How a near-death experience pushed The Termite Guy to entreprenuership

As Landon Lowe lay on the hospital bed, sick from heat exhaustion, he thought to himself: “Am I going to die?”

A harrowing thought for someone with three kids and a wife. It would be a week before he could hold down food or water. Without modern healthcare, he could have passed away.

He put everything on the line for his family, pushing past his natural life’s breaking point. Part of him also worked for his bosses' admiration.

Hearts are gullible to that. That leadership, however, was a no-show.

“No check-ins, no, 'How's it going in the hospital?' I'm like, 'Bro, almost died out here,'” Lowe said.

He worked six days a week for a decade straight, winning MVP awards and various accolades from his employer. He realized he needed a change.

“I'm like, 'If I'm going to die, I'm going to die out there for myself,'” he said.

In his blue-collar industry, Lowe was the man. He was known as the Termite Guy to his repeat customers, who often contacted him directly. So, he quit his position and threw everything into working for himself. After all, he had over 10 years of expertise and experience in the Valley.

“If all the customers are just reaching out to me, and not my office, then yeah, it's time for me,” he said.

The gamble paid off because Lowe sees his clients as informed enough to make their own decisions. And his repeat customers are smart enough to see trust and integrity in him.

“I try just to educate them as much as I can and then give them the decision,” he said. “My old company would want me to close the sale at the door after a quote and try get them on the schedule ASAP. I have a softer approach and just try to educate as much as possible. They can talk with their spouse and get back to me when they feel ready to move forward. I’m not a salesman, I’m a worker.”

He said customers are usually ready to schedule when he walks out.

The Termite Guy offers a $500 whole-house Termidor HE treatment. The cost of a full-house Termidor HE treatment can vary nationally from 1,000 to more than $2,500.

With the summer heat approaching, it’s a price many find they can’t beat.

Lowe lives near Verrado with his high school sweetheart and three kids. The couple adopted two boys from the Marshall Islands at birth. They play for State 48 FC in Buckeye and around the West Valley.

Lowe said he enjoys his new gig because it lets him watch all his boys' games.

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