I want to start my HI business, but am apprehensive

Yousif, getting some hands on experience is helpful to feel more confident that you can and will do a good job for your clients. Ride alongs may be available. And participating on this forum is educational, too.

You may want to contact some CMIs or CPIs within 40 to 50 miles, or closer, to your area and communicate with them. Maybe one, or more, will help you. Some inspectors feel as though they are training their competition by ride-alongs or mentoring or hiring and some are into it just for the $.

Here is the link for CMIs: Find a Certified Master Inspector®

And the link for CPIs: Find Certified Home Inspectors Near You - InterNACHI®

And Mentors: Home Inspector Mentoring - InterNACHI® and InterNACHI® - International Association of Certified Home Inspectors

Also, you may want to take advantage of your Education Team at education@internachi.org for specific questions e.g. 15 Steps to Become a Successful Home Inspector - InterNACHI® and InterNACHI® Master Class for Home Inspectors . And there is the new training cards app Chris Morrell, InterNACHI’s CEO, offers: New training app for home inspectors

And there is the Helpful How-To Videos - InterNACHI® and https://www.youtube.com/c/internachi for many other things.

And, New Zero-Deductible E&O Insurance information

And, read the forum for much information.

P.S. Welcome to our forum. Enjoy!

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