Hello Jerry,

You are a brave man! Starting in this business now would be very difficult and expensive but not impossible. If you educate yourself well, have the money to purchase the right equipment (I would recommend getting an infrared camera and becoming certified to use it as most inspectors do not have one), market yourself agressively (well ranked website, direct mail, presentations, etc), are a people person that can communicate well and have a lot of patience as well as a source of income to live off for quite a while, then I say go for it! I love the business!

I don't know what youre background is but when I started in 1990 I did home improvements and repairs along with home inspections for a couple years to barely pay the bills until I was getting enough inspections to be full time inspecting.

Hope that helps whether you go for it or say no way.

Good luck.

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