Home Inspector Podcast by InterNACHI

Learn from inspection industry professionals about how to establish and build your online presence using today’s best practices, including website design trends, SEO tactics, social media, online review building, and more. We’ll also talk about some traditional marketing efforts, like relationship-building, sponsorships, and community efforts that can help support your website’s visibility online.

We’ll discuss the value of adding additional services to your inspection business, including we started our own business, why we added additional services, and how those services have helped us grow our business. We’ll cover training requirements, reporting needs, potential liability issues, marketing considerations; and other issues that may arise as a result of adding new services.

Get tips on how to market your home inspection business. In this workshop, you'll learn about the effects that COVID has had on inspector marketing, and how to prepare your business for a post-pandemic world.

Discover how home inspectors are using social media and online searches to expand their business reach in this increasingly digital age. Not only has COVID changed the consumer landscape, but millennial home buyers are creating a historic shift in the way businesses are communicating with consumers. This growth-centric webinar will explore five digital marketing strategies that are helping home inspectors acquire new customers and generate referral partnerships in this online world.

Get tips on how to successfully add inspectors to your business and transition to a multi-inspector firm.

Join InterNACHI® staff for a virtual general session to kickstart Inspector Boost 2021! This is just the opening session, to attend workshops you must register for each individual workshop.

Join us for this free, online webinar where presenters Susan Payne and Miles McKnight will demonstrate the robot live using a mobile display unit that replicates standard ductwork and a scaled-down crawl space.

Join SimpleLab for this free, online webinar to learn how to sample and test for lead in drinking water.

In this free live webinar, Yifu, the founder of Housky.io, will introduce and demo the startup platform and answer inspector questions. Housky is an online platform solely dedicated to the home inspectors. It aims to help inspector's businesses, handle their marketing and customer relationship management. Most importantly, Housky.io is a fair referral-based payment model and not a lead-based business model.

In this free, online live webinar we’re going to perform a home inspection and review the inspection report. We'll also talk about running a successful business, applying marketing strategies, getting started as a new inspector, boosting your existing business, and anything else you’d like. Bring your questions and join the discussion. This webinar is open to everyone (InterNACHI® members and non-members alike).

Do you want to increase your revenue? It’s possible with Ecosense. Join Marc Rosenfeld, Ecosense Sales Director, to learn how Ecosense can help start and/or grow your radon inspection business. This webinar will compare and contrast Ecosense’s industry leading radon detector solutions with other current brands and will show the benefits of using our comprehensive customer support and a range of business development tools to help you set up for success in 2021.

Introduction to the property inspection business in the Middle East. What are the licensing requirements, business model, and property market condition?

What if you could dramatically reduce your chances of falling off your extension ladder in almost any situation? What if you could feel totally secure coming off a roof onto your ladder every time? You can reduce your chances of injury and death in less than 10 seconds using our exclusive ladder safety tool. Presenter Elaine Williamson will show you how to increase job safety, reduce injuries and have peace of mind on every residential extension ladder climb, every time.

Join Ben Gromicko and CPI® Matthew Hawley for an online webinar to gain tips on how to market your inspection business as a new home inspector.

Learn how to use SimpleLab water testing, and how to get started improving customer satisfaction and your bottom line.

Inspectors will learn what steps to take when dealing with a disgruntled client or lawyer and how your insurance carrier can help.

In this free, live webinar for home inspectors, Keith Scherzinger of the Home Inspection Institute will be talking with InterNACHI’s Ben Gromicko and other home inspectors about the most valuable narratives to write in your inspection reports.

A Texas Attorney will discuss claims made against home inspectors and the benefits of having a Pre-Inspection Agreement. The class subject will include methods to help home inspectors avoid having a claim made against them and information that a pre-inspection agreement should include. *Pending TREC approval*

In this free online InterNACHI® Webinar with Chris Ranwell, Global Product Director for Protimeter Moisture Meters, and Tom Rochenski, National Sales Manager for Protimeter Moisture Meters, teach the best practices using moisture meters and tips on understanding the readings of the meters.

