Lets start with the term “used house salesman”. I think most in the professional Real Estate market would find the term deragatory. If you think it is an accurate account, then please use it in your marketing and websites.
Notice the author is not in the Inspection business anymore. Coincidence?
Balancing the report does not sound “balanced” at all. Sounds like your looking for the defects ONLY. I am performing a professional and unbiased evaluation of the house. If things are good, they are reported, if things are bad they are reported. To me that is BALANCED. Unless there is another definition of the word I am unaware of.
Under the same paragraph, most inspectors should NEVER EVER take anothing into account. Assume nothing. But maybe that is just my view.
Mentioning defects in between flowery statements? Such as? Light doesn’t work, change bulb as first means to cure? Is that flowery? Or should we say.
Light is non operational and leave it at that? Or should we say, light did not operate, call licensed electrician? What is considered flowery?
Many assume that people know as much as you or even a LITTLE bit. Many dont know crap and want to know is it a BIG problem or is it a LITTLE problem. Some would say that is not for me to decide, but I can ask what do you consider little and what do you consider big and ADVISE them from there, if known. I AM THERE TO HELP them, not confuse them.
How dumb is the code statement? So all your reports are written that the shingles should be renailed, the sheathing should be renailed, all interior circuits need to be arc fault interupted, all stairs should have child safety gates, all cabinets should be child safety locked?. When and where does it stop? I am not there to tell them avery possible safety upgrade.
But now here is the question, if you START giving advice on this and lets say you mention GFCI’s and DONT mention AFCI’s and someone gets hurt can you be found liable? I mean you told them about the GFCI’s why not the AFCI’s? I dunno just asking.
Estimating I would agree with, unless they are asking 'Is it $100 to fix or $10,000 to fix then you can advise them. Some areas more or less REQUIRE estimates. Without providing them you will get ZERO business. So he speaks of BFE Missouri not all areas of the country and I do NOT give estimates myself, but don’t bash those who do so with some type of rational.
I personally think most people are ALARMED because the Home Inspector did not professionally present the findings and left a ton of “unknown” information. I never found a person to be “alarmed” by anything except the unknown. If they KNOW what is going on they are EDUCATED. So if you are ALARMING someone your not doing your job properly. So, yes I EDUCATE my clients by being a NON ALARMIST by being PROFICIENT…
The bash on recall check and the warranties have been gone over and over. His information here is just a view point of a home inspecto…O Wait, he isn’t a home inspector anymore and going to give me marketing advice. Now isn’t that a hoot! I will take his advice on Home Inspection marketing right after I place my investment with Bernie Madoff.
Last paragraph is more dribble on what to do and not to do…from a guy who isn’t even a home inspector!
If you are presently a Home Inspector and want to learn how to be something else, read his post and follow it!
Anything else Mikey?
