Home Inspection Training Class #35

[@tilestoneartisanship]

Thanks again Ben. I completed my ICA certification & very excited to learn more!!

[@internachi]

Fantastic! Welcome to the InterNACHI family.

[@kris7127]

Hey Ben, what do you think about the FLIR One that inserts into your phone and uses your phone camera vs the FLIR you use in this video?

[@internachi]

I love the FLIR One. Get one from Inspector Coach at inspectorcoach.weebly.com/home-inspection-tools.html#infrared

[@dougdorrer4622]

Ben. Shouldn't the fireplace switch be labeled as such or a red plate so as not to be confused with a light switch?

[@internachi]

Most never do. Good idea, but not required.

[@justincarreiro9524]

are drones the way to go on 2 story homes

[@internachi]

I like the idea. It's safer than a 32 foot ladder, no?

[@mo8282]

I was thinking to be a home inspector, until I read somewhere something like it is better being a carpenter or an electrician or hvac plumbing with experience and skills... which means only those mentioned above will succeed as home inspector!!!! Is that right ?

[@internachi]

I disagree. 5.5 million existing home sales on average every year in the U.S. Home inspectors are in great demand. Check out the only home inspector college at $49 per month at www.internachi.edu.

[@holyspiritofyah]

Sounds like that "statistic" is based on the idea of pre-existing knowledge, pretty obviously. If you are a hungry and fast learner, you shouldn't be too far behind.

[@guerinodeque6991]

I would love to become an home inspector.

[@internachi]

Go to internachi.edu/

[@trapdarby3701]

Can you do this job with a felony? It's a felony for weed? Nothing major...do I still have a chance?

[@internachi]

You can email [e-mail].

[@Amanda-po2fe]

Yes!

[@L-VibX]

Whats your software app the u use on ur phone?

[@internachi]

You'll want to go to Step #11 at www.nachi.org/become-home-inspector.htm#step11

[@Psalm146-2]

Hey Ben, appreciate the effort you put in to your company. Tons of good material available on your site - I know it’s a lot of work for you.

[@internachi]

Much appreciated! We have incredible staff at InterNACHI. The good folks who work for our members at nachi.org/staff

[@terrollemon1853]

You have typos

[@internachi]

Yep. I do that all the tim.

[@damianad9]

Love you Ben

[@internachi]

I love me too.

[@litecodes3552]

14:33

[@internachi]

That's the beginning. Yep.

[@regulardude2011]

Investing in a drone is so much safer! Climbing 30-40ft roofs without safety is pretty dumb!

[@internachi]

Right.

[@litecodes3552]

1 or 2 months 😪tuh . Am on month 4 and I've finished 3 books . Roofimg insulation 25 standards . Now am on Hvac. Leatning All these nuisances can get you stuffy in the membrane

[@internachi]

Hi, there. Remember, you can get certified in 6 steps at www.nachi.org/cpi-requirements.htm

[@guerinodeque6991]

I love it

[@internachi]

Great.

[@theflorentine5047]

wrong! YOU ARE NOT TO STATE ANYTHING OTHER THAN DEFECTS- IT IS A HOME INSPECTION - NOT HOME EXTORTION. You create a lot of provocaitive language that creates doubt and scare tactics for the seller.

[@internachi]

I disagree. A home inspection is ver valuable, because it provides information that a client needs and is requesting to know and understand. What a client loves about a house (the beautiful and good and wonderful things) are not the job of a home inspector. Home inspectors are hired to find problems. Not every home has defects, but some do. And that's the value of hiring an inspector.

[@theflorentine5047]

@@internachi Clearly you did not read my post above- Yes you are to find problems. Not create problems that don't exist, not inflate simple issues that can be fixed easily, not use provocative and sometime very incorrect language to distort the truth - which does happed and scares people. Like using words such as "MAJOR ROOF ISSUES" when simple correction are needed. And like the use of major structural issues- when you are NOT a structural engineer. I know because I am one. Finding potential problems is a good thing, overstating and inflating simple fixes is not.