About Brotherhood of Certified Home Inspectors

Welcome!

Brotherhood of Certified Home Inspectors is your InterNACHI "Special Interest" Chapter. We are a "Membership" of professional home inspectors with a goal to:

"Help Each Other & Be Known For Some of The Best"

BCHI is also an inclusive global home inspector's membership group to those around the world who would like to join us. Once you become a member you have free access to all BCHI Zoom Meetings.

BCHI was formed for the introduction, expansion and advancement of InterNACHI home inspectors and incoming home inspectors of all ethnicity, affiliation and colors into the home inspection industry. You are invited to be part of our progressive group and grow with us. The home buying public is very diverse in America and the world, we think so should the makeup of qualified home inspectors to choose from.

Becoming a Member

Get a free frame-ready member certificate once you join. Email: [email protected] and request a certificate. There is no membership fee and to join is free.

https://www.nachi.org/chapters/IBCHI/join

Wherever you are in the world, you can become a BCHI member and reap the full benefits the home inspector's chapter will have to offer. Brotherhood of Certified Home Inspectors will be meeting using Zoom primarily and in person on special InterNACHI events. And anyone can come to the meetings. We will be having zoom meetings with topics related to the home inspection industry. You simply sign up for the zoom meeting you want to attend and we hope you will become a InterNACHI-BCHI member.

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Home buyers looking for a home inspector can see a list of our Qualified, Certified and Master home inspectors at https://www.nachi.org/chapters/IBCHI/members. We have home inspectors in several areas. It would be great if you became a member to represent your local area.

All home inspectors who are interested in this group and membership are welcome to join the InterNACHI-BCHI chapter, regardless of your level of home inspection experience or what stage you are in of your career. Becoming a member of BCHI means a lot to us and would increase our presences in the marketplace.

If you haven't started your home inspector's class or course, or looking for a good school for home inspector training, we urge you to take a look at our InterNACHI School for home inspectors. It is the best school for home inspector training and education in our opinion.

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Home Inspector's Training Meetings To Be The Best

The Brotherhood of Certified Home Inspectors-InterNACHI Chapter offers free home inspectors' meetings and training sessions, to our members, to help acclimate into the home inspection industry via Zoom. You have to be a member to attend the meetings. We want to help our inspectors get hands on knowledge and experience that they can use in the field doing real home inspections. Members who come to the meetings have a chance to listen, participate and ask questions during the meetings.

The home inspection training sessions and meetings focus on the different systems and components (grounds, building, plumbing, electrical, HVAC, exterior, interior...) that make up a finished home. Some meetings are general home inspection information and updates to keep up on current maintenance and repair conditions that should be reported. Other meetings are code related inspection procedures. These training meetings will discuss different building codes related to new house construction and inspections.

Brotherhood of Certified Home Inspectors' free online educational training and meetings are held several times a year on Zoom. All you have to do to get this free home inspection training is to Join Brotherhood of Certified Home Inspectors. Being a member of BCHI is free. See the next Zoom training meetings at the bottom of this page.

In The Field, Onsite Home Inspection Training: Paris also provides live Home inspection fieldtrips, ride-along, shadowing... for those who want to get hands on experience actually doing a home inspection. Many of the field trips can qualify for CEUs. Some of the fieldtrips are existing homes and others are new construction buildings. Participants go on a real-time home inspection with Paris. They are shown techniques on how to look for maintenance conditions and repair items for reporting, using the camera to take the right photos, collecting data for writing a high quality, detailed inspection report.

If you want to join the BCHI chapter, please do so. We welcome all beginner home inspectors into our chapter. We want to give you the base and support to get you started in the home inspection business. If you are just starting out, experienced or a seasoned home inspector, we would like to have you in our chapter. We believe "Each One Teach One".

Join BCHI and grow with us. https://www.nachi.org/chapters/IBCHI/join

We are The Rainbow Chapter. We want all home inspectors to consider our chapter as a place to be welcomed as a family and merge with us. We want our home inspectors to get their fair share of the home inspection pie. We also want to help new home inspectors get off to a good start into the home inspection business by having Zoom training meetings that are educational and informative for the advancement of our members.

The Brotherhood of Certified Home Inspectors' membership is made up of some of the best and brightest home inspectors there are. We urge all of our home inspectors to become the sharpest inspectors they can be to protect home buyers. From the beginner to CPI, CMI and ICC Code Inspectors, we are well knowledgeable. We support some of the best home inspection training, instructions and information via the Education Courses of InterNACHI to create a platform for high quality home inspectors for homebuyers.

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Home Inspector Statistical Information Sources

Information sources says that about 87% of home buyers got a home inspection in the past 5 years. The majority of mortgage lenders required a home inspection. About 14% of home buyers did not get a inspection for their transaction in the past 3 years, sources show. About 1 to 3% of new home buyers thought a new home does not need a home inspection by a private inspector as it is inspected by the county or city.

Investors have started to want a home inspection done to determine the impact of the conditions and the value of repairs before they can resell. They use to have a contractor look at the home for information but have found this source may not be fully reliable. Flippers also use a inspection report to determine their costs and the return on the investment.

