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The Shed Geek Podcast offers an in depth analysis of the ever growing and robust Shed Industry. Listeners will experience a variety of guests who identify or specialize in particular niche areas of the Shed Industry. You will be engaged as you hear amateur and professional personalities discuss topics such as: Shed hauling, sales, marketing, Rent to Own, shed history, shed faith, and much more. Host Shannon Latham is a self proclaimed "Shed Geek" who attempts to take you through discussions that are as exciting as the industry itself. Listeners of this podcast include those who play a role directly or indirectly with the Shed Industry itself.

Recent Episodes

Rent-To-Own Versus Loans For Portable Buildings

Send us Fan Mail Interest rates are not just a headline, they are a daily sales obstacle and a daily opportunity in the shed industry. I sit down with Joel Oney, known by many as J Money, to make the moving parts simple: what drives variable rates, what drives fixed rates, and why waiting on rate cuts may not be a strategy at all. If you sell portable buildings, mini barns, garages, or larger build-on-site projects, you will feel these shifts first through one thing: the monthly payment your ...

59 MIN

What Wins RTO Business Today? PART 1

Send us Fan Mail Rent-to-own in the shed industry used to feel straightforward: show up, explain the program, sign up the manufacturer, and help dealers close more portable building sales. That world is gone. Coming off NSRA Shed Expo week in Knoxville, we sit down and walk through the biggest shifts we’re hearing from manufacturers, dealers, and RTO operators who are trying to compete in a tighter economy and a louder marketplace. We get honest about what’s changing on the ground. Trust sti...

49 MIN

From Feed Store To Three Million In Shed Sales

Send us Fan Mail Most shed businesses don’t stall because people stopped wanting sheds. They stall because the operation underneath gets loose: pricing isn’t clear, follow-up is inconsistent, delivery takes too long, and the customer experience breaks between the lot and the final set. That’s why this conversation with Lori Barnes hit so hard. Lori co-owns Barnes Buildings LLC, started selling sheds out of a feed store, and has built a reputation for big numbers and a steady, grounded approac...

69 MIN

From Solopreneur To Real Organization PART 2

Send us Fan Mail PART 2 If you’ve ever felt like your shed business is busy but not getting easier, the problem might not be production. It might be the numbers you’re not tracking. We sit down with Steve Byler to lay out the few KPIs that cut through the noise and instantly sharpen decision making: material cost as a percentage of revenue, labor costs, distribution cost, and the sales metrics that actually connect to profit. We also dig into what “scalable marketing” really means in the she...

48 MIN

Your Books Should Tell The Truth About Profit

Send us Fan Mail Your lot can be busy and your pipeline can look full, yet the business still feels stuck. We sit down with Karry King of Lily and Sparrow Bookkeeping, a certified public bookkeeper and QuickBooks Live expert, to talk about what’s usually going wrong behind the scenes for shed dealers, shed builders, and shed manufacturers: messy data, missed matches, and financial reports you can’t fully trust. We dig into the most important QuickBooks Online habit for real-world small busin...

58 MIN