It is certainly the more affordable of the three but I realize we get what we pay for. (I need affordable however!).
Also, after looking at the projections of inspectors across the states I am wondering if PA is an area you would consider already saturated?
Finally; having little background can a person taking home-based courses do as thorough a job as a person having construction, electrical,ect. experience?
I took the online test and would suggest being able to see the scores as a learing tool to know what areas are weak and strong.
Thank you for your time and suggestions. I am very impressed with the NACHI site and organization!
Thanks for the nice words about NACHI… I of course agree. My replies are in order to your questions:
I don’t know about Penn Foster and would stick solely to the educational offerings in www.InspectorMALL.com where you will find both ITA and AHIT, good inspections schools.
A slightly saturated market is the best to enter as the competition is likely killing themselves with pricing and so would not be a hinderance to you (provided you are a strong marketer). In other words… price war participants in your market is a good thing, not a bad thing. They make themselves weak and their markets vulnerable… to you.
In order of best to worst (in terms of how much you will learn) I would put your educational options as: