Originally Posted by
Joseph Burkeson
No I got your point, perhaps you misunderstood my response. Licensing solves nothing.
To date there are no HI licensing laws that benefit both the consumer & the home inspector and in the end yours will be no different.
If that turns out to be true, then at least we can say that we tried to make it worth-while. As to licensing not solving anything, look around. It is obviously solving something, because it is happening a lot. Just what it solves perhaps may not be in the home inspector's or consumers best interest. From what is out there, licensing seems to solve a lot of problems for real estate agents (which, buy the way, are not "licensed realtors" - there is no such thing as a "licensed realtor" - they are licensed real estate agents or licensed real estate brokers; and it might be interesting to note that in most states, licensed attorneys are by default also licensed real estate brokers, so you see where the movement to license might originate)
Add to that the encouragement to litigate by the design of many state licensing laws, and you have no net positive in almost every state licensing law in the Union.