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Many homes have decks attached to them for entertaining and relaxing under the stars, but most home owners do not perform a regular deck inspection. Each year, people are injured or killed due to faulty construction or the lack of needed regular maintenance of decks.
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Insurance is a necessity in today's Home Inspection climate. Increased liability and frivolous claims make home inspector insurance more important than ever. Working RE and OREP have been working to provide quality errors and omissions insurance policies that are up to the task of protecting you! We also publish many stories and articles specifically tailored…
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Home Inspector Continuing Education OREP and Working RE Home Inspector Magazine are dedicated to providing quality service to home inspectors, not only through comprehensive and affordable E&O policies, but also through providing stories to help keep you safe. Staying up-to-date and educated on new requirements and getting a refresher on some older ones is vital…
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Home Inspector Liability In today’s real estate atmosphere, a huge issue for home inspectors is managing their liability. Working RE strives to protect their inspector readers and provide informative articles concerning home inspector liability. These are a few stories for Home Inspectors that tell real life stories, give advice, and provide tips for reducing and…
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Editor’s Note: This is a side by side comparison of the Scope of Practice documents of several home inspector associations: AII, ASHI, NACHI, NAHI. Author Michael O’Handley offers several caveats: the comparison was completed in 2006, with the associations making minor changes since. Also, the comparison is based on O’Handley’s interpretation of the documents, which…
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The unique roles of a home inspector and agent in a real estate transaction are each clearly defined. But there can be times when one professional steps on the other’s toes. Take fees for instance.
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Can an inspector be sued for just about anything? The answer is, unfortunately, yes.
It’s a fact of life that a home inspector is likely to find some issues with the house he or she is inspecting. Inspectors know that even new construction has problems! If it’s an inspector’s job to report issues to potential buyers…
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Editor’s Note: Yes, E&O prices have dropped; now here are a few tips on getting the most for your money. Inspectors E&O Insurance Prices Drop, Time to Learn How to Shop by David Brauner, Senior Broker OREP By now you have probably seen firsthand that prices for most home inspector errors and omissions insurance (E&O)…
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Editor’s Note: Setting fees can be agonizing for some small-business professionals. Here, a handful of seasoned inspectors discuss how their fees are set and how they figure the true “cost of doing business.” Inspectors: How to Establish Fees by David Brauner, Editor WRE According to a recent online discussion, most of the inspectors who do…
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Inspector’s E&O Insurance: Market Softens- Prices Drop – $1,250! By David Brauner, Senior Broker OREP (www.orep.org) Instead of the now familiar direction to “shop ‘till you drop,” new insurance conditions suggest instead that inspectors should shop because they’ve dropped. We’re talking about rates for errors and omissions insurance of course. The market is finally softening…
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