Michael started in the industry at the ripe old age of 9 working with his father, Grady Harlow.

Building houses for Grady Harlow Inc., Michael learned plumbing, heating, electrical, and general construction. At the age of 17 he went through one of his dad's classes, the same classes that all inspectors in the state of North Carolina had to go through to become a inspector or move up to level 1, 2, and 3, and became the youngest in the State of North Carolina to ever hold a North Carolina Class I Plumbing license.

At the age of 21 he worked for one of the largest plumbing company's in the state. He was the supervisor of 17 men on a Government Funded HUD job, (a 4 story) Housing For The Elderly with Buffalo/ Morgan and Associates as the engineers. After that he was doing restaurants, shopping malls, motels, and high rise buildings.

At the age of 25 he started teaching the North Carolina Technical Code with his father for exam preparation, insurance classes, schools maintenance classes, engineer courses and etc.

At the age of 30 he started doing his own classes and has continued until present. He has also done expert witness testimony and consulting in plumbing for court cases. As you can see he has a wide range of experience for both doing the work and instruction. Plumbers from all over the United States have come through his classes with very high remarks.