Tara Cresswell

Tara Cresswell is estimator at Tacoma, Wash.-based Innovative Hardwood Flooring Inc.

Learning the Hard Way as a Hardwood Flooring Estimator

In the wood flooring industry, I embraced the idea that if you stop learning, you aren’t growing.

November 19, 2018

After learning on the job as a wood flooring estimator, I've realized that it's better to be completely transparent with clients, even when it's something they may not want to hear.

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