Bidday

[Kenton H. Shepard, CMI]

Anyone have a line on this BIDDAY auction idea posted by Lorne Steiner of InspectVue? $200 up front, without knowing if they have actual work.

[Brian E. Kelly]

I saw this also Kenton, very interesting. I have no idea if it works or not.

[Russell Spriggs]

Nothing posted for auction in my area . . .

You guys?

[Nick Gromicko]

Hold off for a few days. We're in negotiations with them on a deal for members. Let me see what's up.

[gporter]

If you are a home inspector or termite inspector and looking for opportunities to increase your revenue and income, register now to become a BidDay property inspector.

BidDay will be working hard with the banks and lenders nationwide to make thousands of properties available for inspection per month. If your state requires licensing for home or termite inspections, you must be properly licensed in order to become a Preferred BidDay Inspector.


How many times have I heard that.

[Dale Duffy]

Originally Posted by rspriggs

Nothing posted for auction in my area . . .

You guys?

Nothing in Arizona

Eddie, called me and explained he is doing his best to get inspections for properties throughout the US.

[Nick Gromicko]

They wrote up an agreement for us last week but I didn't much like parts of it, and so didn't sign it. They are supposed to counter with a simple press release of some sort. I'll stay on it.

[Barry Adair]

I'll save you $171 with this start-up site

Hey look you can be first in almost any category

http://www.dfwinvestors.net/app/vendors/vendors.php

[Joe Funderburk, CMI]

Hold off. I'm creating a website for inspectors. They can sign up for $75/year and I'll send them work. That's a super deal!

[bstewart]

What is happening here? Our association should be weeding out these schemes and assist us (the members of NACHI) with Quality, Value-Added, real life, true to the profession support. We are bombairded daily with crap like this. I believe most of the vendors that associate/partner with NACHI are sincere and provide a real value to HI's. However, as stated in other post for this thread we are (or some HI's) are willing to blindly go down the path of following the smartest snake oil salesman. The Pied Piper will surely lead HI and NACHI down the path of distruction.

Are you really ready to say 'my service isn't worth much'. I better take the scrapes and dropings left over or I wont be able to make a living. Hay! I'll do the job for $150 even if it takes an hour to get to the job, 3 - 4 hours to inspect and another 2 -3 hours to write the report, 1/2 to 1 hour to review the report (or longer). Now remember these old (or new homes) may be vacant for some time, maybe winterized, utilities may or may not be on, I have a supre key, insurance, the builder went out of business, the list goes on and on. Can I make a living off this? If this is what it's comming to then I will be one of those who will be leaving the business. Over the years I have read alot of very informative responses from HI's and some very funny ones too. I think now its time to get real serious with what our industry (and I'm talking about the Home Inspector) is willing to charge to make a living.

I've seen polls about what other home inspectors are charging and in most cases it varies greatly. Why is this? When you buy a product from the store, lets say its a phone, computer or TV. You can go from store to store and in most cases the price will be very close for the same make and model. Why is this not true for the inspection business. Don't we offer a product to our customer that has value - real long term value. A phone usually last 2 - 3 years, maybe longer if you don't keep up with technology. A computer is out of date 6 months after you buy it. A TV, well look at the new technology coming out now - I got to have the latest and greatest. Let see, my inspection pointed out that the roof was in need of repair (the roof replacement cost was $3900 or more). Various issues with the HVAC resulted in the coil being replaced (cost $2000 or more). Duct issues, landscapeing issues, plumbing issues, issues with appliances and the list goes on and on. Just how much did you save your client? What Value did the client receive when the realtor negotiated the final price for the client? Dont sell yourself short! We add more value than the realtor does. Think of what you are getting for your inspection fee vs. the realtor fee. Remember the sell is paying up to 6% (maybe a little more or less) of the selling price.

I apologize in advance if I stepped on any ones toes on this subject. It just bothers me to think there are HI's cutting OUR throats with low balling. Remember, the older the home, the longer it takes. Winterized homes take longer. All of these conditions require additional time reporting deficiencies.

Just thought I'd add my 2 cents (oh excuse me that will be $300.00)

[Joe Farsetta]

Bidet inspections?

[John McKenna]

yawn.

[Kenton H. Shepard, CMI]

Originally Posted by escanlan

Joe,

You just can not do that!! You have to use the model from Jay Vincent and make sure your Inspectors have a full background check on them!!

http://www.nachi.org/forum/showthread.php?t=15071&highlight=Vincent

http://www.nachi.org/forum/showthread.php?t=18248&highlight=Vincent

http://www.nachi.org/forum/showthrea...hlight=Vincent

No no, it's OK Emmanuel. Joe's going to get us work picking corn.

[Kenton H. Shepard, CMI]

We have to pay an up-front fee, of course, and we fined $50 per kernal for any eaten by pheasants before we get it picked.

[bdoles2]

So who here is going to be the first to bite with Bidday or is that "bidet".

How can places like this expect inspectors to take them seriously when they don't have much of an inventory. I searched for a 250 mile radius around Atlanta and nothing came up.

Places like this are a waste of money. After Jan 08 they want $495 a year, don't think so.