Dan wrote:
On Fri, 08 Oct 2004 22:28:56 GMT, Lit Ticker
wrote:


Does anyone have experience in this area? There was an ad in the local
paper for a class that was 60 hours (10 hrs per day, Friday, Sat and
Sun spread out over two weekends). It included one field trip to
participate in a home inspection. After the class, you were supposed
to be prepared enough to pass a certification test in Illinois. I live
in Ohio where there is no certification requirements. The cost was
$1795, which after researching other classes on the web, wasn't
unreasonable. There is an opportunity to make $100/hr since each home
inspection takes 3 hrs to complete and typically costs $275 - $325.
The guy I spoke with said he knows one person that's making $200K/year
but is doing 3 inspections per day which is pushing it. I imagine the
hardest part of this business would be marketing your self to realtors
and getting your name known. The yellow page had quite a few home
inspectors available but I'm not sure what the demand would be to know
if the market is saturated. Does anyone know of any pitfalls to this
line of work? TIA
Lit Ticker

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I hate to discourage you, but if you have to attend a class to do
this, you're probably going to have a hard time. Every house is
different and a solid background in building, remodeling, plumbing,
mechanical, electrical and code requirements is just the beginning. I
do home inspections but I also do a lot of new construction
inspections and commercial plan review work as well. Client
expectations are high and you better be prepared to back your report
up in court if you don't want to wind up broke. Check the
International Code Council's web site for additional qualifications
that could help you stay out of trouble. That said an ASHI
certificate is virtually a necessity.

Good Luck!
Hi,
Also wouldn't he need liability insurance?
Tony