Justin Caballero

After thousands of projects, we built a vetting checklist and published it openly, because a homeowner who checks these eight things ends up with a great contractor whether or not that contractor is us.

1. Better Business Bureau. Look beyond the rating. Review the complaint history and how the company resolved issues to gauge professionalism and accountability.

2. Awards and accolades. Give more weight to recognition from reputable national industry organizations than to local popularity contests.

3. Warranty. Seek a minimum five year warranty, backed by the financial stability to actually stand behind it.

4. Design capabilities. Make sure the company has experienced in-house designers who can plan, visualize, and execute your project from start to finish.

5. Reviews. Read reviews across multiple platforms, not just Google, to get a balanced, unbiased view of real customer experiences.

6. Permits. Verify the company's permit history. A consistent record of pulled permits is a strong indicator that a contractor follows proper codes and legal requirements.

7. Expertise and experience. Confirm that the project managers, designers, and support staff have proven experience with projects similar to yours. Once construction begins, your project manager is your project.

8. Licensed, bonded, and insured. Always verify credentials with your state licensing authority to ensure the contractor is fully compliant.

The cheapest bid is usually the most expensive decision. Vet thoroughly and you will eliminate most of the heartbreak in this industry before it starts, whoever you hire. The complete guide lives on the Revive website.

Most remodeling problems are not craftsmanship problems. They are handoff problems. A designer draws something, a subcontractor interprets it, a supplier ships something close, and the homeowner lives with the gaps in between.

We built Revive to remove the handoffs. Our designers, project managers, and craftsmen are employees. Our cabinetry, flooring, and tile come through our own supply company, Momentum Cabinetry, sourced directly from manufacturers. Our plumbing and electrical work runs through our own division, Revive Mechanical Services.

Owning the whole chain costs more to build and is harder to run. Here is what it buys: one standard of quality, one schedule that does not wait on someone else's backlog, and one team accountable for the result. When something goes wrong, and on any job site something eventually does, there is no finger-pointing between companies. There is just us, fixing it.

If you take one thing from this, whether you hire us or not: ask any contractor you interview how many hands your project passes through. The number of handoffs predicts the number of headaches.

My stated goal is to create more millionaires than any other home improvement company in the country. People sometimes think that is a recruiting slogan. It is a business model.

We are building something meant to last for decades, and the only way to build something that lasts is to build a company where everyone can win. Not just the founders. The designers, the project managers, the craftsmen, the office team, the partners. In a company that keeps scaling, the people who grow with it end up running divisions, then markets, then companies, and everyone who gives consistent effort should be able to build a great life and a great career inside it.

While we value experience and industry knowledge, we mainly look for our core values in a person: Service, Communication, Attitude, Leadership, and Excellence. Bring those five and we can teach the rest. Some of the most important people in our company started in roles that look nothing like what they do today.

One of our company mottos is to make a lot of money, have a lot of fun, and help a lot of people. A great career should deliver all three. We are building a company that believes in life improvement through home improvement^™, where through our work we constantly improve our own lives and our customers' lives.

If that sounds like your kind of deal, we are actively hiring in Tampa and Orlando right now. See our live openings and apply on the Revive careers page.

The scariest part of a remodel is not the dust or the budget. It is the imagination gap: signing off on something you cannot see, then hoping the finished space matches the picture in your head.

We closed that gap with technology. Our designers pair photorealistic renderings with artificial intelligence so a homeowner can stand in their kitchen and see the finished version of it before demolition begins. Different cabinets, different stone, different lighting, rendered in near real time. FOX 13 featured the approach because it is changing how people make design decisions, and honestly, because it is fun to watch.

The technology is not the point. Confidence is the point. When a family can see the finished space, selections get easier, changes happen on a screen instead of on a job site, and the final reveal feels like recognition instead of a gamble. That is what technology should do in the trades: not replace craftsmanship, but remove the fear from it.