Inspector Mike's Blog

I decided to charge for looking at my profile. This is my reason why. "Your profile has been viewed 5390 times." As of 17 Oct. 2009. If I charged just $10.00 per view that would have made me $53,900.00. Not to bad for just pecking on the computer. Just think how much that I would have made if the...

Most advertising for Home Inspections in Ohio is very misleading.   Some facts about Ohio licenses and certifications that you may want to consider when getting a Home Inspection or recommend a Home Inspector to you clients.  Ohio does not regulate Home Inspectors. This law is still pending, and ...

How many of you use craigslist to find contractors? Here is one that I found in Columbus Ohio: http://columbus.craigslist.org/sks/1422816285.html "I do all types of residential, service changes, remodel work, room additions ceiling fans, add lights and outlets -code violations corrected -phone,ca...

When do you use a Professional Engineer rather than a Home Inspector? Here is an email that I just recieved: "Hello I was wondering how much you charge for home inspections?  I am refinancing my home and I need an inspection of the foundation.  Could you let me know?" Here is what I said: "Inspec...

I just ran across this post that I received from Google Alerts: http://www.nachi.org/forum/f19/federal-pacific-definitive-answer-44106/  There is no good information there yet (Saturday, October 10th)  but I thought that everyone might want to watch this post. Hopefully it will produce some good ...