In some areas pre-listing inspections are the norm... my area isn't one of those so I don't know a whole lot about it. I do them from time to time but it's a relatively small part of my business.

This has been the marketing ploy of choice amongst inspectors in my area over the last couple of years. I feel any advertising I did pushing listing inspections would be lost in the crowd.

Every year about this time I get all fired up and try to come up with new ways to get busy. Then within a few weeks I'm running my tail off again and forget all about it.

I think in the end the best advertising is word of mouth between past clients, real estate agents, etc.