How To Start A Home Inspection Business
What you'll learn
- You will have the opportunity to self-evaluate, based on the requirements and demands of the home inspection profession, if you feel you are capable of doing it
- You will learn the basic components of a standard residential inspection and have the opportunity to view a sample inspection
- You will learn how to manage clients, write proper reports, stay compliant with your standards of practice, and follow up with your clients well.
- You will learn to how to maintain good working relationships with realtors.
- You will be given the opportunity to see how you can diversify your business for more income potential
Requirements
- Physical agility and good health are essential to perform well as a home inspector.
- The tools you need to perform the job are discussed within the course. You need no skills or tools to take this course.
- Be teachable. Many enter the field thinking it will be easy because they are in a related field, like contracting. The nuances of inspections are different than you might think and they are procedurally, relationally, and physically different than most assume.
Description
This intention of this course is to provide anyone considering a career in home inspections with enough information to decide if it is something they can or want to do. Through the lectures, you will be offered an overview of what is generally required to be a home inspector and will direct you in what you will need to do and who you will need to contact on your own to achieve that objective. This is not a certification course but will assist you in learning how you can be properly set up to do this for yourself.
The lectures will enable you to first decide if you are physically capable or willing to perform the tasks required. We will discuss the financial and legal requirements for starting and maintaining your business safely. We will discuss safe and good business practices both during inspections and on the administrative end. You will learn what tools are recommended and about the scope and scale of what you are required to perform on inspections. Whether or not you wish to be a sole proprietorship, an LLC or work for a larger established company are all considerations that will be discussed. Through this course you will have enough information to decide for yourself if a career in home inspections is right for you.
Who this course is for:
- This course is designed for any individual interested in starting their own home inspection business, no matter what background you have. After you've completed this course you will have the base knowledge you need to decide for yourself if this is an industry you'd like to pursue.
Instructor
- 4.2 Instructor Rating
- 3 Reviews
- 17 Students
- 1 Course
Mr Kennedy owns Kennedy Home Inspections business as an LLC in suburban Philadelphia. Prior to founding this business he owned a small jobs contracting company primarily completing residential upgrades and repairs. After spending several years developing these businesses and a background in teaching, Mr. Kennedy spends much of his time helping local prospects of the home inspection field to develop their own businesses alongside his own.