Builders normally expect a new home inspector will be hired by the buyers to identify conditions that would affect the value, safety and sale of the home. Builders can use the inspection report to determine major deficiencies or defects in construction and finishes that should be considered for correction or repair. Builders have raised the bar and have begun to require inspectors be properly qualified, licensed and insured to inspect a newly built home. These builder requirements also protect the builder’s liability and the buyer’s investment to a certain extent. Different builders may have different qualifications requirements for inspectors. D R Horton, Lennar Corp, Pulte Group, Century, KB, Taylor Morrison are a few of the big 10 that are drafting certification standards for inspectors.

The majority of home inspections (50 to 60%) are referred by real estate agents, representatives and firms And followed by friend and family referrals of about 14%. About 5% of inspections are internet search. These numbers can vary from state to state and region.

There are about 10,780 home inspectors in the USA at this time. As those enter the profession, some leave the profession for different reasons. The level of home inspection skills can be highly qualified, moderately qualified and qualified. The actual number of inspectors are more where inspection companies hire additional inspectors. Some companies have as few as 5 to 10 inspectors, others 25 to 100 inspectors on staff. There are home inspection companies that have 500 or more than 1,000 inspectors on staff across the US. Of course, there is the owner-operator which make up a large portion of the home inspection industry.
About 85% of inspectors are men and 14% are women. White 69%; Hispanic and Latino 12%; Black 8%; LGBTQ 5%; Native American… 0.8%; Asian 3.4%
The home inspection industry in the US alone is a $5 Billion market year over year.
The average home inspection salary is $52,000.00 to $61,000.00. These numbers can change depending on the state the inspector is doing business in. Owner-operator inspectors can earn more. Super Home inspectors can earn $81,000.00 to $107,000.00 a year before expenses. About 82% to 83% of home inspection businesses are private companies
According to market research analysis of more than 14,570 active home inspector profiles in the United States, home inspectors may spend 30 to 40 hours per week conducting inspections, preparing reports, and managing administrative tasks. Inspectors may work longer hours to accommodate client needs during peak real estate seasons or in high-demand areas.

Home Inspectors Age Range: 40+ 79%; 30-40 16%; 20-30 6%

The US home inspection market is expected to reach $25 billion by 2029, growing at a Compounded Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 8% from 2003 to 2029.

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Core BCHI Member Objectives

Make a bond with each other. Very High Ethics. Know the profession well. Protect The Buyer's Interest.

Facebook Page

Brotherhood of Certified Home Inspectors-InterNACHI Chapter have a Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1150293692602343/

We would like all of our BCHI members to sign up and join in on the forum. It is a members' only page. The page allows our home inspectors to talk to each other, discuss your progress in becoming a home inspector, make comments and discuss mutual experiences in the home inspection business. We would like to hear about special experiences during inspections, share a photo of humor or a picture of a unusual installation at a home, discuss challenges in the business and any ways you solved them and more.

All Home Inspectors Wanted

We want home inspectors from all backgrounds to strengthen BCHI's membership numbers. You are urged and welcome to join us, because we would like to grow and expand together. Although we are called the Brotherhood of Certified Home Inspectors, this InterNACHI Chapter accepts all home inspectors (young, older, male, female and any sexual orientation...) into our group. We want to reflect the makeup of the buying public and those we shall serve.

Any member that has not received their certificate of membership after joining please let us know by email to: [email protected]

Paris Pressley formed BCHI-InterNACHI Chapter in September, 2023, with the good fortune to be advised by Nick Gromicko to do so. We want to provide a chapter and home inspector membership that is friendly to everyone. This chapter's goal is to help interested home inspectors get additional information, training and education to advance their career to become known as high quality InterNACHI members. BCHI will provide part of a infrastructure and support system for new inspectors and existing inspectors that includes creative dialogue, discussions and valuable business information for the success of all BCHI members.

We Want Inspectors to Succeed!

BCHI also helps home inspectors get the information they need to start their home inspection business and begin their practice at their pace. Paris wants to remove some of the myths and misconceptions about the home inspection service industry. Of course, Paris will also be presenting zoom meetings with advance home inspection information and techniques as well.

BCHI first goals are:

Become recognized as some of InterNACHI's best home inspectors
Create a platform for InterNACHI inspectors to connect and network
Make a bond & commitment to each other as BCHI Home Inspectors
Help Home Inspectors merge into the mainstream of the Industry
Enhance inspector's skills to be competitive in the business arena

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Please email or contact Paris Pressley at 404-617-4973 or [email protected]

Who Is Paris Pressley?

Paris Pressley is the Founder and President of BCHI, Brotherhood of Certified Home Inspectors. He is dedicated to helping home inspectors enter the home inspection profession and pursue their careers. He has been in the home inspection industry, contracting and home building business since 1974.

Paris is a 20 year InterNACHI CPI and CMI; He is also a ICC R-5 Residential Combination Building Code Inspector, ICC Building, Electrical, Plumbing and HVAC Inspector, State Licensed Residential Building Contractor, Master Carpenter, Former VP/President Elect for the Georgia Association of Home Inspectors. Paris is also a International Code Council Preferred Education Provider.