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

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

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

Seriously outdated advice

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.

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.

Buying and reading this book was a mistake. The author is obviously just a book writer and knows nothing about the home inspection service! That was clearly evident since I am a home inspector and there was nothing any novice inspector could learn from this book that they wouldn't already know. If you want to learn about home inspections then you have to buy a book written by an expert in that field - a home inpsector with many years of experience - not an author that writes books on random topics! There are other books that are far superior to this book. My recommendation is don't buy this, spend your money on another book.

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.