On Wed, 6 Mar 2013 08:01:29 -0500, "Mike Marlow"
wrote:




I find that statements like Clare's and those from a couple of others which
express the same feelings about Home Inspectors must be from anecdotal
experiences, local experiences, or uninformed fears. I can only speak for
the area of the country that I am familiar with, but for a certainty, our
Home Inspectors in NY are very informed, and have a great deal of knowledge
of the trades - at least to the extent that they need to perform their jobs
on behalf of the consumer. Seeing your comments, it's clear that NY is not
alone in its requirements for Home Inspectors, and that at least one other
area of the country places requirements on them to insure they are
qualified. I know several people who are Home Inspectors and I have looked
into doing that sort of work myself. I have never spoken with one who was
not fully qualified, and

I'm not going to check out each state, but evidently some are rather
lax in their requirements. Good to see that Texas and NY have real
requirements.


as for going into that myself, the investment in
time and understudy is more than I wanted to invest in. It is certainly not
a matter of printing up business cards in NY and calling yourself a Home
Inspector.

You can do it in your spare time
http://www.ahit.com/index.htm

Once you complete the course, you get your business card printed.

Then you have people like this to tarnish the reputation of the good
ones.
http://www.wtsp.com/news/local/artic...2-M-fraud-case