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Survey
Description and Purpose |
Open Date |
Status |
Results |
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Inspector Demographics Demographic
information is available for hundreds of occupations but not for home
inspection. This is the first attempt in our industry to compile
the type of demographic information that is available for other
occupations.
Results from this survey will be available free to "Tips
For Success" newsletter subscribers. The survey results will
be published when there are enough responses for a 95% confidence level
with a confidence interval of 10. The survey will remain open
after that time and updates will be published periodically. |
26 July 2008 |
Open |
Link to results will be placed here
after results have been tabulated |
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Sources of Inspection Business How do you get business?
This survey covers both sources of business and advertising |
01 August 2008 |
Open |
Link to results will be placed here
after results have been tabulated |
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Home Inspector Trade Associations Should I join a trade
association? Which associations do other inspectors belong to? What are
the benefits of belonging to a trade association?
Share your thoughts and find out what other inspectors are thinking and
doing. |
21 July 2008
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Open
Anticipated release date of
initial results:
12 August 2008 |
Link to results will be placed here
after results have been tabulated |
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Inspection Report Delivery Inspectors have more delivery
options today than ever before. This brief 10 question survey looks at
how, where, and when home inspectors deliver their inspection reports?
Results from this survey will be available free to "Tips
For Success" newsletter subscribers and will be published in the
next edition of
"How To Write a Better
Home Inspection Report".
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20 July 2008
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Open Initial results have
been published but the survey is still open. Please complete the
survey if you have not already completed it. |
Results:
Published 02 Aug 2008Statistical Confidence Level:
95%Statistical Interval: 8 |
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Home Inspection NATIONAL Conventions and Trade Shows
There have been fewer home inspection conventions and trade shows in
2008 than in recent years. Attendance was low at many events in 2007
because of the locations. Where would you prefer to have the next major
trade show held? |
15 July 2008 |
Open Initial results have
been published but the survey is still open. Please complete the
survey if you have not already completed it. |
Results:
Published
30 July 2008Statistical Confidence Level:
95%Statistical Interval: 8 |
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Home Inspection Pricing
How much should I
charge? Are my prices too high? Are my prices too low? What should I
base my prices on? These are the questions that all home inspectors
wrestle with. Results from this survey will be available free to "Tips
For Success" newsletter subscribers and will be published in the
next edition of
"Pricing
Concepts and Strategies A Guide for Home Inspectors".
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19 July 2008
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Open
(Reset 19 July 2008 because of errors in the
survey)
Anticipated release date of
initial results:
15 August 2008 |
Link to results will be placed here
after results have been tabulated |
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Job Satisfaction Share your thoughts about
being an Inspector.
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26 July 2008
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Open |
Link to results will be placed here
after results have been tabulated |
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Home Inspection REGIONAL Conventions and Trade Shows
Coming soon |
Coming soon |
Coming soon |
Link will be placed here
after results have been tabulated |
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Inspection Report Summary Pages Should I or
Shouldn't I include a Summary? What should be in the Summary?
Where should it be located? How long should it be?
Results from this survey will be available free to "Tips
For Success" newsletter subscribers and will be published in the
next edition of
"How To Write a Better
Home Inspection Report".
Coming soon |
Coming soon |
Coming soon |
Link will be placed here
after results have been tabulated |
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Home Inspection Lawsuits Have you ever been
sued? How many times have you been sued? Did you win or lose?? What
types of insurance do you carry? Did having insurance have an
influence on the suit(s)? If you have been sued, how long had you been
in business at the time of the inspection? If you have been sued,
how long after the inspection was the suit initiated? Have you ever been
threatened with a lawsuit? Results from this survey will be available free to "Tips
For Success" newsletter subscribers and will be published in the
next edition of
"Caught in the
Crossfire -
A Home Inspector's Guide to Conflict Avoidance and Resolution".
Coming soon |
Coming soon |
Coming soon |
Link will be placed here
after results have been tabulated |
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Continuing Education Coming soon |
Coming soon |
Coming soon |
Link will be placed here
after results have been tabulated |
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Energy Audits and Green Inspections Coming soon |
Coming soon |
Coming soon |
Link will be placed here
after results have been tabulated |
Working with FSBOs
(For Sale By Owner)Coming soon |
Coming soon |
Coming soon |
Link will be placed here
after results have been tabulated |
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Tools Coming soon
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Coming soon |
Coming soon |
Link will be placed here
after results have been tabulated |
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About
these Surveys
We
are doing surveys on topics of interest in the home inspection field. I
had been thinking about doing this for at least two years but never got
around to it. Our industry is changing and it is changing fast.
Individual inspectors do not have the resources to accurately follow
developing trends. They are busy out trying to earn a living doing
inspections. That's where we come in. We have the resources
and the skills to be able to develop surveys and compile the results in
ways that can help inspectors.
I have been asked
thousands of times what the secret to my success is. The answer is
simple: MEASURE, then make decisions based on the
facts, not on emotion or false information.
One of the most common fatal mistakes small business owners make is to
make business decisions based on what they think or feel.
More often than not, our perceptions and beliefs are inaccurate. I
have been doing surveys for my own businesses for many years. We at MSI
International don't design products and services based on what we like
or what we think. We base everything on what we know works and what
customers want. We know because we do unbiased research.
Like most people, I do not always like what I hear
but I'd rather know the truth and have a successful business than have
my head in the sand.
Each survey will be left
open until we have a statistically significant number of responses.
After the survey is closed, we will publish the compiled results. If you
have any suggestions for topics, I'd like to hear them. This is going to
be an ongoing feature. I expect that in a few months, it will be one of
the most significant sources of information available to inspectors.
I plan to do with the survey feature as I
have done with the Tips for Success. I'd like to have most of the survey
topics come from suggestions. Please, send in your suggestions!
Everyone is welcome to suggest topics and questions- Real Estate Agents,
Mortgage Brokers, Lawyers, Appraisers, Tool Vendors! E-mail your
suggestions to Survey@B1st.net.
Inspectors often turn to
message boards to learn what other inspectors are doing and to learn
about developing trends in the industry. Message boards are a
great medium for quick answers to specific questions, to meet other
professionals, and to share information. As useful as message
boards are, they have their limitations.
Surveys do not have the immediacy of a message board so they are not
going to substitute for a message board when an immediate answer is
needed. However, properly designed surveys are a much more
reliable and detailed source of information than message boards.
The service I chose to use
for the surveys, SurveyMonkey, is also used by major universities and
corporations. I actually first learned of the service by
completing eBay and PayPal surveys. I also consulted with
Management Science Institute's Executive Director. He is
experienced at survey design. He also gave the service a thumbs
up.
I am excited to finally
launch this service. The initial surveys will be relatively
simple. After we have some experience using SurveyMonkey and I am
confident that we know how to use all its features, our surveys will be
more detailed and will be directed at others in the industry in addition
to home inspectors. I hope to reach out to real estate agents,
equipment vendors, and trade associations. We want their opinions
and we want them to know our - the inspectors.
George Wells, Founder - BestInspectors.Net
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