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Membership and a directory listing are FREE to qualifying inspectors
Terms and Conditions
Effective 22 August 2008
Here are the ways in which you can qualify for a free directory
listing:
1. You use a
BestInspectors.Net
™ XL Pro Series
(Titanium edition or higher) or
HomeTrex report system to do your reports
or
2. You have successfully completed a
BestInspectors.Net™,
Merrell Institute (New York), or Real Estate Training Academy (Michigan)course of study (classroom or self-study)
or
3. You are a Certified Master Inspector®
or
4. You are certified by Management Science Institute™
or
5. You are a InterNACHI, NAAAI, NAHI, ASHI, or CAHPI member in good standing
and
You are REQUIRED to meet
ALL the following to qualify for a listing
1. You are licensed in the State (or States) where you perform inspection
if licensing is required.
2. You perform your
inspections according to InterNACHI, NAAAI, NAHI, or ASHI standards
3. You
place - and maintain - a link to use BestInspectors.Net
BestInspectors.Net™
on the main page of your web site.
You must use the HTML code above to create the link. Graduates of our Certification Courses and users of XL Pro, iNACHI
Reporter, HomeTrex, or TexTrex Pro inspection report software are
exempt from this requirement.
4. If you advertise any of our competitors on your website,
the link to
BestInspectors.Net
must be at least as prominent as the link to our
competitor. The link to our competitor may not be larger than the link to
BestInspectors.Net,
and must be placed below the link to BestInspectors.Net.
Competitors include any company that publishes or sells inspection report
software, training, books, videos, or CDs or any company that provides the
services of website hosting, website design, domain registration, e-mail, or
other internet related products or services. There are no exceptions to this requirement for free listings.
5. You do not sell products or services that compete
with products or services provided by MSI International, Inc. (including but not
limited to
BestInspectors.Net
or RedDomains.com branded products and services).
6. The application form must be filled out completely
and as accurately as possible. Put "None" or "N/A" in any field that does
not apply to you. Incomplete
forms will not be processed.
7. Any sample inspection reports that are available on
your site or accessible from your site must be created using
BestInspectors.Net
report software.
8. You must provide with copies of at least two home
inspection reports in PDF format each year that are representative of your
typical inspection reports. Your first two reports must be submitted to
BestInspectors.Net
within 30 of requesting a free listing. E-mail your reports, or a download
link for your reports, to at information[at]BestInspectors.Net (replace [at]
with @) with the subject line "Sample inspection reports from yourname"
(replace yourname with either your company name or your real fist
and last name).
Fill out the form as completely and accurately as possible.
Put "None" or "N/A" in any field that does not apply to you. Incomplete
forms will not be processed.
If you are not affiliated with a nationally
recognized trade association such as InterNACHI, NAHI, or ASHI, please indicate
either "None" or "N/A"
Membership in Best Inspectors Network is
open to all active inspectors. By submitting this request, you agree to be added to
our mailing list. If you are already subscribed to one of our mailing
lists, you may receive duplicate mailings. You may remove yourself from
the mailing list at any time.
Please place a link to
BestInspectors.Net ™
on your web site. Did you know that the more reciprocal
links you have with other web sites, the better the chances that
your web site will be listed in a search engine search?
When Linking to
BestInspectors.Net, please use this HTML code:
<p align="center">
<a href="http://www.bestinspectors.net/">
<img border="0" src="http://www.bestinspectors.net/images/BIN-logo-02.jpg">
</a></p>
You
must place a link to
BestInspectors.Net
on the main page of your Web
site to qualify for a free listing.
Here's Why,
If you were to have a listing
but no web site, you greatly the chances of home buyers or
seller calling you. When home buyers or sellers are on the Internet shopping for a
home inspector they are less likely if they cannot learn more
about you from a website. The decision to call the inspector
usually is not made made from the Directory listing, it is made
from information on your web site. The Directory listing steers
them to your web site. After they visit your web site, we want
to to return to our web site to give them a chance to continue
looking for an inspector.
It is really no longer an option for businesses to have a web
site if they want to be successful. A web site is the single
most cost effective tool you will have in your home inspection
business. With quality web hosting being available for only a
few dollars a month and build-it-yourself services that enable a
person with no experience to create a site in only a couple of
hours, it really doesn't make for good business to not have a
web site. Our main business is inspection report software and
training. The reason we provide web services at or below our
costs is that we know that a web site is essential for
success in today's market.
The main requirement for a FREE listing is that you place a
reciprocal link on your web site to
BestInspectors.Net
in a prominent location on the main page of your website.
If you advertise any of our competitors on your website, the
link to
BestInspectors.Net
must be at least as prominent as the link to our
competitor. Only our graduates and
users of our inspection report software are exempt from the link
requirement. There is a complete list of requirements
below.
We want to keep the quality of the directory as high as possible
so every site that is submitted for inclusion in the Directory
is verified that it is functional and relevant. We get far more
requests for inclusion in the directory than we can process. We
try to accommodate everyone but it is not always possible so we
have to prioritize. First priority is our graduates, users of
our inspection report software, and paid listings. After that
we do all the listings for web sites that have links to us. We
then do CMI, InterNACHI, NAHI members, and others.
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