Deluxe 2008 Home Inspection Course, NACHI Certification

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New for 2008!

BestInspectors.Net 's
Deluxe 2008
Certification Study Course
& NACHI^* Certification and membership
*InterNational Association of Certified Home Inspectors, The World's largest Home Inspector Trade association

Includes

BestInspectors.Net
XL Pro Titanium Edition

Home & Commercial Inspection Report and Business System
Version 8
Released October, 2007

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$2,200.⁶⁷ Total Package Value

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Become a Certified Residential Inspector (CRI)
Earn your certification in less than 60 days!*

Why spend Thousand$ of Dollars?
Nobody offers more for less!

Home Inspector
Certification Course, Reference Set
And
XL Pro Titanium Edition
Home and Commercial Inspection Report & Business System

9 CD's!
More than 8,000 pages!
Featuring 1,562 color photos from actual inspections!
&
Eight Textbooks
more than 1,400 pages!

Home Inspection is one of the FASTEST GROWING Business Opportunities in North America
For Most of us, buying a home is the biggest investment we will make in our lifetime.
Home buyers are using home inspectors more and more. There's good reason for the growth in the home inspection industry - For Most of us, buying a home is the biggest investment we will make in our lifetime and we need to be sure that the investment is a good one - The cost of housing is at an all time high. Home buyers are faced with huge mortgages. They can't afford to be hit with huge repair bills after they move into a house. - Flipping of houses has become a national pastime for builder wannabe's. Flipping is often done by amateurs. Home buyers are paying a high price for their inferior workmanship and cheap materials. - Home construction quality is in crisis. construction quality sank to an all time low during the last half of 1970's and all through the 1980's. It isn't much better today. Builders routinely build to "Code minimums". They use the cheapest possible materials and workmanship standards are not much better today than during the 1980's. There is growing concern among consumers that they might not get what they think they are paying for. Real estate agents almost universally recommend to buyers that they have the home inspected before committing to the purchase. Regardless of whether home sales are up or sales are down, home inspections are on the rise. Some communities have either passed laws requiring home inspections (such as Toledo, Ohio where we have offices) or are considering such laws. Many insurance companies and lenders now require home inspections. Home Inspection is Still a Ground Floor Opportunity!
Get the competitive edge you need with training and certification from two of the most respected names in the, MSI International and InterNACHI . The jobs are out there and ...
* * * *	Certified inspectors get the jobs!	* * * *
For more than 14 years MSI has been one of the most respected and best known names in construction education. With training and certification through Management Science Institute and Best Inspectors Network, your customers will know that you have met the highest professional standards. Even if you are already certified by another certification authority or have a license, your CRI certification from InterNACHI will help give you a tremendous competitive advantage over other inspectors in your area.

Course Highlights
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1. Certification through the InterNational Association of Certified home Inspectors* (NACHI, InterNACHI) Testing included.

*With nearly 10,000 members, InterNACHI is the world's largest, most respected, and best recognized home inspector trade association.

2. 9 CDs! - Featuring more than 1,500 photos from actual home inspections and more than 8,000 pages of construction manuals

• XL Pro Titanium Edition Home and Commercial Inspection Report software
• How To Write a Better Home Inspection Report by G. P. Wells, an e-book on CD
• Training and Reference CD 1
• Training and Reference CD 2
• Practice Exam featuring more than 650 practice questions.
• Report Creator CD
• Electricity and Electrical Construction volume 1
• Roofs and Roofing
• Wood Destroying Insects

3. 8 Textbooks - More than 1,300 pages

• Principles of Home Inspection - Systems and Standards
• Principles of Home Inspection - Systems and Standards Questions and Answers book
• 21 things Every Home Inspector Should Know
• The Home Owner's Handbook and Presentation Kit
• Commercial Structures
• Architectural Styles
• Exterior Structures
• Manufactured and Modular Housing

4. XL Pro Titanium Edition Home and Commercial inspection Report software and complete business system

5. Individual One-on-One Guidance. Up to approximately 4 hours of individual, one-on-one telephone support and guidance by your personal instructor and guidance counselor.

6. Online continuing education. Enrollment and One full year of unlimited access to BestInspectors.Net online continuing education. Take as many courses as you want as often as you want for a full year! Guaranteed access to a minimum of 24 hours approved credit hours! In addition to being approved for NACHI continuing education, many of your credit hours will also be approved for Certified Master Inspector^® (CMI) certification and continuing education!

7. One year BestInspectors.Net membership and free listing in the Find An Inspector online directory.

8. One year membership in NACHI with full membership benefits and privileges including additional online continuing education

9. One year subscription to OnlineFileFolder. OnlineFileFolder provides you with a secure place to upload your inspection reports so your clients can download them by clicking on a link that you send to the client by e-mail. OnlineFileFolder allows you to bypass the limitations of e-mail systems that make e-mail delivery of reports unreliable. OnlineFileFolder ensures that your reports are delivered quickly, safely, and securely (credit card required).

