The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Home Inspections
The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Home Inspections

Author: Bobbi Dempsey

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2004-05-04

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 1440696187

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For home buyers and home sellers. Here is the first how-to that addresses the needs of both buyers and sellers, making it the perfect companion to the bestselling The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to Buying and Selling a Home. The buyer will depend on this guide to determine whether a house is worth buying. The seller will need it to determine which repairs are necessary before listing or signing anything. Readers will learn to troubleshoot all areas of a home, including its structure and foundation, windows and doors, plumbing, heating and air conditioning, insulation, electrical systems, and the roof, just to name a few. In this Pocket Idiot’s Guide®, you get: • What to look for when inspecting the electrical system, the roof, and other parts of the home. • Simple advice on what to do if the results of your inspections aren’t good. • Expert explanation of what you can expect during and after the inspection. • Easy ways to tell if a home is worth buying—or if it will need extensive repairs before you put it on the market.

Principles of Home Inspection: Systems & standards
Principles of Home Inspection: Systems & standards

Author: Carson Dunlop

Publisher: Dearborn Real Estate

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 950

ISBN-13: 9780793179350

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This introductory overview of the major home systems gives students a solid foundation for beginning a career in home inspection. This comprehensive text gets students out into the field quickly while serving as a springboard for the 13 advanced electives in the Principles line. Systems & Standards focuses on system and component problems, their practical implications, and inspections strategies for finding them. No other single volume offers both the breadth and depth of this introduction.

How to Run a Successful Home Inspection Business
How to Run a Successful Home Inspection Business

Author: Nick Gromicko

Publisher:

Published: 2015-02-04

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781942813019

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This manual is designed to help inspectors create, sustain and grow their companies. For both business veterans and those who are just starting out in the inspection industry, this book will help guide you through the step-by-step process of setting up a business that's both ethical and profitable.Good marketing is the foundation of a solid business, and this publication outlines tried-and-true techniques for performing easy marketing tasks that will distinguish you from the competition, as well as tips on how to court and secure high-end inspections that will put you on another level of earning.

Graphic Standards Field Guide to Home Inspections
Graphic Standards Field Guide to Home Inspections

Author: Stephen Gladstone

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2011-02-02

Total Pages: 453

ISBN-13: 0470921587

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Quick, reliable answers to your most common on-site questions When you're in the field, you never know what you'll come across. The Wiley Graphic Standards Field Guide to Home Inspections gives you fast access to the information you need when you're on-site and under pressure. Presented in a highly visual and easily portable format, the Graphic Standards Field Guide to Home Inspections is organized according to CSI's Masterformat standards of practice. It covers everything from inspection preparation to on-site safety, conveying the most common answers with practical instruction about home inspections that the professional inspector, architect, engineer, or contractor needs to access quickly out in the field to evaluate an existing residential property. The Field Guide to Home Inspections extends the Graphic Standards experience outside of the office and into the field, with: Quick access to essential information wherever you are Graphic Standards-quality details accompanied by real-world photographs of the common conditions you'll find in residential buildings Illustrations that help you troubleshoot problems, along with on-the-spot solutions Compact format that's easy to reference and carry along The Graphic Standards Field Guide to Home Inspections is the ideal companion for the on-the-go professional home inspector.

Air Conditioning & Heat Pumps
Air Conditioning & Heat Pumps

Author: Carson Dunlop

Publisher: Dearborn Real Estate

Published: 2003-04

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9780793180653

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In addition to air conditioning and heat pumps, this volume explores the materials and components of whole-house fans. This text covers basic mechanics of cooling and a step-by-step description of air conditioner operation before delving into specific components and how to inspect them.

Essentials of Home Inspection
Essentials of Home Inspection

Author: . Carson Dunlop & Associates

Publisher: Dearborn Real Estate

Published: 2003-04

Total Pages: 430

ISBN-13: 9780793180936

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Features a brief and simple overview of the major home systems and is referenced throughout each of the system-specific textbooks in the series.

The Complete Book of Home Inspection
The Complete Book of Home Inspection

Author: Norman Becker

Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional

Published: 2002-07-22

Total Pages: 307

ISBN-13: 0071409505

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Here is a comprehensive instruction manual covering every aspect of exterior, interior, and electromechanical home inspection--basic enough for a layperson and detailed enough to be a working tool for professional home inspectors. Revealing techniques and methods used by experts, this heavily-illustrated reference details how to evaluate the condition of a home or condominium apartment. Precise step-by-step procedures enable the reader to inspect a home as though accompanied by an inspector with many years' experience. Written by a professional home inspector, COMPLETE BOOK OF HOME INSPECTION, 3rd Ed. is packed with photographs, dozens of checklists and worksheets, and a valuable summary which appears at the end of each chapter.

Home Inspection Exam Prep
Home Inspection Exam Prep

Author: Carson Dunlop & Associates

Publisher: Kaplan Publishing

Published: 2004-05-01

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780793188550

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This publication is designed to provide accurate and authoritative information in regard to the subject matter covered. It covers all topics on the content outlien for the National Home Inspector Examination.