Boy, some new inspectors are coming on strong and well capitalized.

[Nick Gromicko]

I'm seeing a greater percentage of new-to-the-business inspectors coming in very strong. They are doing truck wraps and buying IR cameras and spending thousands on marketing. They also buy every book we publish as fast as we can put them out and take every training course. When we release an inspection article, it is up on their gorgeous site the next day. They are coming in with a fury.

[Nick Gromicko]

I think I know why too. For people my age and older, it was a rare event to start your own business, many of us kind of slid into it. Today's younger generation expects to run their own business and they look at home inspections as just that... a business.

[Bob Elliott]

Interesting re frame.

I guess the point is to not get comfortable.

In the end marketing only gets you to where enough use you to have an opinion on your service, Good or Bad.

[Nick Gromicko]

You have to reinvest in your biz, I don't care if you've been a home inspector in the same town for 20 years.

[Buck Hartley, CMI]

Question is, ARE THEY WORKING!!!!

[Nick Gromicko]

They all like www.moveincertified.com too. Mostly I think because MIC allows them instant, direct access to catch the real estate transaction upstream before it trickles down to existing inspectors.

And they all like shirts with their company logos.

And they like IR cameras.

And they all have nice websites.

That's the profile from what I can determine.

[William J. Decker]

Originally Posted by gromicko

They all like www.moveincertified.com too. Mostly I think because MIC allows them instant, direct access to catch the real estate transaction upstream before it trickles down to existing inspectors.

And they all like shirts with their company logos.

And they like IR cameras.

And they all have nice websites.

That's the profile from what I can determine.

Just like my business plan, except:

- I market as a family owned company, not a big, unpersonal corporation.
- I underscore professionalism, training and certifications. The public seems to like this.
- Most or all, I emphesis trust.

[Bob Elliott]

Hmmmm
I need a home Inspector.

Should I hire the high energy fast talking young guy or the guy who looks like he did construction his whole life.

Hmmmmm

[Mark E. Northrup]

I would not trust someone who did construction his whole life. I have seen too many that cut corners and don't really know what they are doing.
Just my two cents.

[Marcel R. Cyr]

Well, thank you Mark. Maybe you should visit Maine.

[John McKenna]

Originally Posted by mnorthrup

I would not trust someone who did construction his whole life. I have seen too many that cut corners and don't really know what they are doing.
Just my two cents.

I always ask my clients...

"Would you rather hire someone who has built houses for a living or
someone who just read books about it?"

Guess what they say?

You are correct that the construction industry is filled with sloppy work. That's
why people hire inspectors

[ldapkus]

Most of them will be selling their fancy new state-of-the-art equipment right here for us survivors to scoop up.

[mlopezi]

Looks like a big sale in a year or two.

[Brian K. Smith]

Originally Posted by mnorthrup

I would not trust someone who did construction his whole life. I have seen too many that cut corners and don't really know what they are doing.
Just my two cents.

So you would hire the guy that only read a book..ok got one for you Home Inspection 101 for dummies......go ahead and hire that guy...

[Vince Santos]

Originally Posted by belliott

Hmmmm
I need a home Inspector.

Should I hire the high energy fast talking young guy or the guy who looks like he did construction his whole life.

Hmmmmm

Preferably one that can get into tight attics and under homes.

Seriously though you have a really good point. I've been asked if this was my fathers business more than once.