Who are professional home inspectors?
Professional home inspectors are highly educated, trained, and skilled observers and educators who possess broad technical knowledge about the systems and components of a home and the skills necessary to apply that knowledge. At present (2006) about twenty-eight states have some form of regulation of home inspectors ranging from simple registration to extremely restrictive requirements. The majority of the states that have chosen to regulate home inspectors do so through some form of registration or licensing that requires inspectors to meet specific experience and education criteria; to be tested on specific minimum technical knowledge and skills; and to adhere to a standard of practice. Professional home inspectors are highly skilled interpreters. Homes speak for themselves and a competent inspector knows how to “listen.” But it’s not enough just to be a skilled listener; a competent home inspector is also a master interpreter who knows how to translate the information the home provi
