Inspector Heaven out there. Market perfect for inspectors to get rich. So get rich!

[Nick Gromicko]

Home inspectors have always complained that the REALTORs hold all the cards, that they won't tell you who the potential clients (typically homebuyers) are, and that you have to kiss their **** for referrals. This was because homebuyers remained anonymous. Well times have changed and it is now a home inspector's market out there.

Your potential clients these days (sellers) are far from anonymous. They are desperate to sell. They will listen to any suggestion that they think might work, like doing a seller's inspection.

ALL THE PLANETS ARE ALIGNED FOR YOU TO GET RICH DOING INSPECTIONS!

Your talking points and sample letters are in http://www.nachi.org/sellerinspections.htm

You have the report upload system http://www.nachi.org/fetchreportfriendlyseal.htm

You have Move In Certified http://www.MoveInCertified.com

You have the sign file http://www.nachi.org/moveincertified.htm

The REALTORs can't hide their clients or stop you from contacting them direct. In fact, they want you to help sell their listings. You have their support.

Your potential clients are desperate to sell. The inventory is just sitting there. Just offer a seller's inspection to them and explain to them why they should do it, they'll do it.

Each seller is moving and eventually will need what? A home inspector! You're going to get another inspection out of it.

Your potential clients are telling you who they are. They even put big FOR SALE signs in their yards!

Too shy to knock on their door? No problem. These potential clients have made it really easy for you. They put their listing agent's name on a big FOR SALE sign in their front yard. Wait, it gets better... they even put their listing agent's phone number on the sign! Wait, it gets better... they put their own mailing address right on their mail box for you.

It's inspector heaven out there. Attack.

Don't have a job scheduled for tomorrow? Set your alarm clock for 7am anyway. There is work to be done.

[Dale Duffy]

Nick,

The first day I don't have an inspection this week I'm going to try this, it sure as hell sounds easy, I'll see how it turns out here in Scottsdale.

Thanks.

[mdiplock]

I'm already working on it Nick, just have few wrinkles to iron out in my area. This is similiar to something I was working on before and now you and Nachi have given me even more ammunition for my arsenal. Thank you.

By the way how does one log into move in certified. com

[Nick Gromicko]

Nothing to log into yet, but we have some big plans for it.

I was talking about Move In Certified to an attorney friend who also sells real estate and he was saying that he wished people who needed an attorney would hammer signs into their yards letting him know to call on them. A house that has a FOR SALE sign in the yard is a home inspection job waiting to be had.

[Nick Gromicko]

And remember... vacant houses are the best!!! The seller is so desperate! You can still mail them the offer (typically the mail gets forwarded). Use http://www.nachi.org/onlineagreement.htm when doing home inspections for sellers who don't live there anymore.

[mdiplock]

This is something I have been working on for a while and all I have to do now is fine tune it with the moveincertified, print out the materials, do some presentations to realtors in the area, access all the MLS listings within 50 miles of me (already to go with a click of the mouse) and start doing some mass mailings.
Hey what's that smell, could it be the sweet smell of success. Well I won't start counting my chickens just yet, but come on Nick hurry up and get this thing running, people are waiting.

[Joseph Burkeson, CMI]

Originally Posted by gromicko

Home inspectors have always complained that the REALTORs hold all the cards, that they won't tell you who the potential clients (typically homebuyers) are, and that you have to kiss their **** for referrals. This was because homebuyers remained anonymous. Well times have changed and it is now a home inspector's market out there.

Your potential clients these days (sellers) are far from anonymous. They are desperate to sell. They will listen to any suggestion that they think might work, like doing a seller's inspection.

ALL THE PLANETS ARE ALIGNED FOR YOU TO GET RICH DOING INSPECTIONS!

Your talking points and sample letters are in http://www.nachi.org/sellerinspections.htm

You have the report upload system http://www.nachi.org/fetchreportfriendlyseal.htm

You have Move In Certified http://www.MoveInCertified.com

You have the sign file http://www.nachi.org/moveincertified.htm

The REALTORs can't hide their clients or stop you from contacting them direct. In fact, they want you to help sell their listings. You have their support.

Your potential clients are desperate to sell. The inventory is just sitting there. Just offer a seller's inspection to them and explain to them why they should do it, they'll do it.

Each seller is moving and eventually will need what? A home inspector! You're going to get another inspection out of it.

