Hey all,
After doing some DIY fix-up and remediation work, as well as coordinating with contractors, etc on the place we sold, my interest in the home inspection arena has been piqued. I had always thought this was something interesting and know there are really good inspectors and really meh ones too.
Any of you in the business or have any tips/advice on how to get a foot in the door or first steps towards going this way? I'm already considering FIRE so this, or handyman/mechanical/repair type work, is stuff that interests me. I've considered carpentry/building but I have less patience with this as far as the building/designing part (for example: I started a DIY acoustic guitar build many moons ago and never followed through with it due to lack of tools and or lack of knowledge on how to use certain tools or accomplish certain tasks to move to the next step). If something is broken though, I tend to be a little better about doing repairs though (although, my completion/success rate also isn't 100% but I'd say higher than if I were to try to build something from scratch like a table, furniture, etc). I think for the building/design piece, if I were to help someone/apprentice or learn through repetition, I'd have more confidence and be more successful though.
Anyway, I sort of digressed but these are things I'm thinking of as potential new ventures whenever this 8-5 W2 gig expires