to highlight it. We 466 00:19:36,720 --> 00:19:38,920 Speaker 2: have really now we're in the real estate and investing, 467 00:19:38,960 --> 00:19:40,960 Speaker 2: so now we get a chance to you know, buy 468 00:19:40,960 --> 00:19:43,159 Speaker 2: the buildings and all that stuff and actually keep them 469 00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:45,960 Speaker 2: pest free. And it's important because I got kicked out 470 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:49,600 Speaker 2: of my apartment starting this business. The landlord final found 471 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:51,960 Speaker 2: out that I was running the business weeks after in 472 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:53,920 Speaker 2: my living room and was like, it's against your lease 473 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:54,760 Speaker 2: and kicked me out. 474 00:19:55,040 --> 00:19:57,320 Speaker 1: Are you kidding me? Ye's not like nobody was coming there. 475 00:19:57,400 --> 00:19:59,879 Speaker 1: It's just used in it from home, I know. 476 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:02,040 Speaker 2: And it wasn't like I was receiving any type of 477 00:20:02,080 --> 00:20:04,960 Speaker 2: city things and literally gave me two weeks to get out. 478 00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:07,960 Speaker 2: Here's the funny part. I had to make a decision 479 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:09,800 Speaker 2: because it was like, what am I gonna do? My 480 00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:12,880 Speaker 2: children stay, you know, walks away from steps away from 481 00:20:12,960 --> 00:20:13,520 Speaker 2: high school. 482 00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:15,760 Speaker 3: And eight years later, we are. 483 00:20:15,680 --> 00:20:17,960 Speaker 2: The fastest going pest control company owned by a woman 484 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:19,280 Speaker 2: and she's a client now. 485 00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:20,200 Speaker 1: So that's yes. 486 00:20:20,280 --> 00:20:23,280 Speaker 2: She called the company not knowing I was the owner, 487 00:20:23,880 --> 00:20:26,240 Speaker 2: and we were like, oh my god, this is her. 488 00:20:26,359 --> 00:20:28,480 Speaker 2: And I went in for the meeting and she was like, 489 00:20:28,600 --> 00:20:31,160 Speaker 2: oh my god, we set across from each other, and yeah, 490 00:20:31,200 --> 00:20:32,360 Speaker 2: she's a she's a customer. 491 00:20:32,400 --> 00:20:35,480 Speaker 1: Did she apologize for that time? She did? She did? 492 00:20:35,560 --> 00:20:40,400 Speaker 2: She but she you know, it was really discount, no discount. 493 00:20:40,480 --> 00:20:42,239 Speaker 3: But at this point I don't have to deal with her. 494 00:20:42,320 --> 00:20:44,840 Speaker 3: I have a team that she can talk to and 495 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:45,480 Speaker 3: deal with them. 496 00:20:45,480 --> 00:20:47,560 Speaker 1: She don't have to deal with a right Well, listen, 497 00:20:47,840 --> 00:20:49,680 Speaker 1: I know you have a lot going on this week, 498 00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:54,760 Speaker 1: but congratulations on everything RB Pet Solutions and the RB 499 00:20:54,880 --> 00:20:57,280 Speaker 1: Premium products get your bugs strike. I can't wait to 500 00:20:57,280 --> 00:20:59,040 Speaker 1: see what other products you're coming with. But I think 501 00:20:59,080 --> 00:21:01,600 Speaker 1: eco friendly is one of the most important things. Don't 502 00:21:01,640 --> 00:21:03,479 Speaker 1: be having things that are harmful to your health and 503 00:21:03,520 --> 00:21:06,960 Speaker 1: your home, spraying things you're breathing in these fumes, you know, 504 00:21:07,160 --> 00:21:09,560 Speaker 1: so just I know. 505 00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:11,679 Speaker 2: I have so much and all of it is eco friendly. 506 00:21:11,680 --> 00:21:13,440 Speaker 2: My peppermint oil, it sells. 507 00:21:13,119 --> 00:21:13,920 Speaker 3: Out in Chicago. 