Dana, Very true, I agree.

Also many IR guys can expect to miss other important issues due to lack of time to do everything in the SOP and reluctancy to leave the camera laying out while crawling into the attic etc. to do what we normally do.

It's going to be an interesting next 5 years as this business continues to crawl out of the dark ages and clients get smarter about who to hire and who not to hire. It's not IR that will lead the changes, its excellent inspectors.

How many inspectors are still producing crappy checklist/scribbled reports that no one can read? Yes, they are still out there but slowly going away.


The next round that will cease operations is the guy's that bury important problems in inspector speak within the report where no one will notice.
They have no sample reports on their website and provide watered down realtor friendly inspections.

In my area we have guy's who do not adequately and properly report PB pipe, knob and tube wiring, FPE panels, Zinsco panels, old HVAC, old water heaters, old roofs etc.

The cost of litigation is the only thing saving them from major lawsuits.