Watch the free, online InterNACHI® Denver-Boulder Chapter Meeting from Wed., Dec. 2, as presenters Ben Gromicko, Lon Henderson, Gary Sloan, Julie Erck, and Jonathan Ramirez discuss home inspections, marketing strategies, and tips on growing your business.

This primer will go over the typical plumbing system from supply to the waste lines. This class recording talks about common terms used in plumbing systems, the types of materials used, and the common problems found during a home inspection.

Listen to this InterNACHI® Webinar podcast recording and learn how to become a successful home inspector.

During this webinar master electrician Tommy Davis will discuss the potential electrical hazards of knife blade disconnect switches, used for solar, swimming pools, jacuzzis, heat pumps, furnaces and water heaters.

InterNACHI’s newest vendor-partner, Textellent, will be co-hosting a webinar to discuss how home inspectors can grow their business using texting to: -allow clients to easily schedule appointments using text reminders; -share links to reports without revealing your private cell phone number; -streamline communication during busy times; -maintain a history of all text communications; and -boost retention with real estate partners by systematically texting them year- round.

Rewatch the raffle drawing from the 2020 Professional Inspectors Convention. Prizes included Flir C5 thermal camera, digital marketing plans, home inspection software subscriptions, and much more!

This class recording, From the 2020 Professional Inspectors Convention, takes the often overlooked and unexciting topic of office management and reveals how it can be the hidden key to astonishing business success. Learn from 20-year industry veteran Paul Zak as he outlines critical steps any home inspector can take to significantly increase revenue, help drive down costs, improve efficiency and effectiveness, and dramatically boost their bottom line and quality of life.​

Commercial inspections are fast becoming one of the newest services in the home inspection industry. Like any other part of the business, there are risks associated with it. This recorded session, from the 2020 Professional Inspectors Convention, looks at most of the aspects of the commercial inspection and discusses the basic steps an inspector can take to maintain the highest level of personal safety while providing superior commercial inspections. The novice and seasoned experts will both get useful information out of this session.

This presentation recording, from the 2020 Professional Inspectors Convention, introduces home inspectors to the basics of infrared technology and how it can help them conduct a more thorough home inspection for their clients. This class is not intended to actually teach home inspectors how to perform thermal imaging inspections, but, rather, to provide information to help them decide whether they want to add the service to their home inspections.

This class recording, from the 2020 Professional Inspectors Convention, focuses on the differences in foundation cracks that home inspectors commonly encounter. Home inspectors should be knowledgeable enough to recognize whether cracks and other readily visible evidence of structural movement warrant further evaluation by a structural engineer or not. All concrete cracks, but all cracks are not equal. Is a crack a simple stress crack, shrinkage crack, thermal expansion-contraction crack, some type of mechanical damage, or actual foundation movement? What is the crack doing? Cracks are pieces of the inspection puzzle that we assemble on every inspection. But when should we call for further evaluation by a structural engineer?

In this recording, from the 2020 Professional Inspectors Convention, learn from a licensed real estate agent and broker how many agents work with inspectors, why many agents think home inspectors are “deal-killers,” and how to overcome this perception. Most importantly, discover how to become a valuable resource for brokers and build them into a part of your company’s network for lead-generation. You will walk out with new and innovative insights into both educating real estate agents and building your network of agents and brokers to truly grow your business!

This workshop recording, from the 2020 Professional Inspectors Convention, covers the latest 2020 National Electrical Code® requirements for GFCIs in a residential dwelling. Included is a review of the history of the GFCI, how GFCIs work, safety considerations, testing methods, and how the inspector should address requirements in the inspection report. Meters and testing devices will be demonstrated on a display of GFCI devices.

This recorded workshop, from the 2020 Professional Inspectors Convention, features photos taken the morning after Hurricane Michael in Mexico Beach, Florida. Discussion centers on different types of structural failures and how better inspection procedures could have saved numerous types of structures. Additional training will be presented regarding how to categorize existing structures, how to evaluate cracks in structures, how to properly read product approvals, and other protocols to ensure hurricane resilience.

