Why You Might Consider Joining A National Home Inspection Company Any business owner will tell you, that running a business is hard - let alone a home inspection business. There are so many things to juggle that you might at times feel like a one-man circus show. Even...

COVID-19, Recessions, and Home Inspections With COVID-19 shutting down most of the country recently, and talk of an unprecedented 30% unemployment rate - a recession has become more real for us. News articles make it seem like the end of the world - but while a...

Inspector Media - Social Media for Home Inspectors In this blog post, we are going to do a review of Inspector Media. Very likely you have seen these guys around, and possibly already use them. But what are the ins and outs of Inspector Media? What do they do? Is it...

Hiring Other Inspectors and Starting a Multi-Inspector Firm Let's face it, starting a multi-inspector firm has at least crossed the mind of most (if not all) home inspectors. Whether we started out just looking for something new, a second career, following in the...

So You Want to Start a Home Inspection Business... Becoming a home inspector is one of the most fulfilling careers you can choose, but it can be daunting as well. How do you get started? How do you structure your business? How do you set things up so you can make a...

When Money Matters As home inspectors, we are in business because we love what we do - but we also need to make a living. We should not only just "get by" as home inspectors, but we should thrive. We have a lifetime of knowledge and information that is sorely lacking...

Dealing with Price Shoppers As a home inspector, we have all received a similar phone call or email where the first words out are "How much do you charge?" or "So-and-so only charges $199 for a home inspection, can you match that?". For most of us, those words (and...

The Google Guarantee Program for Home Inspectors If you have been trolling the internet and watching your competitors, then you may have run across the Google Guarantee Program. This is a pretty big program that Google has been testing for some time now - and will...

What Prompted This? I am a home inspector and own a couple of successful home inspection companies. Last year, we did well. We beat our numbers from the previous year and we were able to feel good about that. But there was a problem. "Growth" doesn't always mean you...

Writing a Letter of Introduction to a Realtor? Writing letters or emails to realtors is one of the most age-old marketing strategies of home inspectors. It is used so much because it works. But how do you go about writing an effective letter of introduction to real...

FABI FABI (the Florida Association of Building Inspectors) is a well-known name in the home inspection industry if you are a home inspector in Florida. But who are they really? What are the benefits of membership? And are they a good fit for inspector in Florida?...

CREIA - California Real Estate Inspection Association What is CREIA? For most of the United States and Canada - you will never really need to know. But if you are in California, then CREIA is an important organization you should know about. In our blog post about ASHI...