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"How to Write a Better
Home Inspection Report"

By George Wells, BSEE, MBA, CMI

110 pages
Published August 2007

ASIN (Amazon catalog number) B000WCS7JW

Whether you are an experienced inspector who has done thousands of inspections or your are a new inspector just getting started in the home inspection business, you will be writing better inspection reports after you read this book.

The techniques you will learn from the book will help you write better reports and you will write your reports more efficiently.  Your reports will be more effective than ever before.  Your clients and real estate agents will be happy because they will be able to read and understand your reports.  You will be happy because you will have happy clients, you'll get more business, you'll stay out of court, and you'll make more money.

This is not another course about English grammar!  We keep grammar, style and usage to a minimum.  This workshop is about report writing techniques, the psychology of report writing, and the legal aspects of report writing.  These are techniques that you will be able to use on your very next inspection.

Regardless of how you write your reports, you will be able to use the techniques you will learn from the book.  The techniques you will learn are not based on the use of any particular brand of home inspection report software.

 


Contents

Part 1 – The Fundamentals

Introduction

The Basics

Grammar, Style, and Usage

Write the way you talk

Inspectorspeak

The Goal of the Inspection Report

How Many Pages Should the Report Have?

Live By the Sword, Die By The Sword

Who’s Packing your Parachute?

Do I Need a Checklist?

Choosing the Right Inspection Report Software

States With Special Requirements

Effective and Efficient

Reduce the Clutter

Where’s My Notepad?


Part 2- The Psychology of Report Writing

Introduction

Home Inspection Report or Home Condition Report?

White Space

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

I Know What I Know – and That’s OK

Disclaimers - Protect Yourself Without Scaring the Client

Symbols and Icons

The Summary Page

When is a Summary Page Not a Summary Page?


Part 3 – Presenting the Report

What Was Good Enough Five Years Ago Isn’t Good Enough Today

The Digital Age

CDs

Presentation Binders

On-site or Delayed Delivery


Part 4 – Conclusion and Epilog

When In Rome …

Conclusion

Epilog


Part 5 –
Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments: A Who's Who of the Home Inspection Industry

 

 

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Free "Tips For Success" newsletter

Legacy 3 Home Inspection Report

Legacy 3 is a PDF Report that can be completed and saved as a PDF using the free Adobe Reader.  Most PDF forms and reports cannot be saved after they have been filled in.  Legacy 3 is the latest generation of PDF reports that allows user to save the completed report as a PDF that can be printed, written to CD, e-mailed, or uploaded to a web site.

 

$20 Credit Toward the Purchase of
Home Inspection Report Software

How to Write A Better Home Inspection Report comes with a $30 Credit that can be applied toward the purchase of home inspection report software from these publishers:

BestInspectors.Net

Homegauge

Whisper Computer Solutions

InspectWare

 

 

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