Hey everyone - new guy here. I don’t usually participate online, but here it goes… Just joined InterNACHI and honestly pretty pumped to be part of this community.
I come from a trades family - my grandfather ran an electrical and HVAC business, and my stepfather’s a licensed InterNACHI inspector here in Boise running his own inspection company.
After spending the last thirty years building websites and tech companies, I’m getting into inspections because it feels like the right next move. I’ve always enjoyed home construction and systems, so this brings together my tech background with something I’m genuinely passionate about.
Currently working through my certification and soaking up everything I can learn here. Just finished the online exam and the standards/ethics courses (waiting on my essay evaluation), and now diving into the roof inspection course - it’s been a lot of information to absorb!
I hope to have my 4 required inspections completed in the next couple weeks.
What’s the biggest thing you wish someone had told you when you were starting out?
The biggest thing that I realized, was no matter what you know about the trades and building, you will always be learning about inspecting homes. This is a great forum to read answer your questions. Ignore all the political bs threads here
Thanks Thomas! I started in tech (and construction/systems) long ago because I loved learning. Back then we had the ‘Black and Decker’ books on home
improvement, and I went to the library a lot and stuff. There wasn’t much on the BBSs and Prodigy/Delphi/AOL I was on
Whenever I had the chance to “bug a tradesperson” - following them around asking questions, I would. That curiosity is what’s drawing me to inspections now. There’s always something
new to discover about how systems work together.
Morning, Ryan! Hope to find you well and in good spirits today.
Welcome to the InterNACHI message board community forum.
Ryan. Do yourself a favor and participate on the InterNACHI forum. For one, it will sharpen your social skills and you learn at the same time. A Win Win situation.
You will likely take 2 to 3 years to build up your brand and start earning a living wage.
Buy only the tools you can afford.
Ask inspectors to shadow them. Hands on learning/shadowing will propel you into the next level.
Keep us posted.
Best of luck with your endeavors.
Robert
