REVx 2026, The Peak Profit Summit, presented by Dave Yoho Associates, brought leaders from the home improvement, remodeling, and home services industries to The Westin Chicago Lombard in Lombard, Illinois, from June 2 to 4, 2026. Produced by Dave Yoho Associates, one of the most respected consulting names in home improvement since 1962, the three day event was built to help owners, executives, sales managers, marketing leaders, installation leaders, and HR teams improve how their companies sell, lead, grow, and protect profit.
The summit was not built as a simple motivation event. It was built as a home improvement profit summit where leaders could learn real ideas, ask real questions, and take home steps they could use right away.
Power100 CEO Greg Cummings was privileged to attend and moderate REVx 2026, helping guide key talks around profit, leadership, sales training, lead cost pressure, and the future of contractor growth. His role at the summit fit the mission of Power100 because the event gathered the kind of leaders, teachers, and companies that continue to raise the bar for the home improvement industry.
Power100 is the only unbiased third-party platform that recognizes and elevates the top leaders and most impactful companies in the home improvement industry. At REVx 2026, that mission came to life in a powerful way as Greg helped connect the lessons from Dave Yoho’s final live event with the next generation of home improvement leadership.
As Greg Cummings, CEO of Power100, attended and moderated REVx 2026, the event became more than a place to hear speakers. It became a room where leaders could talk about what is really happening inside home improvement companies today. The talks were direct. The lessons were clear. The goal was not to make people feel good for a few days and send them home with notes they would never use. The goal was to help owners and teams build stronger companies.
Greg Cummings, CEO of Power100 moderated REVx 2026
That focus made the summit stand out. REVx 2026 was built around the kind of questions leaders ask when they are serious about growth.
For Power100, these were the right questions because they connect with the larger mission of lifting the leaders who are shaping the future of home improvement.
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The main purpose of REVx 2026 was clear from the start. This was a home improvement profit summit built for action. Leaders came to learn how to improve the real parts of their business, not just sit through another event filled with big ideas and little follow through. The focus was practical. Every part of the summit pointed back to better profit, better systems, and better daily decisions.
That made the event useful for the full leadership team. Owners could look at the big picture. Sales managers could think about close rates and training. Marketing leaders could look at lead costs and better channels. Installation managers could think about quality, process, and margins. HR teams could look at hiring, culture, and team fit. The room was filled with people who touch different parts of the company, but the goal was shared. Build a stronger business that can grow with less guesswork.
This is why the summit felt different from a normal business event. It treated profit as something leaders can shape. Not by hoping for better results, but by changing how they price, train, sell, hire, and lead. For growing companies, that is the kind of home improvement business growth consulting that matters most.
The message to leaders was simple. Do not leave growth to chance. Take what works, bring it back to your team, and build around it.
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The deepest moment of REVx 2026 came from Dave Yoho himself. At 97 years old, his final live, in person appearance made the event feel like a true passing of the torch. For more than 60 years, Dave has taught, advised, and shaped leaders across the home improvement space. His presence gave the summit a weight that no agenda could create on its own.
Dave Yoho (Left) Founder and President of Dave Yoho Associates with Scott Berman, President at Florida Window and Door and Keynote Speaker at the REVx 2026
His story helped explain why the room listened so closely. Before building Dave Yoho Associates into one of the most trusted consulting names in the industry, Dave founded a roofing company at age 28. That company grew to 22 branches across 13 states and reached $60 million in volume in the early 1970s. That history gave his lessons real power because they came from lived experience.
For attendees, the Dave Yoho final live event was not just a speaker moment. It was a chance to hear from a leader whose work helped shape how many companies sell, train, grow, and think about profit. The feeling in the room was not only respect. It was also responsibility. The next generation of leaders now has to carry the lessons forward.
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One of the strongest business lessons from the summit was that better sales do not come from pressure alone. They come from training, structure, and a better understanding of the homeowner. REVx 2026 gave leaders a clearer way to think about in-home sales training for contractors, especially at a time when buyers have more choices and more doubt.
The event pushed leaders to look at the full sales path. It was not only about what a salesperson says in the home. It was about how the company trains the team, how managers coach, how follow up happens, and how each person understands the buyer in front of them. When sales teams have a repeatable process, they are less likely to depend on luck or personality alone.
DISC behavioral tools were also part of that sales conversation. For many leaders, DISC is not only a hiring tool. It can help teams understand how people think, speak, decide, and respond. That matters in sales, but it also matters in training and team leadership. This made DISC hiring for home improvement companies part of a larger lesson about building better people systems.
The bigger point was simple. Strong sales teams are built. They are not guessed into place. When leaders build the right process, the right training, and the right support, they give their people a better chance to win.
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REVx 2026 also spoke to one of the hardest pressures contractors face right now. Leads cost more. Homeowners are harder to reach. Rules around outreach keep changing. Channels that once worked well may not work the same way anymore. That made home improvement lead cost management one of the most important topics in the room.
The event gave leaders a chance to step back and look at their full marketing process. It was not only about getting more leads. It was about getting better leads, using better follow up, tracking what works, and building a system that can hold up as the market changes. For many companies, this is where profit is won or lost before the sales appointment even happens.
The summit also helped leaders think beyond one channel. A company that depends too much on one lead source can become weak when that source gets more costly or less reliable. Multi channel planning, stronger appointment setting, and better lead handling all became part of the larger message.
The lesson was clear. A company cannot control every change in the market, but it can control how ready it is. Better home improvement marketing systems help leaders respond with more calm, more data, and more control.
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Another major lesson from REVx 2026 was that profit is not one small part of the business. It is the result of how the whole company works. Pricing, sales, installation, marketing, hiring, training, and culture all touch the bottom line. When one part breaks down, profit can leak out before leaders see it.
