HOME INSPECTION

The inspection is four hours. The paperwork around it should not be four more.

An inspector is booked by agents who want an answer in the next ten minutes and paid by buyers who want the report tonight. We connect intake, scheduling, agreements, report delivery, payment, and review requests so the office runs while the inspector is in the crawlspace.

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A day that will sound familiar

A Thursday with three inspections

The inspector is under a house on Mesquite Drive when the phone rings. An agent needs a slot before the option period ends Monday and wants a price for a two-story with a pool. He cannot pick up. She calls the next inspector on her list. When he climbs out at 11, there are two more voicemails, a buyer asking where the report is from yesterday, and a text asking whether the agreement was ever signed for the 2 pm.

That evening he writes the report at the kitchen table until 10. The invoice for the morning job goes out the next day, if he remembers. The agreement for the 2 pm was never signed, so the buyer is paying for a job with no signed terms. The buyer from yesterday had a great experience and would leave a review if anyone asked, and nobody will. The inspection was the easy part. Everything wrapped around it is where the day leaks.

Five workflows

What changes for home inspection companies.

  1. 01Agent and buyer intake

    Today

    Requests come as calls during inspections, texts from agents, and website forms. The inspector returns them from the driveway between jobs.

    Connected

    A call, text, or form becomes a request with the address, the square footage, the property type, the closing date, and who is paying. The agent gets a reply with the available windows and the price within minutes, even while the inspector is on a roof.

  2. 02Scheduling and property details

    Today

    The date is set by phone. The listing details, the lockbox instructions, and the utilities status are gathered by a second call the night before.

    Connected

    The booking pulls the property details from the request. The confirmation goes to the buyer and both agents with the time, the address, and what needs to be on for the inspection. Access instructions are collected before the day, not on it.

  3. 03Agreements before the visit

    Today

    The agreement is emailed and sometimes signed. The inspector often starts the job without it.

    Connected

    The agreement goes out with the confirmation and is signed on a phone. If it is not signed by the day before, the reminder goes out, and the inspector knows before he leaves the house whether it is done.

  4. 04Report delivery and payment

    Today

    The report is finished at night and emailed. The invoice follows separately. Some buyers pay on the spot, some are chased for weeks.

    Connected

    When the report is marked complete, it is delivered to the buyer and the agent, with the payment request attached and the report held until payment clears if that is your rule. Reminders follow until it is paid.

  5. 05Review requests and agent follow-up

    Today

    Reviews are asked for when the inspector remembers. Agents who send three jobs a year hear from you when they call.

    Connected

    A review request goes to the buyer after delivery, on a schedule. Referring agents get a thank-you and a periodic check-in, and the office sees which agents have gone quiet.

Where it breaks

Four places the process usually fails.

  1. THE CALL FROM THE CRAWLSPACEThe person who books the job is the person who cannot answer the phone. Agents book whoever picks up, and the missed call goes to the competitor with an office.
  2. THE UNSIGNED AGREEMENTDoing the job without signed terms is the most common exposure in the trade, and it happens because the reminder depended on a person who was busy inspecting.
  3. THE KITCHEN-TABLE REPORTThe report is the product. Delivering it late, or without the invoice attached, turns the best part of the day into a collections problem.
  4. THE REVIEW NOBODY ASKED FORBuyers are happiest the hour they get the report. That is the hour to ask. A week later, they are moving.

One handoff, before and after

An agent booking during an inspection

Today
  1. The agent calls at 10:15. The inspector is in the attic. It goes to voicemail.
  2. He calls back at noon. The agent booked another inspector at 10:30.
  3. The next agent who does reach him gets a verbal time. He writes it on his hand.
  4. The night before, he calls the agent for the lockbox code and to confirm the utilities are on.
  5. He arrives, inspects, and drives home to write the report. The agreement was never signed. The invoice goes out Saturday.
Connected
  1. The call is answered or transcribed. A request is created with the address, the size, the closing date, and who is paying.
  2. The agent receives the open windows and the price within minutes and picks one from her phone.
  3. The confirmation goes to the buyer and both agents, with the agreement to sign and the access questions to answer.
  4. The agreement is signed the same day. Access instructions are on the record before the inspector leaves the house.
  5. The report is delivered with the payment request. Once paid, the review request goes out, and the referring agent gets a thank-you.

What to track

The numbers that tell you whether it is working.

We do not promise a percentage. We show you which numbers to watch, and we measure them before and after.

Questions home inspection companies ask us

01Do you handle the inspection report itself?

No. The report and the findings are yours. We handle everything around it: booking, agreements, access details, delivery, payment, and the follow-up afterward.

02We use inspection software for scheduling and reports. Does this replace it?

No. We connect the software you already use with your phone, your email, and your payment tool where they allow it, so a request entered once becomes the booking, the agreement, the delivery, and the invoice.

03Can agents book without talking to us?

Yes, and most prefer it. An agent sends a request by text or form, gets the windows and the price back, and picks one. The inspector sees the booking on his phone. Anyone who wants to talk still can.

04How do you make sure the agreement is signed before the job?

The agreement goes out with the confirmation. If it is not signed by the day before, a reminder goes out and the inspector is told. You choose whether an unsigned agreement blocks the inspection.

05Will the review request annoy buyers?

One message, sent shortly after the report is delivered, is what most buyers expect. Anyone who does not want it is not asked again. The referring agent gets a separate thank-you, which is where the next job comes from.

START WITH ONE PROCESS

Bring us the booking you missed from the attic.

We will map how it works today, find where it waits or gets repeated, and tell you whether fixing it is worth the effort.

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  1. The mapOne process in your business, drawn end to end on a single page
  2. The waitEvery place it stalls or gets repeated, and who is carrying it today
  3. The answerWhat fixing it would take, or a straight answer that it is not worth fixing