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Article: Don't Look to Cut Corners In Home-Inspector Training
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- September 20, 2003
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QDEAR BARRY: I'd like to become a home inspector and would like to
know the cheapest way to go about this. What do you recommend? --
Waleed
ADEAR WALEED: Stop what you're doing, sit down and reconsider the
concept, practice and purpose of home inspection. The last thing you
need is a cheap way to enter a complex profession.
Instead, look for ways to become a well-informed home inspector,
able to provide a detailed evaluation of property, and to do so
without inviting lawsuits for nondisclosure of defects.
If you become a home inspector, buyers will depend on your
findings when making major financial decisions and commitments. To