The most outrageous diploma mill claim

[ROBERT V. YOUNG]

Cooke I attended PHII and they were well informed.When you pass with a 90 plus average you are instantly a INACHI member in good standing.I found them to be more than honest and helpful.Very good pic,s clear and up to date.Explanatory towards every aspect of home inspection.There market supplies where expensive.Not much software to speak of.Paper report software.That is out of date to me.
It had its pro's and con;s but fair program and when they mentioned InterNACHI as a free-bee if you pass I was sold.
I looked for years at schools and got coned by collage,it was adult education.No accreditation worthless in Canada and anywhere else to think of. Asked for money back because they lied to me saying good certification for Canada,There certification is useless in the states,for they have been investigated and the literature and pictures were in black and white with low to no resolution.

[Brian A. MacNeish]

Originally Posted by rcooke

These are just a few I found turning out instant Home Inspectors in Ontario .
there are about 459,000 s .... Roy

In Ontario, like most of the country except BC, you need a lot less than these courses to be an instant HI........All you need is the gumption to try to pass yourself off as a knowledgeable and properly trained HI.......NOT HAVING HOME INSPECTION LAWS make this easy....easy...easy.

Hell, from the Grow-op TV show, one HI was claiming he was an engineer.......even after he had been warned previously not to use that designation (probably from the professional engineering society). Still wondering about the other "home inspectors" in the show and their claims about training and experience that enable them to inspect homes. Anyone find out anymore about who they were?

No laws mean that anyone can enter the marketplace with as little training/experience as they can get away with.

BTW......one of the courses offered is Carson-Dunlop with costs of up to $5,300 for the ten modules........gotta be serious if you're going to invest that much plus the time to study and pass the proctored exams. Not an instant HI, IMHO.

[Roy D. Cooke, Sr]

Cooke I attended PHII and they were well informed .
Glad for you but knowing many of the directors and past experience and information they supply convinces me they have not changed .
I am not interested in there selfish cult like attitude and self apointed secret group.
Been there done that and do not want the T shirt .
I am just one of many who can see through their smoke and mirrors.

[Roy D. Cooke, Sr]

BTW......one of the courses offered is Carson-Dunlop with costs of up to $5,300 for the ten modules........gotta be serious if you're going to invest that much plus the time to study and pass the proctored exams. Not an instant HI, IMHO.
Having know many who have taken the Carson-Dunlop course's that are now home Inspectors .
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I recommend them to all who insist in trying to becoming a home Inspector.
I also tell them they are looking at spending about $10,000;00 and three years to get established as a home Inspector.

WE are busy but many are not in my area .
Tomorrows Inspection by referral
http://www.realtor.ca/PropertyDetails.aspx?propertyID=9635064

[ROBERT V. YOUNG]

Cooke just went into PHII and will change my attitude vey quickly for it has changed and I do not recignise it anymore.
Maybe because it was 2 years ago that I sought this school for there was not much on the internet market pre 2008,and maybe because of what real education through INACH has given me but.WOW.It has changed .So have I thank god.

[ROBERT V. YOUNG]

You see the dilemma in Canada Brian.I have witnessed it for years bumping heads with these clowns in Montreal Quebec.Tell my client what duties I should preform in that chimney or that roof that I was about to work on.My god they where and still are thought of as Gods.
Then the run to engineers trying to understand how to stop as example 'roof ice damming 'from persisting.
The head one in Montreal arrives in his Caddy and has no answer about the problem and it was simple pot light heat build up in cathedral ceiling.
removed pot lights installed upgrade light system and bob.s your uncle 'problem fixed.
So yes its a quagmire here and hopefully one day there will be standards in place for ALL to abide by.

[Brian A. MacNeish]

Are these low prices the result of an overcrowded market place? They just came up in a side box when I was doing a GOOGLE search.

Home Inspections start at $185.
Call now and save $50!

So that makes a $135 inspection. That won't even get me to a house to look at 1 item

[hjanssen]

I will not leave the house for less than 400 dollars,when you add up all the expenses involved in running a business ,you can not do it for less if you want to survive in this business

[Yuri Olhovsky]

My prices start from $400 plus HST. Got a phone call today asking about inspection of the house 2800 sq.ft with two kitchens and five bathrooms. Quoted $450 plus HST. Got a "Wow, you are so expensive. Everybody else is charging les then $300". So I'm wondering: "Who are those everybody else?" And how many inspections they have done so far?

[ROBERT V. YOUNG]

Always some one out there going to do it cheaper'' Yuri''.Always people willing to pay more.You have to make a case for your self and sell your product.Your education experience years in the industry or building experience (as my case) .Wow.I hate to here those cries ''they are cheaper than me''.
You are in business for yourself and you are the agent selling your wares so you should know your value.
Have you little experience then yes prices reflect the knowledge,simple.Persons,(professionals)they hold there head up high and are not bothered by ""you are the most expensive one I talk to.''You make a case why,not some fabricated story but your true background, dedications and energy towards you life skill.
Hope I made some scene out there to you guys wavering about lowering your prices.
If you are worth it FIGHT FOR IT.
I HAD TO ADD MORE----- had to.
We are trained by the biggest and best in NORTH AMERICA.''Thanks Nick''.There you go as a sales points.''you where taught by the best ''and continue and always will continue to learn because you are ''InterNACHI certified' and in good standing membership with INACHI.
sh-t man its you bragging rights.remember.