In 2018 InterNACHI will be offering all of N. America free home inspections forever.

[gromicko (Nick Gromicko, CMI)]

This could be neat, but it also beings up a ton of questions:

1. Now that Nick owns a stake in Porch, is this not an attempt by Porch to collect data on which homes need what repairs?

2. Who chooses the inspector? The agent, home owner or Nachi?

3. If I sell this concept to an agent, what guarantee do I have that the i get the job and that it’s not routed to another InterNACI inspector?

4. Doesn’t this dilute the work by spreading it around to do different NACHI inspectors rather than those who spend the time marketing?

5. What are the terms of payment to the inspector? Time of inspection? Net 30? At closing?

6. How are home sellers protected, and how is NACHI protected, from terrible inspectors who are NACHI certified? (they do exist).

7. Doesn’t this give the large mutl-inspector firms the ability to push out the one man shops?

Why would an agent choose this option over paying me directly and allowing my report to be viewed any one they wish?

9. Doesn’t this cut into my ability to sell pre-listing inspections, and the marketing and good will that comes from buyers seeing my report without them having to pay for it?

10. How the heck does the Buy Back work with this given you have always said Buy Back does NOT apply to pre-lisint inspections???

1. Nothing to do with Porch. And BTW: Porch didn’t buy InterNACHI, I bought a piece of them. Eventually we’re going to use Porch to pump consumer construction project leads into www.OverSeeIt.com . But again that has nothing to do with this.

2. InterNACHI is the client. The buyer can then hire whomever they want when they get their own inspection. You do realize this doubles the number of inspections in North America?

3. You won’t have to. Free inspections? Word will spread on its own.

4. That’s true with anything. If you market the idea that every home should have a radon test, another home inspector who offers radon testing benefits from your efforts.

5. Just like our Owens Corning program: www.nachi.org/roof . Immediate direct deposit.

6. No one is ever really safe from everything in business. Business is about risk. If the profits generated from taking the risks are greater than the costs of managing those same risks… do it.

7. Nope. Did www.nachi.org/buy push out one-man operations?

8. Agents rarely pay for inspections. It would take an Act of God to get agents to start paying for inspections to that home buyers would have more information about the homes they are looking at.

9. No, it paves the way for the adoption of programs like www.MoveInCertified.com

10. We already offer the Buy Back program on listings all the time. Works great. www.nachi.org/buy