(bold and underlining are mine)
Originally Posted by
Benny Stewart
The following is the reply from TREC legal:
"As a licensed professional inspector, any sort of inspection or property condition consultation performed for a buyer or seller ...
Inspections of one-to-four-family residential property (for a buyer or seller) must be reported on the TREC REI 7A-0 form, ...
That not does address the question of doing an "energy audit service / inspection" for an "owner" who is neither a buyer (already bought the house) nor a seller (already owns the house and is not selling at this time). I.e., this is not for a "real estate transaction".