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399<p class="Paragraph SCXW75370952 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{54e367b6-46a0-4c0e-a211-0e8fefda8693}{19}" paraid="1404309267" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 20px 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline; font-kerning: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun SCXW75370952 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.925px; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW75370952 BCX0" style="-webkit-user-drag: n
399one; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">With over 40 years of experience behind our name, Toupin Construction </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW75370952 BCX0" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">isn’t</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW75370952 BCX0" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> just a business to me—</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW75370952 BCX0" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">it’s</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW75370952 BCX0" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> the standard I was taught from the beginning. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW75370952 BCX0" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">I’ve learned what works, what doesn’t, and what homeowners actually need (not just what looks good on paper).</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW75370952 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{&#34;134233117&#34;:false,&#34;134233118&#34;:false,&#34;335551550&#34;:0,&#34;335551620&#34;:0,&#34;335559738&#34;:300,&#34;335559739&#34;:300}" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.925px; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif;"> </span></p></div>
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401<p class="Paragraph SCXW75370952 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{54e367b6-46a0-4c0e-a211-0e8fefda8693}{24}" paraid="486350710" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 20px 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline; font-kerning: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun SCXW75370952 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.925px; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW75370952 BCX0" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Today, I </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW75370952 BCX0" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; background-position: 0px 100%; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-image: url(&#34;data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHdpZHRoPSI1IiBoZWlnaHQ9IjMiPjxnIGZpbGw9Im5vbmUiIGZpbGwtcnVsZT0iZXZlbm9kZCIgc3Ryb2tlPSIjOTlBQUY1IiBzdHJva2UtbGluZWNhcD0icm91bmQiPjxwYXRoIGQ9Ik0wIC41aDVNMCAyLjVoNSIvPjwvZz48L3N2Zz4=&#34;); border-bottom: 1px solid transparent;">run</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW75370952 BCX0" style="-webkit-user-drag: n
401one; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> the marketing and content side of the company, helping homeowners understand the remodeling process in a way </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW75370952 BCX0" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">that’s</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW75370952 BCX0" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> clear, honest, and </span><span class="NormalTextRun AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed SCXW75370952 BCX0" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; background-position: 0px 100%; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-image: url(&#34;data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHdpZHRoPSIxMCIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyIj48ZyBmaWxsPSJub25lIiBmaWxsLXJ1bGU9ImV2ZW5vZGQiPjxwYXRoIGQ9Ik0wIDBoMTB2MkgweiIvPjxwYXRoIHN0cm9rZT0iI0FEQTJGMiIgc3Ryb2tlLWxpbmVjYXA9InJvdW5kIiBzdHJva2Utd2lkdGg9IjIiIGQ9Ik0xIDFoNCIvPjwvZz48L3N2Zz4=&#34;); border-bottom: 1px solid transparent;">actually helpful</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW75370952 BCX0" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW75370952 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{&#34;134233117&#34;:false,&#34;134233118&#34;:false,&#34;335551550&#34;:0,&#34;335551620&#34;:0,&#34;335559738&#34;:300,&#34;335559739&#34;:300}" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.925px; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif;"> </span></p></div>
402<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW75370952 BCX0" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; overflow: visible; position: relative; direction: ltr; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &#34;Segoe UI&#34;, &#34;Segoe UI Web&#34;, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">
403<p class="Paragraph SCXW75370952 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{54e367b6-46a0-4c0e-a211-0e8fefda8693}{29}" paraid="364654852" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 20px 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline; font-kerning: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun SCXW75370952 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.925px; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW75370952 BCX0" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Yes, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW75370952 BCX0" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">I’m</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW75370952 BCX0" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> the boss’s daughter.</span></span><span class="LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW75370952 BCX0" style="-webkit-user-drag: n
403one; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.925px; font-family: WordVisiCarriageReturn_MSFontService, Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif;"><span class="SCXW75370952 BCX0" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space: pre !important;"> </span><br class="SCXW75370952 BCX0" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space: pre !important;"/></span><span class="TextRun SCXW75370952 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.925px; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW75370952 BCX0" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">But that also means I was taught the expectations, the standards, and the responsibility that come with it.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW75370952 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{&#34;134233117&#34;:false,&#34;134233118&#34;:false,&#34;335551550&#34;:0,&#34;335551620&#34;:0,&#34;335559738&#34;:300,&#34;335559739&#34;:300}" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.925px; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif;"> </span></p></div>
404<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW75370952 BCX0" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; clear: both; cursor: text; overflow: visible; position: relative; direction: ltr; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &#34;Segoe UI&#34;, &#34;Segoe UI Web&#34;, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">
405<p class="Paragraph SCXW75370952 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraeid="{54e367b6-46a0-4c0e-a211-0e8fefda8693}{34}" paraid="1845980643" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 20px 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline; font-kerning: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="TextRun SCXW75370952 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.925px; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW75370952 BCX0" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">This blog is where I share that with you—without the fluff, and without </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW75370952 BCX0" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; background-position: 0px 100%; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-image: url(&#34;data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHdpZHRoPSI1IiBoZWlnaHQ9IjMiPjxnIGZpbGw9Im5vbmUiIGZpbGwtcnVsZT0iZXZlbm9kZCIgc3Ryb2tlPSIjOTlBQUY1IiBzdHJva2UtbGluZWNhcD0icm91bmQiPjxwYXRoIGQ9Ik0wIC41aDVNMCAyLjVoNSIvPjwvZz48L3N2Zz4=&#34;); border-bottom: 1px solid transparent;">the confusion</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW75370952 BCX0" style="-webkit-user-drag: n
405one; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW75370952 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{&#34;134233117&#34;:false,&#34;134233118&#34;:false,&#34;335551550&#34;:0,&#34;335551620&#34;:0,&#34;335559738&#34;:300,&#34;335559739&#34;:300}" style="-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.925px; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif;"> </span></p></div></div></div>     
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