American Society of Home Inspectors, Inc.Pinning high-performing Facebook posts is easy to do, and it can help improve the engagement performance of your social media for generating sales for your business. Pinning involves selecting one of your past Facebook posts and getting it displayed as the very first post that visitors will see on your Facebook business page timeline.
Buying or selling a home, particularly for first-timers, can be an eye-opening experience. If you’re shopping around for your dream house—arguably, the most fun part of the home buying process—you’re going to tour homes in great condition, lousy condition, and everywhere in between.
2020 was challenging for many homebuyers, with 2021 being much of the same. In almost every metropolitan market, competition among buyers is fierce.
The end of spring and the beginning of summer are the best times to put your home on the market. It is difficult to place a value on the memories you made in a house, and when it is time to set a number, you want to ensure potential buyers perceive that worth.
While mortgage rates sit at historic lows, not all bodes well for house hunters. Potential buyers nationwide face low housing inventory and subsequently high prices, leaving many to wonder how they’ll ever secure their dream homes. And, eager to avoid bidding wars with other hopefuls, buyers’ real estate agents suggest that their clients pursue an unconventional time and money-saver: preliminary buyer walk-throughs.
Unlike other ancillary services, drone inspection services are not a means of providing substantial additional income to your home inspection business. In fact, the inspectors we interviewed rarely charge for drone inspections, if they charge at all, and most of our interviewees use their drones during 15 percent of their home inspections or less.
The masonry that we home inspectors scrutinize generally falls into one of two broad categories: pre- and post-20th century. The transition point centers around the introduction of Portland cement–based masonry mortar, which began to replace lime mortar around 1920. The conditions we observe and document between earlier and modern masonry are often starkly different because Portland cement–based mortar transitioned masonry to a near maintenance-free system.
While you devote time to inspecting your clients’ homes to ensure their safety, you also should consider making time to inspect your own digital home.
Many home inspectors incorporate thermal imaging into their home inspections—so many, in fact, that due to the volume of excellent responses from ASHI members, this is the second installment of a two-part article.
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