21 Things Every Home Inspector Should Know
Table of Contents
Chapter 1
Come On In and Join Us
A great profession! (OK, but you have to read the fine print, too)
Chapter 2
How Did You Get in Here?
Do you have what it takes to be a home inspector?
Chapter 3
What Do You Need to Know?
And where can you go to learn it?
Chapter 4
Home Inspection: It Isn’t Just a Man’s World
There’s no reason why women can’t succeed, and thrive, in this business.
Chapter 5
Tools of the Trade
Let’s talk start-up costs.
Chapter 6
Market Thyself
You may be a great home inspector, but nobody will know it unless you sell yourself.
Chapter 7
Where Do You Fit in the Deal?
What happened before you got to the house and what’s going to happen after you leave.
Chapter 8
Who Is Your Client?
The guy who writes me a check! Right? (That is right, isn’t it?)
Chapter 9
Getting Paid
You can make $100,000 your first year, but you may not pocket enough to live on.
Chapter 10
How Busy Can You Be? It Depends
The realities of endless possibilities.
Chapter 11
How Far Does the Inspection Have to Go?
Are you going to be able to restrict your inspection to just the home, or will it go into the yard and down the street?
Chapter 12
How Dangerous Is This Job?
Imagine what you’d look like standing naked on someone’s roof..
Chapter 13
Working with Buyers
Patience is the queen of all virtues and nowhere is that truer than in the home inspection business.
Chapter 14
Getting Along Without You
Should you defend against the do-it-yourselfer?
Chapter 15
Liability and the Courts
Lawyers did not create the home inspection business, but they were there at the birth.
Chapter 16
Everything Is About Ethics
Why is it important not to lie to your client, and to be careful about who you take money from.
Chapter 17
The Organizational You
Sometimes you wanna go where everybody knows your name.
Chapter 18
You’re Involved in Politics
Whether you want to be or not, legislatures across the land are tinkering with you business.
Chapter 19
The Challenges Ahead
The real estate business already has survived (more or less) mold and asbestos. But you can be sure there are more challenges coming.
Chapter 20
What Else Can You Do?
With all the skills you have, all you need is a little imagination to come up with a raft of different ways to serve the marketplace.
Chapter 21
The High Tech Home of the…….
Well, actually, the home of the future is already here.
Chapter 22
Why Do People Fail?
Every year a large number of people go into this business and a large number are forced out. Why?
Chapter 23
In Conclusion ……
Home inspecting can be both enjoyable and lucrative. You’ll like it here.