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October 1, 2023

About the Home Management Blog

HOMR's Home Management blog is written to educate homeowners read about our process and how we work to stay unbiased in our reviews

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Matthew Silkwood
Director Of Sales & Marketing

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Aledo
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Godley
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Caddo Mills
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North Richland Hills
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Ponder
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Frisco
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Midlothian
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Grandview
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Lake Worth
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University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
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Irving
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Poolville
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White Rock
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Itasca
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DeSoto
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Valley View
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Lancaster
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Lone Oak
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Springtown
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East Fort Worth
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Stockyards
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Rockwall
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Bluffview
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Old East Dallas
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Southern Methodist University
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Millsap
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Balch Springs
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Roanoke
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Oak Cliff
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Cockrell Hill
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Bridgeport
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Downtown Fort Worth
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Milford
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Ladonia
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South Fort Worth
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Southwest Dallas
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West
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Whitt
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Yale Park
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Northwest Dallas
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Willow Bend
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Paradise
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Nemo
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Chico
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Red Oak
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Wolfe City
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Bishop Arts District
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Italy
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Vickery Meadow
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Addison
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Sanger
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Celina
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Cleburne
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Perrin
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Colleyville
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St. Paul
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West Dallas
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Love Field
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Little Elm
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Quinlan
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West End
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Krum
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Newark
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North Dallas
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Hutchins
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Nevada
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Kessler Park
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Lewisville
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Design District
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Forney
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Justin
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Denton
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Uptown
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Anna
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Leonard
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Wylie
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North Fort Worth
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Alvord
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Kemp
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South
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Our Blog’s Mission

We write real reviews for home service companies to make it simpler for regular people to take care of their homes. Real means that HOMR’s team and our members actually use and pay for the services that we recommend in our research. Real means that we survey homeowners about what they want and what matters to them before screening companies. Real means that we go deeper than a search engine to find information to bring to our readers. None of our guides are a "top 10 company" list. We usually only recommend 2 or 3 providers, carefully chosen to appeal to different kinds of homeowners.

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Our Criteria

❌ Deal Breakers

✅ The Bare Minimum

🔥 Above And Beyond

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Why HOMR invests so much in these guides 

Buying a house is most Americans' biggest investment, and often our most consistent source of stress. Around 2014, we started to notice that information from Google search was becoming less useful. Getting home service referrals from Google was inconsistent for many reasons: first, a national review of “Orkin” tells you very little about how good their local office is. Second, they’re incentivized to push high performing ads to the top of search results. Finally, it was so easy to get information online, that hundreds of “review websites” launched as glorified Yellow Pages.

Even finding a good person to work on our homes felt like a full-time job.

When we started the HOMR membership - finding good service providers for our members became the most important part of our job. We spent hundreds of hours calling, vetting, reading quotes, and comparing bids. We realized that data could be used by other people too.

We make money on everything that we recommend

We make money on the HOMR subscription. Additionally, when you buy a service on HOMR’s platform, we make a 5-10% share of that purchase. Ultimately, if our recommendations aren’t good, our members don’t stick around, which we think keeps us honest. 

Why you should trust us: a screening-first process

As a concierge, when our members ask for a service we have no data on, say a Chimney Sweep - we start by calling all of the Chimney Sweep companies in Dallas, and our internal database to find partners that can provide good service at scale. 

Only after we’ve identified a great provider do we establish partnerships and revenue sharing relationships.

There’s also ongoing accountability. Partners have to maintain good feedback from HOMR members to stay on our platform and continue serving our members. 

How We Write

Before we reach out to those companies, we create a “scorecard” for each industry. They’re built from HOMR member questions: anything our customers ask before or during the process of getting a quote. Second, we find the most common failure points for a service provider. This usually comes in the form of BBB complaints, Google and Yelp reviews, as well as community forums like Reddit and Facebook. Finally, we track our own service data - change order requests, warranty claims, and our team’s internal notes from projects that received negative member feedback. 

Once we’ve built the scorecard for an industry, we begin screening the companies. 

Where do we source the companies we review?

We try to provide as much data on the companies we don’t recommend as well as the ones we do to give you trust in our process. 

Our goal is to reliably evaluate all of the companies a reader may consider, and find the hidden gems that don’t have a good online presence. 

We source companies from three places:

  • Member referrals - our members regularly onboard their favorite plumbers, electricians, and tree trimmers to our network - member referrals are put at the top of the list for review. 
  • Large local and national brands - we always want to ensure we review companies that have good brand visibility, as their scale means they can serve a lot of homeowners.
  • Top search engine results - again, we think that these companies command a lot of online traffic and the public has a right to understand how good they are.

Featured Partners

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Aledo
Godley
Caddo Mills
North Richland Hills
Ponder
Frisco
Midlothian
Grandview
Lake Worth
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Irving
Poolville
White Rock
Itasca
DeSoto
Valley View
Lancaster
Lone Oak
Springtown
East Fort Worth
Stockyards
Rockwall
Bluffview
Old East Dallas
Southern Methodist University
Millsap
Balch Springs
Roanoke
Oak Cliff
Cockrell Hill
Bridgeport
Downtown Fort Worth
Milford
Ladonia
South Fort Worth
Southwest Dallas
West
Whitt
Yale Park
Northwest Dallas
Willow Bend
Paradise
Nemo
Chico
Red Oak
Wolfe City
Bishop Arts District
Italy
Vickery Meadow
Addison
Sanger
Celina
Cleburne
Perrin
Colleyville
St. Paul
West Dallas
Love Field
Little Elm
Quinlan
West End
Krum
Newark
North Dallas
Hutchins
Nevada
Kessler Park
Lewisville
Design District
Forney
Justin
Denton
Uptown
Anna
Leonard
Lake Dallas
Venus
Wylie
Northrich
North Fort Worth
Alvord
Kemp
Farmers Branch
South
Sunnyvale
Keene
McKinney
Decatur
Lakewood
Terrell
Grapevine
Mineral Wells
Highland Village
Coppell
Murphy
Blue Ridge
Keller
Stemmons Corridor
Ennis
Eagle Mountain

The bottom line for Homeowners

Read our guides, use our research - we make it for homeowners just like ourselves, people who are busy, want to save time, and just want good options. 

We care about our neighbors, and the businesses we partner with 

We’d love for you to join HOMR - we put the same amount of care into everything that we do.

What's Coming Next?

Swing back by to see articles that we have in future development:

  • Behind the scenes: how we make a HOMR guide (come back soon!)
  • How we find great partners (come back soon!)
  • WHat does a company scorecard look like? (come back soon!)

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