Opportunities for Home Inspectors with Infrared Testing Webinar
Home inspection transactions have long been connected with real estate trends. When the real estate market took off, the home inspection profession followed and new blood came looking for opportunities. The problem came with the decline of real estate sales. The profession was now saturated and opportunities were not so plentiful. We as home inspectors needed to find ways to supplement our income or we chance closing the operations that we worked so hard to create.
By incorporating new ideas like infrared into an existing business, a home inspector can make up for lost revenue. "Diversify or Die" appears to be holding true. Rather than take on a completely new field of work, why not expand on what you do? Home inspectors are a natural candidate for the opportunities that Infrared presents. This presentation will discuss the many opportunities that infrared thermography offers and how a home inspector can jump on the "Infrared" highway. Topics of discussion include: -
Why IR is a perfect add-on to a home inspector's business -
What is similar about home inspections and infrared and what is different -
Legal ramifications of performing infrared surveys and home inspections -
All the tools needed to perform energy-saving surveys and the costs -
What skills (that are different from home inspector's skills) do you need to do IR
Speaker: Peter Hopkins, Level II Thermographer
Peter Hopkins has operated a successful home inspection company since 1996 (www.inspecdoc.com) and has personally performed over 6000 property inspections. The company expanded into infrared in 2005, with the opening of SoCal Infrared (www.socalinfrared.com) and has found success in many areas of diversification. He is the Co-Founder of United Infrared (www.UnitedInfrared.com), a national network of contract thermographers which includes application-specific training and business coaching in a multitude of applications related to infrared technology. Peter is an ICC Code Certified Building Inspector, Certified HERS Energy Rater, Equine Thermography trained and licensed with the California Horse Racing Board as an Assistant to Veterinarian. Peter lives in Southern California with his wife and two children.
Date: July 15, 2010
Time: 7:00 - 8:30 pm CST Sponsors: Professional Equipment CEU's: 1.5 CEU's will be awarded to those who participate Cost: $25 for NAHI Members NAHI has streamlined its registration process. Now you will register and submit your payment in one step (instead of two separate steps as before). After registering you will receive two confirmation emails -- one containing information about joining the Webinar and one receipt. | 
