Does anyone have experience in this area? There was an ad in the local paper for a class that was 60 hours (10 hrs per day, Friday, Sat and Sun spread out over two weekends). It included one field trip to participate in a home inspection. After the class, you were supposed to be prepared enough to pass a certification test in Illinois. I live in Ohio where there is no certification requirements. The cost was $1795, which after researching other classes on the web, wasn't unreasonable. There is an opportunity to make $100/hr since each home inspection takes 3 hrs to complete and typically costs $275 - $325. The guy I spoke with said he knows one person that's making $200K/year but is doing 3 inspections per day which is pushing it. I imagine the hardest part of this business would be marketing your self to realtors and getting your name known. The yellow page had quite a few home inspectors available but I'm not sure what the demand would be to know if the market is saturated. Does anyone know of any pitfalls to this line of work? TIA Lit Ticker
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