Howdy y'all!

[Ian Chambers]

New member checking in from Phoenix, AZ! I'm not an inspector yet but that will hopefully be changing soon.

I'm currently working as fraud protection for a big corporate bank and the idea behind the career change is to start protecting people instead of companies. Most likely looking at less pay balanced with better karma which is a trade I'm comfortable with. My wife will be finishing up her degree by next May, then it's my turn to learn a new trade.

Is this the right place in the forum to ask questions about the whole process of getting into home inspection? I checked the Education subforum but it seems to be pointed a different direction than what I'm hoping to ask about.

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[David Swartz]

New member checking in from Phoenix, AZ! I'm not an inspector yet but that will hopefully be changing soon.

I'm currently working as fraud protection for a big corporate bank and the idea behind the career change is to start protecting people instead of companies. Most likely looking at less pay balanced with better karma which is a trade I'm comfortable with. My wife will be finishing up her degree by next May, then it's my turn to learn a new trade.

Is this the right place in the forum to ask questions about the whole process of getting into home inspection? I checked the Education subforum but it seems to be pointed a different direction than what I'm hoping to ask about.

Reply back with your contact information and I will fill you in on the process in Arizona.

[Ian Chambers]

Reply back with your contact information and I will fill you in on the process in Arizona.

Actually we'd be looking at Texas instead of Arizona. Once the wife's degree is finished here we're moving back to her home state to start on the family-making business, and that's where I'd be doing home inspections ideally.

I'd seen that Texas State has a program (http://www.txstate.edu/continuinged/CE-correspondence/BSBI.html) where if you complete the class you don't have to find other inspectors to do ride-alongs with which seemed like a good idea, do you know anything about that? Is it a credible education?