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Quite frankly there is a lot of bull**** in the inspection industry with boxtop "certifications" as long as a yearly fee is paid. Jim doesn't pay for his certifications. He earns them. It's likely a large number of inspectors are not qualified to inspect. The seller should reward them. A 2011 national survey indicated that 82.2% of home inspectors are not code certified (or able to inspect to a minimum standards violations which put the public at risk.).

Jim is the most qualified inspector in the area and a full-time building inspector with some the most extensive and informative real estate inspection services available. He brings his 29+ years of inspection experience and homebuilding to each inspection. Jim is one of the few ICC Combination Code Certified Inspectors because Texas does not require building code knowledge or certification for home inspectors. You will not get a trainee or inexperienced inspector with Jim on your side.

The Texas Minimum Inspection Standards of Practice is a statewide standard that (1) "more accurately reflect current technology, codes and practices that form the basis of many of the standards." If comparing apples to apples ask if your inspector is ICC code certified or inspects to minimum standards and codes. A clear majority will say "No, it's not a code inspection" which is a cop out because they have not taken the time to become code educated or certified. They can't defend their opinion as they simply do not know current standards and are not able to provide the reference for their opinion as most professionals do. The real question is what are they missing? Real inspections can last 4-5 hours and generate significant sized reports. Real inspections and reports generally can't be popped out the same day and many times the next. Footnote: 1) Texas Real Estate Commission Chapter 535, General Provisions, Rules Adopted at the October 27, 2008 meeting, page 01 of 20.

Ask for experience and credentials, not a website.
We don't have apprentices or sub-contractors. Who is inspecting your home?

A occupational license legalizes incompetence.