# Does anyone here charge 1000 dollars or more per inspection? **URL:** \ **Category:** Misc. Discussion\ **Created:** [September 5, 2022, 3:57pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/does-anyone-here-charge-1000-dollars-or-more-per-inspection/219529 "2022-09-05T15:57:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![tglaze](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/tglaze/32/362210_2.png) [@tglaze](https://forum.nachi.org/u/tglaze)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2022, 9:07pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/does-anyone-here-charge-1000-dollars-or-more-per-inspection/219529/41 "2022-09-05T21:07:09Z")
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**Author:** ![jmckee](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/jmckee/32/211009_2.png) [@jmckee](https://forum.nachi.org/u/jmckee)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2022, 9:11pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/does-anyone-here-charge-1000-dollars-or-more-per-inspection/219529/42 "2022-09-05T21:11:59Z")
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**Author:** ![jbrown154](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/jbrown154/32/250166_2.png) [@jbrown154](https://forum.nachi.org/u/jbrown154)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2022, 9:19pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/does-anyone-here-charge-1000-dollars-or-more-per-inspection/219529/43 "2022-09-05T21:19:27Z")
That makes a lot more sense lol. ---
**Author:** ![jbrown154](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/jbrown154/32/250166_2.png) [@jbrown154](https://forum.nachi.org/u/jbrown154)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2022, 9:20pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/does-anyone-here-charge-1000-dollars-or-more-per-inspection/219529/44 "2022-09-05T21:20:38Z")
Yeah I’ve heard the buy back guarantee terms are kind of sketchy. ---
**Author:** ![ruecker](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/ruecker/32/357170_2.png) [@ruecker](https://forum.nachi.org/u/ruecker)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2022, 9:32pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/does-anyone-here-charge-1000-dollars-or-more-per-inspection/219529/45 "2022-09-05T21:32:34Z")
> [@jbrown154](#): > > Yeah I’ve heard the buy back guarantee terms are kind of sketchy… Nick will indeed buy the house. No doubt about that. But the client will still be responsible for buyer/seller fees. And will still not have a house. But like I said, it’s probably better than if the seller was stuck with a house they hate or despise. The program just doesn’t justify a large increase in one’s inspection fee, in my opinion. ---
**Author:** ![jbrown154](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/jbrown154/32/250166_2.png) [@jbrown154](https://forum.nachi.org/u/jbrown154)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2022, 9:38pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/does-anyone-here-charge-1000-dollars-or-more-per-inspection/219529/46 "2022-09-05T21:38:40Z")
I see. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![bcawhern1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/bcawhern1/32/408713_2.png) [@bcawhern1](https://forum.nachi.org/u/bcawhern1)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2022, 9:39pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/does-anyone-here-charge-1000-dollars-or-more-per-inspection/219529/47 "2022-09-05T21:39:46Z")
> [@ruecker](#): > > Nick will indeed buy the house… If it qualifies. Otherwise, be ready for a potential “house of pain”. ---
**Author:** ![jbrown154](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/jbrown154/32/250166_2.png) [@jbrown154](https://forum.nachi.org/u/jbrown154)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2022, 9:43pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/does-anyone-here-charge-1000-dollars-or-more-per-inspection/219529/48 "2022-09-05T21:43:42Z")
Thanks for the heads up Brian. ---
**Author:** ![mwilles](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/mwilles/32/181480_2.png) [@mwilles](https://forum.nachi.org/u/mwilles)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2022, 9:46pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/does-anyone-here-charge-1000-dollars-or-more-per-inspection/219529/49 "2022-09-05T21:46:26Z")
> [@bcawhern1](#): > > If it qualifies New inspectors with no experience thinking the buyback program is some type of insurance. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/original/4X/2/8/3/283b552f451743de525216a6bfbf15928987f37c.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![ruecker](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/ruecker/32/357170_2.png) [@ruecker](https://forum.nachi.org/u/ruecker)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2022, 9:49pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/does-anyone-here-charge-1000-dollars-or-more-per-inspection/219529/50 "2022-09-05T21:49:37Z")
> [@mwilles](#): > > …thinking the buyback program is some type of insurance. Yeah, I gotta believe most clients don’t want to give up the house when there is a dispute with the inspector. They want cashola to fix the house. It’s not like the inspector can say “we’ll have Nick just buy it back from you.” It is the client’s choice, not the inspector’s. ---
