Home Inspection News & Articles

Georgia May Require License - Students Will Need Better Home Inspection Training

State legislators in Georgia recently passed a bill that will force home inspectors in the state to get a home inspection license - an effort that seeks to eliminate inspectors who don't have the proper home inspection training to professionally examine a house.

If the Governor signs the legislation into law, the new home inspector license requirements for the state would take effect in 2011. Currently there are 24 states that require a house inspector license.

The state's efforts will hopefully root-out poor inspectors. Gary Duncan, operations manager for the Georgia Association of Home Inspectors, recently told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that right now "anybody can print a business card and call himself a home inspector."

One of the major signs that an inspector is not qualified is their price: a quote of $150 (in Georgia) and an inspection that takes under two hours. Well-trained home inspectors in the state normally charge around $300 and spend several hours carefully going through the house.

Individuals who want to become a home inspector should make sure that they attend a nationally-accredited home inspection school. A quality home inspection course will ensure that students get a solid foundation for their home inspection career.
By Robert Fay, Allied Schools, www.homeinspectioncourse.com

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Real Estate Inspectors Benefit from Trade Associations

There's an old saying that it takes a village to raise a child. Well, if we apply this wisdom to certified home inspectors, then we might say it takes a trade association to make a home inspector successful. Licensed home inspectors who take the lone ranger approach to their business, more than likely will find home inspection jobs drying up. Like so many other instances in life, when people with similar interests band together, they tend to enjoy more advantages than those who remain alone.

Home inspection is now a well-established and growing profession, with trade associations like the National Association of Certified Home Inspectors (NACHI), the National Association of Home Inspectors (NAHI) and the American Society of Home Inspectors (ASHI), to name a few, providing resources, services and directories.

A quick look at NACHI's benefit, for example, illustrates the kinds of tools and resources available to home inspectors when they join an industry association. NACHI members receive:

- Discounts on Errors and Omissions Insurance
- Group health insurance
- A listing in the North American Directory of Inspectors
- A variety of free continuing ed courses
- Use of NACHI logos for marketing

For a full list of NACHI's benefits got to www.nachi.org/benefits.htm

Before you sign up for home inspection training, find out if the home inspection school provides you with free or discounted memberships to one of the many good home inspection trade associations. After you finish your home inspection course, you'll want to get to know as much as you can about your new industry.

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