Originally Posted By: gromicko This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
." If the most experienced veterans in our industry had a way of distinguishing themselves from the rest of the market, they could use that distinction to raise their prices. Where the top goes, the bottom follows. If the 3% or 4% of the inspectors who qualify for this designation start to exploit it to raise their pricing… the other 97% of us should cheer them on. I am really trying to get our pricing up as an industry and I think with CMI, I can pull it up from the top.
Originally Posted By: rwand This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
You folks are putting to much faith in titles! Experience, reputation and length of time in business are ingridents for success. Not titles. What does a title have to do with raising prices? Your competition and local market are what determines pricing along with the olde supply and demand equation.
Of course only my view.
Raymond Wand
Alton, ON
-- The value of experience is not in seeing much,
but in seeing wisely. - Sir William Osler 1905
Originally Posted By: rbrown1 This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
Ray,
Although I do agree with you, as far as the general public is concerned they all fall for "Branding" In my opinion it is all basically just hype it does work.
People pay far more to buy the Brand names than they have to but they still do.
No different here. However this is more than just hype, the branding, promoted properly would certainly help to raise prices.
I also agree with Mr. Myers regarding mentoring.
-- Bob Brown
President NACHI Du-Ka Chapter ON. Canada
NACHI Cell: 1-484-429-5465
Originally Posted By: wdecker This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
I would agree with regards to the mentoring, ride along, etc stuff.
In my state, we have a number of 'approved' education providers to train just enought for the new guys to pass the state license exam, but I woul say that some of these guys are NOT qualified. Heard about a guy who spent an hour searching for the return duct on an electric furnace!
Just as some claim that the NACHI entrance exam is too easy (and I am one), I believe that the state exam is also too easy. Exams should be about more than technical qestions, but should also test for legal, liability, and report writing skills
(BTW: I know it does not always look that way from my posts, but I do write a good (and spell checked!!!) narrative report.)
Our Chapter was discussing a requirement for more experienced members (haven't defined that one yet) to do at least x number of teaching ride alongs with these new guys.
There are some people, around here who actually charge (up to $1000.00 for 10 ride alongs) for this. That's just plain wrong.
In my opinion, local chapters should be, at least, 50% invested in training, educatiion and member uplift.
Originally Posted By: Nick Gromicko This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
into our market. These are people that have no business ever being in the inspection business (but they don’t know it). Then ASHI tells them to go out and do 250 unqualified inspections for poor unsuspecting consumers. Desperate to get their inspections in, these come with only cash Candidates drop their prices, cut our throats, and ruin our markets.
3. Put more energy into professional development (this mostly includes continuing education, but many other areas as well).
4. Bypass the REALTORs using the internet and market directly to home buyers... explaining to them that it is not in their best interest to shop price when choosing an inspector to help evaluate the purchase of their life.
5. Improve marketing. When you market yourself strong and more professionally, you can charge more. Overcharging your client helps your client. When your profits are high you can afford better tools, you can afford to take your time and perform fewer inspections, you can afford to write a better report, you can afford continuing education and afford the time to take it, etc.
These are the 5 steps to doubling our industry's current average fee structure.
Originally Posted By: eporter This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
I think you are wrong about TIJ and the “H6.” I am not sure if I am officially one of the H6, but I would like to think that they would would provide some insight.
My thought: If this CMI so soley for the purpose of raising prices, the it is destined for instant critisism. BUT, if it were in cooperation with raising the bar and standards of the inspection industry, I feel that it would be a worthwhile project.
I welcome any expansion on these ideas.
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"Inspecting this home like I'm buying it myself."
Ed Porter
Cornerstone Home Inspection Services, Inc.
Grand Haven, MI
Originally Posted By: tallen This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
eporter wrote:
I think you are wrong about TIJ and the "H6." I am not sure if I am officially one of the H6, but I would like to think that they would would provide some insight.
My thought: If this CMI so soley for the purpose of raising prices, the it is destined for instant critisism. BUT, if it were in cooperation with raising the bar and standards of the inspection industry, I feel that it would be a worthwhile project.
I welcome any expansion on these ideas.
Ed,
They are voicing there opinions, just not on this board.
They seem to feel that posting on this board is bad for there health ![icon_lol.gif](upload://zEgbBCXRskkCTwEux7Bi20ZySza.gif)
-- I have put the past behind me,
where , however, it now sits, making rude remarks.
Originally Posted By: Nick Gromicko This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
Ed is basically correct in that professionalism includes raising the bar… I just want to make sure that as the bar raises… so does our pricing as an industry.
Hence my 5-fold plan to raise the fee schedule of our industry, specifically #2, #3, and indirectly #5 stated above.
Originally Posted By: eporter This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
Nick,
I think for the first time EVER, I agree with you…almost. Out of the five, I wholeheartedly agree with four of your ideas.
LEAVE ASHI OUT OF THIS. With the other four steps, ASHI is a non-issue. The four steps are a golden plan for success. Dump #2, and focus on the others, or add another.
My two cents.
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"Inspecting this home like I'm buying it myself."
Ed Porter
Cornerstone Home Inspection Services, Inc.
Grand Haven, MI
Originally Posted By: tallen This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
gromicko wrote:
Todd, you and I have the opportunity to stay in MISC Forum where non-members can't post, or MEMBERS-ONLY Forum where non-members can't even read. I think the NACHI Forum, where all can have at you... is for men.
To all I say.. be brave. Hang out down here with us.