| Home inspectors are in high demand. Home | | | | * Leakage |
| buyers have realized just how important a | | | | |
| home inspection is in making their investment | | | | * Insulation |
| work. | | | | |
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| For most first time home buyers, purchasing a | | | | |
| new home is, perhaps, the most important | | | | * Plumbing |
| investment they will ever make. Because of | | | | |
| this, they are adamant about not making | | | | * Heating |
| decisions without first ensuring that the | | | | |
| decision is the right one. Home inspection is | | | | * Electrical systems |
| one of the only guarantees a home buyer has | | | | |
| that they have made a good choice. | | | | * Troubleshooting |
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| Home inspection is a job that requires good | | | | Below are a few home inspector courses to |
| business sense. Not only that, it requires | | | | consider if you are interested in pursuing a |
| specific technical skills and knowledge about | | | | career in home inspection. |
| construction. While some people set up a home | | | | |
| inspection franchise without first knowing | | | | Professional Career Development Institute |
| the basics of the job, the key to success is | | | | |
| getting the necessary training and education. | | | | This course is designed to teach you how to |
| | | | conduct home inspections in newly purchased |
| A good home inspection school covers the | | | | and newly constructed homes, town homes, |
| following: | | | | condominiums, and other residential |
| | | | properties. Their home inspector course is |
| * Landscaping and grading | | | | nationally accredited and uses the distance |
| | | | e-learning method, which means it is |
| * Walls | | | | completely home study. |
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| * Foundations | | | | Allied Home Inspection School |
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| * Roofs and roof-mounted structures | | | | Knowing that real estate inspection is a |
| | | | technical and complex field, the Allied Home |
| * Lot improvements | | | | Inspection School offers |
| | | | home-inspection-course programs designed to |
| * Windows | | | | give you all the knowledge and skills you |
| | | | will need as a professional in the field. |
| * Paved areas | | | | This course will teach you how to perform |
| | | | objective visual inspections of homes. Not |
| * Doors | | | | only that, but you will also learn how to |
| | | | produce (for buyers and/or owners) a written |
| * Wood-destroying insects | | | | report of the condition of the property. The |
| | | | function of the home inspector is two-fold, |
| * Garages | | | | and in teaching you how to do these things, |
| | | | Allied Home Inspection School gives you the |
| * Interior construction cover rooms | | | | skills you need to do your job. |
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| * Basements | | | | Thomson Education Direct |
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| * Attics | | | | With their e-learning facilities and online |
| | | | home inspector courses, Thomson Education |
| * Crawl spaces | | | | Direct, offers the best in at-home learning. |
| | | | You can get the education you need on your |
| * Utilities | | | | own terms, in your own home, and on your own |
| | | | time. |