Ohio Study on Licensing In All States - Interesting Report Card on Licensing

[James H. Bushart]

Originally Posted by jschwartz1

Jim:

That is one hell of a find.

A guest to our board, David Smits, brought this to us, Jay.

I agree that this is a significant find.

[Vern Mitchinson]

I managed to read most of the report. Very well done.
In spit of the reseach showing that almost everything was the same in both licenced and unlicenced states. The only difference I found was that there was a drop in the average number of inspections each inspector had proformed during his career. Once licencing was introduced the average career inspections declined. Is this good? I think not. The thing that boggles my mind is that the report recommemds that the state set up a board that will cotrol all aspects of the HI industry. Nothing in the research shows that there is a need for control. The states that have minimal control and simply call for inspectors to be certificed by the various associations. You still have to buy a licence but those states accept the standards of the approved associations. The study shows that the level of client satification is slightly better then the complete state controled inspectors.
I also agree 100% with the recommendation that realtors must not recommend specific inspectors. They must recommend every licenced inspector in the state.