5 STARS: HomeInspectorPro.com

[Russell Spriggs]

Originally Posted by mkyriacou

I'm a very big fan of HomeGauge and that's what I use for all my reports. I will be using HomeGauge till the day I die or retire. IMO Russell and his team are great people and very helpful. And the report is amazing, clients love it and I love it.

Having said that, I also like Dominic and his software. I have purchased his software and will probably never use it. IMO he is a great guy and needs our support.

My next purchase will be InspectVue from our friend Kieth Swift, again it's all about support, not because I'm unhappy with HomeGauge.

Agreed, Mario.
I'v always seen & heard great things about HG. No dispute there.
I'd also created my own Word Doc that actually served me better, when one considers appearance, price, completeness, etc.
I had even been ready to work with others and create a reporting program with it.

HIP was a matter of time, cost, ability to perform well, and customer support. All seemed equal between HG & HIP, until the $349 price tag, one-time cost.

Now, in a time when some HI's are slinging hammers and I see RE agents working in checkout counters, I still find myself doing multiple inspections on some days. In North Idaho, we usually have cloud cover from Dec - March, with very little sunshine. The roads (in my area) stay ice & snow covered, tho fine in the city. I like to start my insps at 10AM at this time of year, let all the fools slide into the ditches before I go out.
It's dark, frozen, & full of traffic at 4PM, so I like to be home before that.
Jeanne's been working with me since March, and often works on the report(s) on the way home. She's been very happy with the Word program, and only went to HIP kicking & screaming. . . . until she tried it!

I could see where, as a HI survivor during this time of weeding out, we'd be slammed when it picks up again. As that will be during warmer / sunnier weather, it will also be during Jeanne's gardening time. So, having the HI work done by the time we get home frees her up to play in the dirt.

I was due to go to a faster system. HG had been in the front running, and less than half the cost tipped the scales to HIP.
It's a great program for veteran or new HI's. I finally have another option (effective & affordable) to suggest to newcomers other than ReportHost.

[Russell Spriggs]

And, Mario-
Your software collection sounds like my "hardware" collection
- I guess I like to support Winchester, Ruger, Glock, Marlin, Kel-Tec . . .

[Russell Spriggs]

Originally Posted by mthomas2

The problem if I wanted to switch is the huge time investment in the comments library for my current program (Homeguage). The only thing that could make me switch would be a program with some different kind of interface that considerably improve the speed of entry.

Agreed. Tweaking any program to your needs will involve an investment in time. That's another reason I pulled the trigger during the TG weekend!

[Mario A. Kyriacou, CHI]

Originally Posted by rspriggs

And, Mario-
Your software collection sounds like my "hardware" collection
- I guess I like to support Winchester, Ruger, Glock, Marlin, Kel-Tec . . .

Russel

I support those guys as well including Colt,Berreta,and Browning!!!!
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[Russell Spriggs]

Originally Posted by mkyriacou

Russel

I support those guys as well including Colt,Berreta,and Browning!!!!
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Yeah, a way of life here-
Jeanne just went thru the woods to deliver eggs to neighbors. Too many wolves, cats & moose (don't mess with a pi$$ed moose) to walk around empty-handed.
Or, empty-hipped, I should say!

[Mark A. Timpani, CMI]

Yes Gonzaga!! So Far so good.

Did you finish your HIP template?

[Russell Spriggs]

Originally Posted by mtimpani

Yes Gonzaga!! So Far so good.

Did you finish your HIP template?

Tell her to be careful-
We had a pile of snow here, and it's about to ice up.

Yes - wanna swap?

[Dominic J. Maricic]

The beauty of sharing Make sure to send the template file as well as any of the documents you might have used in the template (the documents are saved separately so they can be used in multiple templates).

[Russell Spriggs]

I'm guessing that any exported templates should be renamed, as we would't want to load another's "default"?

[Dominic J. Maricic]

Yeah, if you're calling it default then definately rename it! After the next update you can select anything to be your default so you won't need to save it as DefaultTemplate to actually make it the default.

[Russell Spriggs]

Originally Posted by dmaricic

Yeah, if you're calling it default then definately rename it! After the next update you can select anything to be your default so you won't need to save it as DefaultTemplate to actually make it the default.

Good deal.

[Henry Valenzano, CMI]

Originally Posted by rspriggs

I'm guessing that any exported templates should be renamed, as we would't want to load another's "default"?

See your already turning into a Geek.

[Dominic J. Maricic]

I'm contagious. He's been hanging out with me too much lately.

[Russell Spriggs]

Originally Posted by hvalenzano

See your already turning into a Geek.

Gosh, Hank, you always have said the nicest things about me . . .

[Russell Spriggs]

Originally Posted by dmaricic

I'm contagious. He's been hanging out with me too much lately.

Yeah-
my eyes are starting to roll around, too!