Why New Hampshire home buyers call me...

[James H. Bushart]

Originally Posted by dbelmont

Based on what I hear about Mass inspectors in NH their biggest selling point is they will work cheap.

This is the norm in all licensed states.

Once the state has defined, with a license, what a competent and qualified inspector is...then all inspectors with the same license are equally competent and qualified, in the eyes and mind of the consumer.

With all other things being equal, price is the only area left to compete.

In Arizona last year, a few licensed inspectors got with a television station and set up a "sting" where they attempted to show, with hidden cameras, how not all licensed inspectors were, indeed, competent. Kinda sleazy way to market if you ask me, but they did it anyway.

At the end of the segment, one licensed inspector explained how much licensing has actually helped the Arizona consumer with...as he described..."the lowest average inspection fees in the nation".

This is what is so astounding to us who are fighting licensing bills in unlicensed states...since we can actually observe the downward trends in those states who fell to such laws.

I think the proof of the poison in any licensing bill can be found in the fact that a "grandfathering clause" exists. A licensing bill that is good for the inspector is good for everyone.

Licensing solves nothing.

[David P. Valley]

New Hampshire home inspectors unregulated...

http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/0...spections.html

[James H. Bushart]

Originally Posted by dvalley

New Hampshire home inspectors unregulated...

http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/0...spections.html

This is part of the ASHI media campaign to get public support for the bill they have languishing in the NH legislature. I hope you are not assisting them in their efforts.