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This course is provided by InterNACHI® School, the only accredited college for home inspectors at www.internachi.edu. The course is free, online, and open to everyone.
Most home inspectors don’t think of themselves as business owners. Why? Most inspectors invest a great deal in learning the technical aspects of performing a home inspection, but they do not take the time to learn how to operate a home inspection business.
Do you have a degree in business administration? What was the last book you read about business and marketing? Have you ever taken a business and marketing class? If not, then this course will be of great value to you regardless of whether you're new to the inspection business or a Certified Master Inspector CMI®.
Many inspectors have no idea how to write a business plan, do market research, price their services, make financial projections, brand and market themselves, grow their business, pay taxes, and manage staff. These tasks are not rocket science, but each is essential to being a successful owner and operator of a home inspection business.
In this course, we’ll simplify the approaches to each of those tasks and more that will help you operate your business in easy-to-understand steps. And we’ve broken it down into 17 steps, each of which we’ll go over in this course.
Upon successful completion of this course, you'll be able to:
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Home Inspection Business Course Course # 3100 | ||
Activity | Assignments | Estimated hours for the average student |
Academic Engagement | Reading course instructional material at 140 words per minute | 5.8 |
Watching, listening, and studying instructional video | 0.5 | |
Taking quizzes | 4.0 | |
Taking the exam | 1.5 | |
Conducting a directed and independent inspection study performed according to the Standards of Practice, including the development of an inspection report | 4.0 | |
Submitting an inspection and writing assignment | 0.5 | |
Submitting a research and writing assignment | 0.5 | |
Total | 16.8 | |
Preparation | Studying & reviewing instructional material in preparation for taking quizzes and exam | 10.0 |
Reading the downloaded student course book including taking the quizzes with the book | 5.0 | |
Reading, research, and studying related to completing the research and writing assignment | 4.0 | |
Studying and preparing for inspection processes according to a Standards of Practice, including capturing and storing digital images with a camera or device, making observations, evaluating conditions, deducing, formulating opinions, communicating observations in written form, attaining competency in performing inspections and using an inspection checklist or software and other inspection tools in producing a report. | 10.0 | |
Total | 29.0 | |
Sub Total | 45.8 | |
Overall Total | 46.0 hours |