| The first thought in your mind may be
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| | I believe as a professional home
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| that your home inspector is working for
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| | inspector that loyalty is due to the
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| you. I hope that is the case. I have
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| | person paying the bill, you the
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| attended marketing training sessions
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| | prospective home owner. In order to
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| where a well noted speaker talks about
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| | conduct an objective inspection and
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| the definitions of a customer and a
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| | present the information in a non-biased
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| client. In their training the customer
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| | manner the inspector needs to stay clear
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| is, you may have guessed it, the real
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| | of subtle or outright conflicts of
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| estate agent. The client is the person
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| | interest. The home inspector should
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| buying the home. What does this mean? I
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| | subscribe to a professional code of
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| think there is a subtle conflict of
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| | ethics. My firm, Safe Family Home
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| interest in that the home inspector may
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| | Inspection Services, adheres to the
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| be working for their next job and may not
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| | American Society of Home Inspectors Code
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| have your best interests in mind.
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| | of Ethics and we hand out a copy to the
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| Another conflict of interest for home
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| | customer with every home inspection
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| inspectors is payment at the close. I
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| | report. I also offer them to the customer
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| often have customers (in our case that is
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| | before each inspection along with the
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| the person buying the home, not the
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| | Standards of Practice.
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| agent) that ask if my inspection fee can
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| | Number one in the ASHI Code of Ethics is:
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| be paid at the closing. I have to decline
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| | "Inspectors shall avoid conflicts of
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| these arrangements and I offer other
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| | interest or activities that compromise,
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| forms of payment like credit cards for
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| | or appear to compromise, professional
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| example. In some cases the information
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| | independence, objectivity, or inspection
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| that is revealed during a home inspection
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| | integrity."
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| is enough for a transaction to not go
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| | To prevent a possible conflict of
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| through. If the home inspector is
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| | interest I also advise that the only
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| counting on the transaction to close in
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| | industries in which the inspector
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| order to be paid, it puts into question
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| | participates are home inspection related.
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| the quality of information you receive.
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| | Your home inspector should only inspect
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| Information you depend on to make a
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| | homes or provide environmental testing
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| qualified decision to go through with
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| | like radon, mold, or asbestos testing.
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| your home purchase.
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| | The inspector should not participate in
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| Here is the best one yet. I was recently
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| | remediation or mitigation services for
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| handed a brochure from a home inspection
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| | environmental problems. I also am not
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| firm and the business card attached to it
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| | sure you can get an objective opinion
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| was the home inspector with the title of
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| | about your furnace if the home inspector
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| real estate agent. I don't think there is
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| | sells new furnaces.
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| any question that there is a conflict of
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| | Make sure your home inspector knows who
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| interest here.
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| | the customer is; make sure it is you.
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