When I inspect a home, I typically start from the outside and work to the inside, and once inside I work from the bottom to the top. This routine is followed by many in my business, but we all have own way to get the result we need for a thorough job.
When a home has a tenant, I have been asked to start the second floor interior where the tenant lives first so the tenant can be there while I inspect, and can then leave knowing I will not be in their dwelling without their presence.
I understand, but typically refuse to do this, and for very good reason. I follow a routine.
Many photos are taken, and I review these photos as I type the report. Moving from place to place - inside to outside to inside - with no semblance of order makes it quite difficult to do my job once I am in front of my computer. This wastes time, and no one likes to waste time.
When you go home after two or three inspections, you want to get them done, and you want a happy client. Happy clients bring more business I have found.
The routine I follow keeps me out of trouble, gets me done in a reasonable amount of time, and usually I do not have much negative feedback from the agents who let me do my job the way I do my job.
-Ray
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