Frustrated with my installers botching LVP jobs - how to manage them better?

I'm looking at buying this flooring business in the greater Atlanta area, it's $500k purchase with $850k revenue and $200k SDE, owner plus two employees doing installs on luxury vinyl plank with contractors, got a warehouse, showroom leased, two trucks, and forklifts. Owner handles all the sales, measuring, and bids himself, and the town's construction is booming right now. But I'm pissed thinking about taking over and dealing with these guys who might not know their ass from a SharkBite fitting when it comes to transitions on LVP. Someone in the Flooring Professionals Facebook group said check the employee turnover history first. Saw a similar thread on r/Flooring about a bad buyout that tanked because of lazy crews. Good deal or nah? What questions should I hit the owner with on managing these installers?

don't buy without seeing their last three safety incidents on LVP cuts - one bad blade slip and you're liable for workers comp hell.

ask for the employee handbook on LVP install protocols, if they don't have one, walk away.

PE firms are snapping up flooring ops like this, but they gut the staff and start over - your $200k SDE vanishes.

this boom is fake, election year means rates spike and jobs dry up on tile and LVP alike.

install crews here are the worst, half the time they show up hungover and mess up the acclimation.

SharkBite style push-fits for subfloor repairs are a joke, better train them on real PEX alternatives.

same, my LVP guys cant even scribe a straight edge without supervision.

watched that Tommy Mello vid on scaling crews, he says document every screw-up or you're screwed in court.

bro, we all feel that frustration with installers who treat LVP like its carpet.

union tile guys are pushing non-union flooring crews out, good luck finding reliable help.

in atlanta? ask about humidity control in the warehouse, warps LVP faster than anything.

document performance metrics like planks per hour, fire the bottom 20% yearly.

lmao, my last crew thought acclimating LVP meant letting it sit in the truck overnight.

how many of your potential employees are certified in Coretec or Shaw installs?

goddamn clients expect perfection but pay peanuts, then blame us for crew issues.

been there, lost a $10k job cuz one guy skipped underlayment on vinyl.

check their glue-up ratios for perimeter installs, skimping there leads to callbacks.

had a crew that way, trained em on Festool tools and they still botched seams.

non-union vs union debate is real, but for LVP speed trumps certs every time.

you hiring seasonal or full-time for the atlanta boom?

these boom-bust cycles screw over small flooring ops every time.

watch for poaching, big box stores steal good installers mid-season.

we're all pissed at how Home Depot undercuts with cheap LVP crews.

same boat, my guys vanish when concrete jobs get dusty.

set clear KPIs for undercut accuracy on LVP, pays off big.

fuck the whole industry right now with labor shortages on every flooring gig.