Ever wonder what the top home inspection companies are doing to be successful? In this class recording, from the 2020 Professional Inspectors Convention, learn important tips from the most successful companies in the country. See how they got to where they are, and how you can implement their strategies – including administrative, time-management, customer service, marketing, and morale – in your own company's plan.

Learn how to make more profit per inspection by adding this ancillary inspection. This class recording, from the 2020 Professional Inspectors Convention, is designed to show home inspectors the profit potential of adding sewer scoping to their ancillary services. It will give them a general idea of what a sewer scope inspection consists of, what the inspector should look for, and a basic understanding of sewer line materials and the common defects associated with different types of sewer lines. The class also discusses what to look for in a camera system.

Thermal imaging of electrical systems is a proven method of identifying problems before they progress into catastrophic events. An electrical survey using an infrared camera can help clients avoid costly repairs by focusing their maintenance priorities on the most critical areas. This recorded presentation, from the 2020 Professional Inspectors Convention, discusses the many ways thermal imaging of electrical systems has helped companies reduce their risk and protect their bottom line. It also covers why electrical surveying is an advantageous business opportunity for inspectors.

Taking advantage of technology and staying safe while doing so is still a foreign concept for many inspectors. This workshop recording, from the 2020 Professional Inspectors Convention, shows inspectors how to make the most of smartphone apps, special website templates, and different digital hardware designed to make their jobs easier while protecting themselves online. It takes only minutes for someone to gain access to a poorly secured email account, website, or bank account. Learning how to properly secure your information is essential to running a successful business. ​

In this workshop recording, from our free virtual 2020 Professional Inspectors Convention, CPI Britt Treece investigates the contours of grading and the issues that affect the foundation, sort through their importance, and practice communicating about them with clients.

This is a recording of the opening keynote of our free virtual 2020 Professional Inspectors Convention.

Watch the trivia giveaway to The Texas Inspectors Convention 2020! Prizes included a Flir C5 thermal camera, InterNACHI® Sewer Scope Class, InterNACHI® custom rack cards, and much more!

In this class recording, from The Texas Inspectors Convention 2020, learn the basics of mechanical permits, inspection techniques, and proper installations.

This class recording, from The Texas Inspectors Convention 2020, introduced attendees to basic HVAC inspections and guidelines to use during a home inspection. Learn about the design and installation of different systems, and the ways for inspecting them. You will learn about flex ducts and the many issues commonly observed during inspections.

This recorded class, from The Texas Inspectors Convention 2020, takes the often overlooked and unexciting topic of office management and reveals how it can be the hidden key to astonishing business success. Learn from 20-year industry veteran Paul Zak as he outlines critical steps any home inspector can take to significantly increase revenue, help drive down costs, improve efficiency and effectiveness, and dramatically boost their bottom line and quality of life.

This recorded class, from The Texas Inspectors Convention 2020, reviews the TREC Standards of Practice for the inspection of water heaters. This class will help inspectors to verify that their inspections meet the minimum required by TREC.

Does your protocol for inspecting roofs satisfy the TREC Standards of Practice requirements? This class recording, from The Texas Inspectors Convention 2020, explains what is required of Texas home inspectors when they inspect roof-covering materials.

This class recording, from The Texas Inspectors Convention 2020, presents a pictorial introduction of inspecting the forms, the materials, make-ups, plumbing and tendons.

This class recording, from The Texas Inspectors Convention 2020, reviews the basics of HVAC standards and inspections according to the TREC Standards of Practice.

This class recording, from The Texas Inspectors Convention 2020, focuses on the fire separation between the attached garage and the house, the attic, and below the stairs. The class covers attic penetrations, fireplace exhausts, and the space between townhomes and duplexes.

This class recording, from The Texas Inspectors Convention 2020, provides attendees with updates to the 2020 NEC® and explain how these changes can affect a home inspection.

This class recording, from the Texas Inspectors Convention 2020, focuses on common deficiencies noted during a home inspection. The course discussed common electrical components and methods to inspect these items.

This class recording, from The Texas Inspectors Convention 2020, reviews the basic new home phase inspection techniques and shares information from the IRC for protocols related to when, what and how to inspect new construction during the phase inspections.