maltizer wrote:Devon,

I'm glad things are working for you. Instead of having summary pages filled with: refer to so and so, repeated so many times, I believe that I will word it just once for the referrals. Oh and of course my inspection agreement will be in the report, where it should be. Maybe 1 reason that everyone likes your report so much is that you're not leaving them guessing. I had an inspection and even though the inspector explained things at the time of the inspection, I'm lost and can't make no sense of this report. Keep on doing whatever it is that you're doing and as always, stay safe man.

maltizer wrote:

DBJ Home Inspections wrote:

maltizer wrote:As far as photos go: 1photo of the exterior for the cover photo, 1picture for the location of each shutoff (water- gas), 1 picture of the distribution panel, with dead front off and 1 picture for each major defect over $500.00

Am I right on the money, pretty close, too many pics or do I need to include anything else? I feel like I'm right on the money.

I know a lot of guys don't put in a ton of pictures, but I add a bunch of courtesy pics for my customers and they all love it. Takes me about 20 - 30 mins to get all the pics in including the defect pics, but I don't mind spending the extra time, I feel the report looks a lot nicer and my customers and agents love it, so i'm going to stick with it. I've picked up many listing agents on my inspections that were forwarded the report and called me to tell me they liked me on site and were extremely impressed with the report I made and how easy it was to understand and so forth.

Devon,

I see what you're saying. Here is my confusion: newer technology is out and I agree with some of it but I am Old School thinking. When I have legends such as William Chandler, Mike Casey and George Wells, along with Mike Crow saying: Nobody is going to go through a 40 page report and a 5 page summary and to shorten it to 10-20 pages, I have to listen to them (they are my heroes, my role models). Even Nathan Thornberry says the same thing.

I really do appreciate your feedback and I will take it to heart. I want to follow in the legends footsteps listed above.

Philo wrote:

maltizer wrote:

DBJ Home Inspections wrote:

maltizer wrote:As far as photos go: 1photo of the exterior for the cover photo, 1picture for the location of each shutoff (water- gas), 1 picture of the distribution panel, with dead front off and 1 picture for each major defect over $500.00

Am I right on the money, pretty close, too many pics or do I need to include anything else? I feel like I'm right on the money.

I know a lot of guys don't put in a ton of pictures, but I add a bunch of courtesy pics for my customers and they all love it. Takes me about 20 - 30 mins to get all the pics in including the defect pics, but I don't mind spending the extra time, I feel the report looks a lot nicer and my customers and agents love it, so i'm going to stick with it. I've picked up many listing agents on my inspections that were forwarded the report and called me to tell me they liked me on site and were extremely impressed with the report I made and how easy it was to understand and so forth.

Devon,

I see what you're saying. Here is my confusion: newer technology is out and I agree with some of it but I am Old School thinking. When I have legends such as William Chandler, Mike Casey and George Wells, along with Mike Crow saying: Nobody is going to go through a 40 page report and a 5 page summary and to shorten it to 10-20 pages, I have to listen to them (they are my heroes, my role models). Even Nathan Thornberry says the same thing.

I really do appreciate your feedback and I will take it to heart. I want to follow in the legends footsteps listed above.

I question statements which include "Nobody" (or "Everybody," "Always," etc.) In any case, Mike, start with "the Legends," and then develop your own style. You only have you to answer to for your results.