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Many home inspection courses deal with how to look for leaks and water damage. This is because of the top 10 most common home inspection problems, seven of them are related to water and leaks, according to Realtor.com. Water is one of the worst enemies a home can have. Another is fire, and that’s why […]

Do you think you need insurance coverage for errors and omissions for your home inspections business? You may think you don’t, but insurance isn’t only for people who might make mistakes. It’s for people who own property, a business or have assets they don’t want to lose. Anyone can make a mistake, no matter how […]

A key part of home inspections is looking for any signs of water damage. While water is good for people and plants, it’s bad for homes, and it must be kept out in order for a structure to remain strong. Contractors incorporate into their home building many methods for keeping out water, including installing moisture […]

Your home inspection training helped you to learn ways to spot evidence of leaks — stains, warping, etc., — but how do you find the source of these leaks? Sometimes it’s easy. You may be in an attic and see water leaking through a hole in the roof. You may be in a basement and […]

Many home inspection training classes are offered online. This is an excellent option for people who find it more convenient to learn at home versus in the classroom. But it doesn’t work well for everyone. A highly advanced student wrote a letter to the editor of the New York Times outlining how poorly he did […]

Virtual classrooms for home inspection training are great because you can learn on your own time and in the comfort of your own home. These courses teach you what you need to know and are convenient. But home inspecting is hands-on work. You can learn to cook or throw a baseball online too, but it’s […]

As a home inspector, you likely inspect lots of roofs covered in asphalt shingles. But what about slate roofs? You may not come across many, but if you do, this type of roof covering must be treated differently during inspection. Although slate roofs can be beautiful, they are significantly more expensive than asphalt shingles, so […]

When most people think of crawl spaces, they picture the space under a building. This makes sense, but it isn’t the only crawl space you might have to go into as a home inspector — attic crawl spaces count too. You can argue that no crawl space is fun to inspect — after all, who […]

Your inspection training prepares you to inspect homes and commercial buildings, but is that the same as being a building inspector? Although you do technically inspect buildings, a commercial inspector and a building inspector are in fact quite different. There are no federal guidelines or licensing requirements to serve as a commercial building inspector, although […]