I’ve got one - Not directed at anyone inparticular mind you!
Yo Mamma so fat – When she falls down the ground cracks up!
Couldn’t resist the temptation - - -
William
I know where you are coming from on the cut throat prices. I receive several calls a week for 4-Points and Wind Mitts… It seems the local Insurance agents aren’t the ones I have a problem with on prices, it’s the ones from South Florida that want them done for next to nothing. I believe the only way to beat the low baller is to maintain our prices and sell ourselves as professionals, supplying a professional inspection. I realize the need to survive, but I don’t think trying to see how cheap one can go is the way to survive. Those that are doing so will find it to be a loosing proposition. Any Joe Smuck can give inspections away for a short time but it will catch up to them sooner or later.
Give it a try Al and see how long it lasts. The only way to survive in insurance inspections is by price. No one wants a good job. That costs them money. The clients want inaccurate inspections that give them credits they do not deserve. Do you really think someone wants a accurate 4 point?
Preserved, for the record.
That is fact I am glad you saved it. I only provide accurate 4 points that is precisely why I hate doing them. The client pays you and then they get screwed because you do a good job. My wind mits are as accurate as I can be with all the changes that go on. My way of doing them has changed with the rules and consistency is impossible to keep when things keep changing. One thing is for sure I only mark what I believe to be the truth based on the rules I must follow. My General Contractors license is on the line.
Talk about self praise. I can vomit. I love me too.
Saved.
Save everything I write and study it. Then perhaps you will learn something.
I don’t intend surviving on insurance inspections alone. I have owned several businesses over the last 38 years and operated them all with integrity. I see no reason to change that formula. One thing for sure, regardless of the fee, if I agree to a price they will get an accurate and honest report. I don’t let the price dictate the quality.
So if I understand what you are saying, if you do them too cheap the client can expect an inaccurate inspection? Do you build the same way, lowest bid equals cutting corners?
Boy you have an active imagination. I was only trying to let you know based on my experience people only care about price on 4 points and wind mits. Good accurate inspections cost them money they do not like it. Inaccurate reports regardless of price are more likely to make them happy. They do not like to lose what they once had. Best OF LUCK TO YOU. around HERE i AM ALMOST ALWAYS THE LOWEST PRICE AND PRIDE MYSELF ON WHAT i CONSIDER ACCURATE INSURANCE INSPECTIONS. tHAT ALL DEPENDS ON HOW YOU WERE TAUGHT TO DO THEM AND WHO CONSIDERS THEM ACCURATE BUT i TRY MY BEST. sry bout the caps my finger slipped.
What exactly is a client getting for $75 (wind mits)? For $75 is the inspector contacting building departments, roofers, shutter companies, etc. and obtaining the necessary documentation OR is the inspector leaving the responsibility with the client? Is the inspector spending the necessary time and EFFORT in the attic to take the necessary photos OR, when he sticks his head in the attic and sees too much insulation and a low pitch roof, does he snap a quick photo and mark “Undetermined” for Roof-to-Wall Attachments? What about reinspections?
Even on the “perfect house”, a wind mit today takes no less than 30 minutes (on site) if it is done correctly. A typical wind mit takes about 45 minutes (includes reviewing client’s paperwork on site). This is just the time in the field. Depending on any extra research and how quickly the inspector can put together the final report, the total time might be considerably more.
If you are willing to go the extra mile for the client, let it be known to the client/price shopper. They should also know the “cheap” inspection could cost them more time, money, and/or aggravation in the end due to possible reinspections, half-*** inspection report, time spent tracking down documentation they might not be familiar with, etc., etc., etc.
From what I am reading, you are being asked to believe that the client wants a shoddy and inaccurate report and benefits by it. That’s why he calls Meeker.
Exactally what they want. Not what I provide.
To all out there please do try the other method it would be greatly appreciated. You can even call it the Gold Wind Mitigation Inspection. Let me know how it works out.
Once again I try to tell a fellow inspector what is up and help them out. Even when they are my direct competition and I catch crap. By all means please do what the experts say.
James I believe that may be harefull to a fellow member. You had better watch you p’s and Q’s I might get Joey after you. Are you as scared as me???
Scared of you? Not hardly.
Sleazebags like you pass through here on a regular basis. Most of us will forget your name a few months after your gone and simply remember you as that cross-eyed guy who tried to convince ethical inspectors that they should provide cheap, inaccurate reports to please clients trying to rip off their insurance companies.
No. There is little to fear from people like you. In fact, we need guys like you to visit us once in a while. It helps us to better understand why we have the standards we do…and how pathetic we would look to the public without them.
For however long you are allowed to remain…keep up the good work.
james,
You are a complete moron. It appears you cannot even read. You do not need me show you are pathetic. You do that very well all by yourself, which I bet is how you spend most of your time. How you get that I am trying to convince people to do work like you would likely do is beyond me. I out of the kindness of my heart tried to show someone who is going to make a mistake what the people want and why his idea would not work. Never have I stated that is what he, I or anyone else should do. People like you have been doing just that for years and that is why we have the problems we do. Just exactly what is you experience with Florida Insurance inspections?. You are nothing but an old loud mouth curmudgeon with nothing better to do with your time than try to make people with real qualifications look bad. You are as lame as they come and you will never amount to anything but a laborer it this lifetime. I bet i’ll be here a lot longer than you. You are the weakest link.
In all of this talk about HI’s versus GC’s, has anyone pointed out the fact that licensed contractors have historically been the only authorized people to do insurance inspections? A huge part of our industry has not even been available to HI’s until recently. Personally, one of the main reasons I got my GC license was so that I could perform more types of inspections in an industry that required no credentials for RE inspections. Personnally, I think that no one should be allowed to perform repairs on homes that they have inspected. However, HI’s attacking GC’s is foolish. The argument is valid without trying to degrade a closely related profession.
Funny thing is that until recently I have never said a negative thing about regular non-conspectors but I have finally had enough.
From today on I will comment and advertise just as viciously as the non-conspectors do.
I apologize in advance to all those home inspectors who are not jerks as the majority I have met have proven to be great people. Business is business and it will at least be interesting.
I am going to bed I have a big day planned on the boat tomorrow. To all the inspectors and conspectors out there have a great night.
I do not know of any recent changes in the picture requirements. Can you explain? I have been doing these for years, and only go back for free if I did something wrong or missed something.
I don’t think that there has been that much talk in that particular regard. I think the pivotal point on the issue is the debate regarding one GC’s opinion that, since a law fails to prohibit a contractor from bidding on work on a home he inspects, that the professional associations should relax their standards, accordingly.
I myself do not think our association should hold us back from doing what we are qualified to do. I do not want to see the State make a huge mistake that hurts Contractors personally. It is the associations right not to change their standards even though I think they are screwing over 1/2 of their members. I can choose not to be a member any time I wish. I just wish the association would consider my views as important as others views in our case they do not.