I was talking to one of InterNACHI’s members today, and he mentioned that the “Inspector’s Signature” section was a little confusing. We rewrote the instructions in the system, but I thought I’d post about it in case anyone else has questions like this.
The inspector’s signature is only required in certain states… it is entirely optional for any agreement. In most cases, you’ll want to leave that field blank, so that only your company is a party to the agreement.
Don’t worry - if the signature/initials boxes are left blank, it won’t show up on the end (client) agreement at all.
Thanks for the info. I have been signing mine since day one. I am curious what other veteran inspectors do/have been doing? Back in the day, it (my signature) was required for it to be a “legal and binding contract” between the interested parties.
Once again Jim that is some very prudent advice. Who would ever disagree with someone advising to contact your own attorney to seek advice for your own business decisions. Only a moron would disagree. LOL
Sign them on behalf of your inspection business. Never accept a check made out to you personally. Basically, don’t do anything that would contradict the fact that the client isn’t hiring you. The client is hiring your inspection company.
Tim, I have a question/request. Is it possible to make the agreement system have the ability to do any basic text editing. I am referring to the ability to Bold words and maybe change text colors? nothing to nuts, just some basics?
We made the decision to keep the editing interface very simple, as seemed appropriate for legal documents. However, the system will actually allow HTML, so if you used HTML tags to change colors or bold text, that would work.