Howdy from Houston

[Joel Anderson]

My name is Joel and I thought I'd drop a note and say hello, and share a little about myself.

I have been working canstruction and A/C for the past six years, with breaks here and there to attend collage. Haven't finished yet, because full-time work and school at the same time is rough. I plan on finishing by the end of 09, by taking on-line courses.
Eventually I came around and decided that it would be the perfect time in my life to open my own business and, with the training I already had, I decided to shoot for the home inspection field. I have just recieved my license and opened the doors to my business.
I found this message board while looking for some information on the web. This looks like a great resource for inspectors, so I thought I'd just drop in and introduce myself.

Nice to meet ya'll!

[Wayne Carlisle]

Welcome aboard! One thing about it....you will definitely get a vast amount of opinions that you can choose or make your own with!

By the way what is canstruction? You build cans?:)

Wayne

[John Arnold]

Joel - If you haven't found it yet, there is a searchable archive from the previous incarnation of this board at
InspectionNews.com - Home Inspection Home Inspector Inspection Report (http://www.inspectionnews.com/cgi-bin/ubb-cgi/Ultimate.cgi?action=intro&category=1) .
Or, click on the left side where it says Message Board and pick Board Archive at the bottom of the menu.
There's years of questions and answers there.
Good luck!

[Rick Hurst]

Welcome Joel, but don't give up on that collage. :D

Your going to find that the HI biz is in a tough time right now. If your serious about the business you need to be prepared for some slow times while the consumer confidence attempts to rebound.

If you have a full time job, stick with it and maybe try to do the HI biz on a part time level.

JMHO