**Author:** ![tglaze](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/tglaze/32/362210_2.png) [@tglaze](https://forum.nachi.org/u/tglaze)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2022, 10:19pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/does-anyone-here-charge-1000-dollars-or-more-per-inspection/219529/51 "2022-09-05T22:19:14Z")
4 years ago, but folks can read through 154 post on the subject. I don’t use it for my own personal liability. I couldn’t find the post, but I remember one that the Buy Back was denied and the inspector was jumping through every hoop he could. Just something that I wouldn’t want to participate in from a legal standpoint. > [@My clients used buyback](https://forum.nachi.org/t/my-clients-used-buyback/114117): > > i recently had a client use the buyback guarantee. InterNACHI bought the condo back, no questions asked, paid cash right away, and let the clients stay until they found a new place. the clients have scheduled their next inspection with me, the agent has referred me twice since then and invited me to present at his office. I couldn’t be more grateful for this program and InterNACHI and especially Nick Gromicko, Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![jbrown154](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/jbrown154/32/250166_2.png) [@jbrown154](https://forum.nachi.org/u/jbrown154)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2022, 10:29pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/does-anyone-here-charge-1000-dollars-or-more-per-inspection/219529/52 "2022-09-05T22:29:52Z")
Thanks Thomas. ---
**Author:** ![ryoung7](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/ryoung7/32/188798_2.png) [@ryoung7](https://forum.nachi.org/u/ryoung7)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2022, 10:37pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/does-anyone-here-charge-1000-dollars-or-more-per-inspection/219529/53 "2022-09-05T22:37:07Z")
> [@bcawhern1](#): > > Canada charges sales tax on inspection services? Brian, It would be applicable by Province. Being in Quebec, Taxes, Fed and provincial are required. The highest in Canada if my memory serves me well. ---
**Author:** ![ccurrins](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/ccurrins/32/225758_2.png) [@ccurrins](https://forum.nachi.org/u/ccurrins)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2022, 10:56pm UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/does-anyone-here-charge-1000-dollars-or-more-per-inspection/219529/54 "2022-09-05T22:56:15Z")
> [@ruecker](#): > > It’s not like the inspector can say “we’ll have Nick just buy it back from you.” But that’s what a lot of inspectors thought at the beginning of this program. And I’m sure many newbies still do. I never did use it, and one of the reasons is as you mentioned the client has to come up with a lot of money to pay the agents commission. I don’t see that as a win win situation at all ---
**Author:** ![imayer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/imayer/32/197054_2.png) [@imayer](https://forum.nachi.org/u/imayer)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2022, 12:36am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/does-anyone-here-charge-1000-dollars-or-more-per-inspection/219529/55 "2022-09-06T00:36:58Z")
Because I then focused on growing the business and not relying on a gimmick that quite frankly, no cared about. And pocketing the $5 per inspection made the job way more fun. ---
**Author:** ![bcawhern1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/bcawhern1/32/408713_2.png) [@bcawhern1](https://forum.nachi.org/u/bcawhern1)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2022, 12:41am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/does-anyone-here-charge-1000-dollars-or-more-per-inspection/219529/56 "2022-09-06T00:41:28Z")
> [@imayer](#): > > not relying on a gimmick Here is a story for ya’. I had a client have me come in and do a second inspection on a home because he had no confidence in the previous inspector who was also a NACHI CPI. The previous inspector said he would throw in the “Buy Back Guarantee” for free for a 5 star Google review. He told my client the free “Buy Back Guarantee” would cost an additional $500 but was willing to wave the fee for the review. ---
**Author:** ![jbrown154](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/jbrown154/32/250166_2.png) [@jbrown154](https://forum.nachi.org/u/jbrown154)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2022, 12:50am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/does-anyone-here-charge-1000-dollars-or-more-per-inspection/219529/57 "2022-09-06T00:50:25Z")
Good point. ---
**Author:** ![jburkeson1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/jburkeson1/32/328752_2.png) [@jburkeson1](https://forum.nachi.org/u/jburkeson1)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2022, 2:00am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/does-anyone-here-charge-1000-dollars-or-more-per-inspection/219529/58 "2022-09-06T02:00:42Z")
Because of overuse by inexperienced inspectors gimmicks which provide little if any benefit to the client are the worst form of marketing as opposed to the best form of marketing which is written referrals from satisfied home inspection clients. Nothing sells like previous sales. ---
**Author:** ![jbrown154](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/jbrown154/32/250166_2.png) [@jbrown154](https://forum.nachi.org/u/jbrown154)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2022, 2:05am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/does-anyone-here-charge-1000-dollars-or-more-per-inspection/219529/59 "2022-09-06T02:05:47Z")
Well said! ---
**Author:** ![ccurrins](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/internachi/user_avatar/forum.nachi.org/ccurrins/32/225758_2.png) [@ccurrins](https://forum.nachi.org/u/ccurrins)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2022, 3:22am UTC](https://forum.nachi.org/t/does-anyone-here-charge-1000-dollars-or-more-per-inspection/219529/60 "2022-09-06T03:22:31Z")
> [@bcawhern1](#): > > also a NACHI CPI. The previous inspector said he would throw in the “Buy Back Guarantee” for free for a 5 star Google review. He told my client the free “Buy Back Guarantee” would cost an additional $500 but was willing to wave the fee for the review. That’s wrong in so many ways. Truly a Hungry ( unethical) Home Inspector. [Previous page](https://forum.nachi.org/t/does-anyone-here-charge-1000-dollars-or-more-per-inspection/219529.md?page=2) [Next page](https://forum.nachi.org/t/does-anyone-here-charge-1000-dollars-or-more-per-inspection/219529.md?page=4)