Start Your Own Home Inspection Service: Your Step-By-Step Guide to Success (StartUp Series) Paperback – September 1, 2007

I agree with the previous reviewer that said this doesn't have any how/what-to-inspect content, but I think the authors intent was to help those interested in starting their own business. I think the author assumes you have or know where to get experience/knowledge on home inspection. He even recommends some sites. This book really helped me get a feel for the business of home inspection and how/where to start.

Helpful, but not very in-depth with the specific inspection procedures. Was lookinjg for more of a technical manual.

This is one book you should read before you go into business for yourself. It is not "THE" book on the subject. Instead, it is a general overview of how to start a business of your own, and only incidentally uses the idea of a home inspection service as the business to start.Before starting your own Home Inspection Service, you do need to know about a lot of things such as licenses, legal aspects, record keeping, setting up an office, and this is all here. The description of most of these is rather brief, but it will tell you at least the general concept of what you need to do.As for inspecting homes, this book points you in a few places that you should read and classes you could take. My own experience is that you should go to work for a home inspection service for a while to learn what the business is really like before you attempt to delve into it yourself.

Amazon Verified Purchase!Book is a bit disappointing in that much of it is generic 'how to start your own business' with very limited input on the Home Inspection Service focus.Chas Poole

Seriously outdated advice

Don't think that by reading this book that you will close the last page go out there and start inspecting homes.YOu need alot more information and you will need to read alot more books and do some proper training. However the book is an interesting read and you will get a few ideas on what you should do. it advises to get some interpersonal skills if you do not already have them. So I went and bought a few books on that, and it cost me over €30. But Im pretty sure it will help.The book explains the different types of reports and abit about marketing, actually it flirts with all the aspects but does no get too deep.Overall, its worth a read but just don't bank on starting up when you put it down.

This book is very informative if you have no previous knowledge of running a business or any common entrepreneurship knowledge. The book does not have a lot of technical information about conducting a home inspection, or the mechanical systems of a home. This book is simply a book written about how to start up a general business, and every now and then they mention home inspection information.

I bought a lot of books to learn how to do home inspections and become a pro home inspector for a new career. This book was one of the worst since the title makes you think you will learn about how to start and run a home inspector company. But the fact is that the concepts explained in the book can be applied to ANY business because they are so basic and general and have NO specific link to home inspector companies. The book is written by someone who definitely is NOT a home inspector and knows nothing about home inspections. Perhaps they know about starting a general type of business or company. The problem is that they just took general basic information and put it into a book that can be applied to anything and has no relevance to home inspectors. You could change the title and put any type of business on the title and you would not have to change the text inside and you would see the simple ideas in the book do NOT help you out. I do NOT think this is the right choice for anyone looking to be an inspector or start an inspection business. There are other books on Amazon that are far better than this one!!