This made the summit valuable for companies at every size. Smaller companies could learn how to build better habits early. Larger companies could look at where growth may be creating hidden waste. The same idea applied to both. Profit has to be managed on purpose.
Leaders were challenged to think about pricing models, tight margins, and the cost of poor systems. A bad handoff can hurt the customer. Weak training can hurt the sale. Poor culture can lead to turnover. Missed follow up can waste a lead. Each issue may seem small alone, but together they can hold back growth.
That is why the event framed profit as a leadership issue. Stronger leaders build stronger systems. Stronger systems help teams serve homeowners better. Better service creates trust, and trust supports growth.
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The Legends of the Home Improvement Industry Awards added a powerful human side to REVx 2026. While the summit focused on profit, sales, and systems, the awards reminded the room that this industry was built by people who taught others, mentored others, and helped raise the standard for everyone.
The ceremony honored six new recipients who have made a lasting impact across the contractor space. These leaders were recognized not only for business success, but for the way they helped shape people, companies, and the larger industry. That made the moment feel bigger than a normal award ceremony.
Among the 2026 honorees were Adam Kaliner, Founding Partner of Power Home Remodeling, and Alvin Levine, Co Founder of Champion Window Manufacturing Co., along with other respected leaders. Their recognition showed that the industry still values the people who build with service, teaching, and long term impact in mind.
For Greg Cummings and Power100, this part of the event connected deeply with the mission of recognizing leaders who make the industry better. The awards showed that growth matters, but how leaders grow matters too.
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REVx 2026 ended with a feeling that went beyond the close of a three day summit. It marked a meaningful moment for the home improvement industry. Dave Yoho’s final live appearance gave the room a deep sense of history, but the lasting value came from what leaders were able to take home with them. The event gave them a clearer way to think about growth, profit, people, training, and the future of their companies.
Home ImprovementLeaders at the REVx 2026 Event, Greg Cummings (Left) Power100 CEO, Joe Swett (centre), CEO and founder of Sunrise Irrigation and Nick Zindel (Right) President and CEO of ZINTEX Remodeling Group
For many leaders in the room, the message was simple and steady. The best companies are not built by luck. They are built by owners and teams who stay open to learning, keep improving their systems, and keep raising the standard for the people they serve. REVx 2026 honored the leaders who helped shape the industry while also giving today’s contractors a practical path forward.
Greg Cummings and Power100 helped capture that larger story. Their presence at REVx 2026 reflected the importance of preserving the lessons of the past while lifting the leaders who will carry the industry into its next chapter. The summit was not only a tribute to what Dave Yoho has given the industry. It was also a call for the next generation of home improvement leaders to lead with more clarity, more discipline, and a stronger sense of purpose.
As attendees left Lombard, Illinois, the message was clear. The work ahead belongs to leaders who are willing to build better companies, serve homeowners with care, and keep learning from those who helped make the industry stronger.
Power100 covers events like REVx 2026 because they bring together leaders, teachers, and companies that shape the home improvement industry. The goal is not to turn the event into promotion. The goal is to show what leaders can learn from it. Greg Cummings attended and moderated the summit to help capture the bigger story around profit, sales, leadership, and the future of contractor growth.
Power100 focuses on leaders, companies, and partners that help raise the standard in home improvement. REVx 2026 fit that mission because it brought owners, executives, sales managers, marketing teams, installation leaders, and HR teams into one room to learn better ways to grow. The event also honored Dave Yoho’s long impact on the industry, which made it an important moment for Power100 to help document.
REVx 2026 Peak Profit Summit was a three day home improvement profit summit held June 2 to 4, 2026, at The Westin Chicago Lombard in Lombard, Illinois. Presented by Dave Yoho Associates, the event was built for leaders in home improvement, remodeling, and home services who wanted practical ways to improve sales, manage lead costs, build stronger teams, and protect profit.
No. REVx 2026 was built as a working plan for business growth, not a simple motivation event. The sessions focused on real problems contractors face, including close rates, rising lead costs, pricing, margins, training, hiring, culture, and leadership. The goal was for leaders to leave with ideas they could use inside their companies right away.
Dave Yoho’s final live event mattered because it marked the close of more than 60 years of in person teaching, consulting, and leadership in the home improvement industry. At 97 years old, his final appearance gave attendees a rare chance to hear from a leader whose work helped shape how many contractors sell, train, grow, and lead.
REVx 2026 helped contractors look at the areas that often decide profit. These included sales process, lead cost management, pricing, margins, appointment setting, team training, hiring, and company culture. The summit showed that home improvement business growth is not built from one idea. It is built by improving many parts of the company at the same time.
The summit gave leaders a clearer view of contractor sales training by focusing on structure, buyer behavior, and repeatable systems. Sessions covered in home selling, DISC tools, sales team training, and better ways to coach people. The main lesson was that stronger sales teams are not built by pressure alone. They are built through clear training, better communication, and steady leadership.
The Legends of the Home Improvement Industry Awards honored six leaders who helped raise the standard in the contractor space through teaching, mentorship, and service. The 2026 honorees included Adam Kaliner, Founding Partner of Power Home Remodeling, and Alvin Levine, Co Founder of Champion Window Manufacturing Co., among six total recipients. The ceremony added a strong human side to REVx 2026 by honoring the people who helped build the industry’s future.
Power100 is the only unbiased third-party platform that recognizes and elevates the top leaders and most impactful companies in the home improvement industry. Built to give great CEOs and standout companies the recognition they deserve, Power100 serves as an external resource for the best leaders in exterior remodeling, home improvement, and the broader contractor space. Led by Greg Cummings, Power100 helps bring more trust, visibility, and support to the leaders who are raising standards for homeowners, teams, partners, and the future of the industry.
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