TRAPPER SEARLES

Via Trapper: Entrepreneur here :) When I was around 10 years old I started shoveling sidewalks in my neighborhood to earn money and save for different things that I wanted/needed. Around the age of 12 I had a small “crew” 3 younger kids that I’d line out logistics on snow days to cover more ground and take care of more walks creating more revenue, lol, yes 12! It was around that time that I knew I had a knack for leadership, logistics and problem solving, although I could’ve never imagined what it would lead to…

At 15 years of age I started working at Overhead Door of Casper Wyoming to save for a vehicle. I picked the trade up pretty quickly and that combined with an outgoing character I was quite the tech/sales person.

By 18 years old I was a certified garage door technician. After graduating high school I realized my opportunities were limited in my hometown and decided to move to the big city by taking a transfer. While working at the largest garage door company in the Denver metro area I realized that the priority wasn’t customer service and quality work rather get in get out, get paid… customer service was non existent, So….

I started The Garage Doctor when I was 21 years old with the primary focus on providing a much higher level of customer service that was obviously missing in the Denver market. After 18 years TGD has become the most trusted garage door company in the Denver metro area and has a tremendous reputation in which I’m very proud of. Throughout the years of continued learning in the construction industry it led me into Realestate Investing and I was so excited to start Searles Investments in 2019. I’ve continued to love Real Estate Investing and learning more and more about the industry.

2023 is the year I decided to start down a path I always thought was far out of reach by starting to work on a patent! Whoa! How cool, it’s so much fun working on an idea that I’ve had for 15 years with the hopes of having a product to market by 2025ish.