Your potential clients are telling you who they are. They even put big FOR SALE signs in their yards!

Too shy to knock on their door? No problem. These potential clients have made it really easy for you. They put their listing agent's name on a big FOR SALE sign in their front yard. Wait, it gets better... they even put their listing agent's phone number on the sign! Wait, it gets better... they put their own mailing address right on their mail box for you.

It's inspector heaven out there. Attack.

Don't have a job scheduled for tomorrow? Set your alarm clock for 7am anyway. There is work to be done.

Bump

[Dale Duffy]

Joe B...........Have you tried selling any of these inspections yet?

Just wondering, because I know if you cannot sell them there, I highly doubt they will make a debut here.

I have inspections until Thursday as of right now and if I can take a full day to try and promote this concept I will certainly try this week just to see what people think about the idea.

I have not tried selling any sellers inspections since the residential market slowed, so I will certainly not rule out anything without trying it again.

[Nick Gromicko]

Denver chapter on fire with them. Remember, bypass the agents... go right to the fella with the big FOR SALE sign in his yard.

[Carl H. Lederhaus]

Thanks for the advice Nick. I have picked Friday mornings to do my promotional visits. I will do them to sellers now to see how that works. You rock!!!!

[Dale Duffy]

Originally Posted by gromicko

And remember... vacant houses are the best!!! The seller is so desperate! You can still mail them the offer (typically the mail gets forwarded). Use http://www.nachi.org/onlineagreement.htm when doing home inspections for sellers who don't live there anymore.

Nick,

When I finished my inspection this morning I went to the office and printed 50 envelopes and 50 of your seller inspection fact sheets (so to speak), after I altered the text a tad to fit my area and companies.

After stuffing the envelopes with the one page print I altered from your original in 5 minutes I drove about 10 blocks and found 50 homes for sale that were occupied (trash day, trash cans were at curb) so I knew someone still lived there.

I was absolutely amazed how many homes for sale are actually empty, simply amazed.......

So I stuck the envelopes into the front door weatherstripping of 50 homes this afternoon and will see if anyone calls.

Sellers Letter-Head.doc

Dear Home seller.doc

[Nick Gromicko]

You should use U.S. mail for vacant homes, it will likely get forwarded to the owner.

[Dale Duffy]

Originally Posted by gromicko

You should use U.S. mail for vacant homes, it will likely get forwarded to the owner.

Yes I understand that, I simply edited what you wrote, made an envelope from "word", added a business card, and walla.........50 letters delivered in a few minutes to occupied homes.

Doing mostly commercial inspections I have not paid much attention to the amount of houses for sale, and even more remarkable, the amount of ones vacant.....simply unreal to say the least.

[Joseph Burkeson, CMI]

Originally Posted by dduffy

Joe B...........Have you tried selling any of these inspections yet?

Just wondering, because I know if you cannot sell them there, I highly doubt they will make a debut here.

I have inspections until Thursday as of right now and if I can take a full day to try and promote this concept I will certainly try this week just to see what people think about the idea.

I have not tried selling any sellers inspections since the residential market slowed, so I will certainly not rule out anything without trying it again.

Dale,

Greg & I are going to do in-office Realtor Presentations & mail Rack Cards to offices and for home sellers & FSBO's we made up a Door Hanger.

Joe.

[nwagner]

Originally Posted by gromicko

Denver chapter on fire with them. Remember, bypass the agents... go right to the fella with the big FOR SALE sign in his yard.

How well is this going to work when the RE agent is not on board because, say, I am considered a Deal Killer for "finding and explaining too much?"

I find too many realtors in this area have too much confidence in their ability to dance around the serious issues and their track record of steering most clients who insist on an inspection to Inspector Softy. I could see them opposing this because there is:

• the wildcard of my findings leading to a drastic reduction of the sales price or making it more difficult to sell
• it would drastically increase the chance that I will be selected to inspect the home(s) the seller will put a purchase offer on
• it would provide me with a marketing platform that could lead to me "stealing" a substantial chunk of their 68 percent slice of the inspection lead pie
• the agent may be in a situation during the transaction where the deal hinges on my in-person elaborations of the reported findings to the prospective buyer.

Since the realtors are entrusted to market the home to the closing table, I imagine they have the influence to convince their clients that my services would merely harm the deal ...