I remember a friend of mine used a home inspector recommended by her real
estate agent years ago when she bought her house. He found the leaking
toilet, the dripping faucet, and the absence of GFI receptacles. He failed
to see the extension cord running through the basement joists feeding the
sump pump, the decaying chimney, the foundation problems, and the outward
bow of an outside wall . She wound up suing him and settled out of court
and spent a lot of money to make the necessary repairs.

There is a lot more to home construction then you can learn in a week and a
half. Unless you have a background in one or more building trades I'd
suggest that you spend money for training in some other field.


John Grabowski
http://www.mrelectrician.tv



"Lit Ticker" wrote in message
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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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