508 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:18,040 Speaker 1: I actually had them plant peppermint like around my house 509 00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:19,960 Speaker 1: just because I felt like it was a good way. 510 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:22,359 Speaker 1: I know, they say, lavender, peppermint, eucalyptus. 511 00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:25,160 Speaker 3: You are in my ingredients for my next prost. I'm 512 00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:26,840 Speaker 3: gonna ship you some. You're gonna love it. 513 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:28,960 Speaker 1: When and I like having smells. That's what I like 514 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:31,639 Speaker 1: about it too, is that these are natural ways to 515 00:21:31,880 --> 00:21:35,200 Speaker 1: prevent you know, mice, rats and all of that. They 516 00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:38,320 Speaker 1: don't like those strong smells. Listen, trust me. I try 517 00:21:38,320 --> 00:21:41,480 Speaker 1: to do everything that I can to be like you know, 518 00:21:41,560 --> 00:21:43,760 Speaker 1: I care about the ingredients and the product when it 519 00:21:43,800 --> 00:21:45,439 Speaker 1: comes to my food, when it comes to anything that 520 00:21:45,440 --> 00:21:48,240 Speaker 1: we're gonna have. So literally, I have like peppermint leaves 521 00:21:48,280 --> 00:21:50,439 Speaker 1: all planted like around the front of my house and 522 00:21:50,480 --> 00:21:51,080 Speaker 1: in the backyard. 523 00:21:51,119 --> 00:21:53,840 Speaker 3: Oh see, you're good. You're gonna like that produs. 524 00:21:54,160 --> 00:21:55,960 Speaker 2: I'm gonna send it to You're gonna be like Robbie. 525 00:21:55,960 --> 00:21:58,160 Speaker 2: This smells so good and it sells out in Chicago. 526 00:21:58,200 --> 00:22:00,680 Speaker 2: It's not in stores yet, but people you can if 527 00:22:00,720 --> 00:22:03,840 Speaker 2: you contact you know, RB Pest Solutions and premium products, 528 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:05,560 Speaker 2: you can come in and we'll ship it to you. 529 00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:09,440 Speaker 1: Okay. I love this. The hustle mixed with the education. 530 00:22:10,119 --> 00:22:10,560 Speaker 3: Family. 531 00:22:10,640 --> 00:22:13,680 Speaker 1: You'll mix with the family mixed with the TV show. 532 00:22:14,040 --> 00:22:14,879 Speaker 3: Yeah, and the money. 533 00:22:14,960 --> 00:22:17,359 Speaker 2: Let's get to the let's get to the money, all right. 534 00:22:17,400 --> 00:22:19,520 Speaker 2: How can people find you? You can find me. All 535 00:22:19,560 --> 00:22:23,120 Speaker 2: social media platforms are dot b dot Pest Solutions. If 536 00:22:23,119 --> 00:22:25,320 Speaker 2: you put in Women in Pest Control, I pop up, 537 00:22:25,440 --> 00:22:28,399 Speaker 2: I'm googgle because we'll take it over and give us 538 00:22:28,400 --> 00:22:30,439 Speaker 2: a call three one two two one seven nine six 539 00:22:30,520 --> 00:22:33,040 Speaker 2: zero five. We'll schedule you for an inspection in Chicago 540 00:22:33,080 --> 00:22:35,040 Speaker 2: and Indiana, and we're coming to other. 541 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:38,200 Speaker 3: Cities, so stay tuned. We'll be in the city near you. 542 00:22:38,320 --> 00:22:40,159 Speaker 1: How can we see the series if we can't make 543 00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:42,200 Speaker 1: it to the Urban Real Film Festival Black Girls. 544 00:22:42,040 --> 00:22:44,600 Speaker 2: Rock, go to YouTube. If you go to YouTube right now, 545 00:22:44,720 --> 00:22:47,880 Speaker 2: subscribe to RB Pest Solutions. Then you'll see the updates 546 00:22:47,920 --> 00:22:49,840 Speaker 2: and things like that. Will be going to different cities 547 00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:52,000 Speaker 2: and things like that, and yes, you can find the 548 00:22:52,080 --> 00:22:53,480 Speaker 2: episodes there for now. 549 00:22:53,600 --> 00:22:56,600 Speaker 3: All right, thank you so much for I appreciate you. 550 00:22:57,040 --> 00:22:57,520 Speaker 3: Oh my god. 551 00:22:57,560 --> 00:23:03,480 Speaker 1: It's literally the way and pest free.