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Great work, Jacob! Good information.
He’s Staff! He better be giving damned good information!!
Yes. Jacob is InterNACHI staff member.
As expressed. Good information.
Keep up the great work, Jacob.
I know I’m almost five years after this, but I’m curious…
The website doesn’t clarify the exact procedure for the mock inspections.
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I would like to know how deep the mocking goes. 
How would the 2nd option help you do a visual inspection?
How do you expect to learn anything if you fake everything?
God help any potential clients you may con!!
I’m hopeful your clients benefit from a more professional attitude than you’ve offered me. You’ve answered my question about the mocking, but not the “mock” inspections.
I’m not licensed yet.
I have several aspects to my training, only one of which is this online platform with it’s “mock” inspections.
I hesitate performing inspections of any kind without completing my training. I don’t want to misinform the friends and family I’ve offered to inspect for or cause them problems with any unintentional ignorance.
The online training lists the 4 mock inspections to be done well before the 12 modules I’m working through, which should explain my confusion partially.
If you see a post of mine in the future, I would appreciate a favor. If you don’t have anything constructive to say, either ask for more information or keep your keyboard out of arms reach.
they’ll tell you that you need a thck skin to ask questions here when in reality it’s just a toxic place without moderation and you just found one of my three reasons to use the ignore feature. i saw who made the post but don’t need to read it. click on his name and when it opens, look for the dropdown beside the “Normal” to the right of the name and make it say “Ignore” and choose for how long, like never or whatever.
good luck with it, and yes, do as many practice inspections as you can, it helps. also, read way more than you post here. there is a lot of very good information and you don’t have to deal with nearly as much toxicity if you’re reading and not asking questions. i’ve got 5 days of read time and over 25k posts read and have learned a lot in the last four months. you also get a feel for who is full of shit and who is toxic. most of them just pile on but there are a few toxicity leaders out here.
Appreciate it, Timothy. I did find a few more words on the training side of the website that clarified.
I ought to be slow to speak as well. I tend towards being a keyboard warrior.
Just learned a heap from the WTF of the day thread! 
I’m coming into this field after being a DIY home owner for a long time. Nothing to humble you like facing your mistakes. Looking forward to helping some future home owners stay safe.
And thanks for the tip.
you’re welcome.
Is this a serious question?
It seems not. In fact, I interpreted it as snarky. Hence, the response you so quickly took offense to.
The mock inspections are for you, not them. Do not share your findings with them, you are correct, you may cause harm.
Here is some real world advice. Inspect any and everything you can. Dig deep into each system and component in a home or apartment as possible. I do not know your background, but the further you are away from the housing construction and repair industry the farther you are away from being a competent inspector. But it can be done. If you are not hungry and excited about digging into attics and crawlspaces to learn, then you may need to reevaluate.
If you are excited, then setting aside the thin skin and listening to the decades of experience that took the time to respond to you is in your best interest. Taking offense is not in your best interest. A noob hopped on and cozied up to you and you felt all fuzzy again. Trust, there is nothing warm and fuzzy in this business. And the advice to ignore very experienced and competent inspectors because of feelings is bad advice.
JJ is 10000% right. And I marvel at his word economy.
Also 10000% right.
Same here. 
Very helpful video. Thank you