Individual One-on-One Guidance

A feature that separates this course from any other self-study courses you will find is the Individual One-on-One Guidance. Some candidates will jump right in and study completely on their own but most will need a little help and guidance. The course includes up to approximately 4 hours of individual, one-on-one telephone support and guidance by your personal instructor and guidance counselor. There is no set time limit. Each candidate is different.

Your support doesn't end when you earn your certification. You may find that going out into the field to do your first inspections is when you most want - and need - someone to turn to for help. Send your reports to your instructor before you send them to your clients. Your instructor will review your reports and make suggestions for improvements if any are needed. Take lots of pictures on your inspections. When you see something that you don't understand, you can send your pictures to your instructor for an opinion.

With a BestInspectors.Net self-study home inspection course, you will get all the benefits that you would normally expect from a classroom based course plus much more.

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Certification by the
InterNational Association
of Certified Home Inspectors

Plus Membership

With nearly 10,000 members, InterNACHI is the world's largest, most respected, and best recognized home inspector trade association. Certification through the InterNational Association of Certified home Inspectors (NACHI, InterNACHI) and your first year of membership are included with the course. There is nothing ore you need to pay for. Everything is included in the course, including testing and your certificates.

Your certification test can be taken online from your home or anywhere you have internet access. It couldn't be easier!

Your course includes one year membership in NACHI with full membership benefits and privileges including additional online continuing education. No other trade association does so much of its members. Most other trade associations end up being nothing more than a high priced magazine subscription. NACHI is all about helping members succeed. NACHI members have access to the online continuing education, the World's largest Home Inspector online forum, hundreds of local events held all across the US and Canada, vendor discounts and much more.

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BestInspectors.Net
Continuing Education

We started in 1992 as Management Science Institute, a training and small business development and consulting organization. Even though today we are best known for having the World's largest selection of home and commercial inspection report software, training is still one of the things we do best.

In the Fall of 2007 we launched our new online continuing education school. Courses are a combination of self-study, interactive forums, and live online sessions. Most courses involve one or more online sessions that are scheduled on different days of the week and different times of the day so that we can accommodate everyone's schedules. New courses are in development and will continue to be added throughout 2008. You are guaranteed to have convenient access to at least 24 continuing education hours throughout the course of the year.

Student can take individual courses or they can subscribe to unlimited access to all courses on a monthly basis. Your course provides you with a full year of unlimited access to training. You can take as many courses as you want as often as you want. All courses are approved by InterNACHI for your required annual continuing education. In addition to being approved for NACHI continuing education, many of your credit hours will also be approved for Certified Master Inspector^® (CMI) certification and continuing education! You will save hundreds of dollars on continuing education.

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"Find An Inspector" online directory

The first challenge of any new business is getting the word out that you are in business, ready to work! The "Find An Inspector" directory will give you immediate exposure on a web site that gets hundreds of hits every day. Online directories that charge hundreds of dollars for a listing get far less traffic than we get. As one of our graduates, you get a free listing for your home inspection business and a one year membership to BestInspectors.Net! After your first year, your listing remains free for as long as you continue to use our inspection report software or are a continuing education student.

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Online File Folder

A one year subscription to OnlineFileFolder is included with your course when you pay with a credit card.* OnlineFileFolder provides you with a secure place to upload your inspection reports so your clients can download them by clicking on a link that you send to the client by e-mail. OnlineFileFolder allows you to bypass the limitations of e-mail systems that make e-mail delivery of reports unreliable. OnlineFileFolder ensures that your reports are delivered quickly, safely, and securely.

*A credit card is required in order to set up an Online File Folder account.

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The Books

The 895 page textbook (not a CD)

Principles of Home Inspection - Systems and Standards

by Carson Dunlop and Associates

A $125.75 value!

This textbook is also a great reference book that you can carry with you at all times. You will refer to it often in the field. It will be one of your most valuable home inspection tools!

Plus
Principles of Home Inspection Systems and Standards
Questions and Answers book

The companion to Principles of Home Inspection Systems and Standards by Carson Dunlop and Associates. This book can be used in conjunction with the Systems and Standards book or by itself. There are hundreds of questions and answers covering every facet of home inspection. This Q&A book is one of the best stand alone study guides available to the home inspector who is planning to take a licensing or certification exam.
137 pages. Trade size (approximately 8.5" x 11") soft cover book.

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Set of 4 Popular Titles
Premium softcover books

Commercial Structures
by Carson Dunlop & Associates Manufactured & Modular Housing
by Steve Robinson and Maries S. Spodek, DREI

Architectural Styles
by Carson Dunlop & Associates Exterior Structures
by Carson Dunlop & Associates

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	*21 Things Every Home Inspector Should Know*
	by Frank Cook and Pat Remick
	220 page book. Published 2005. (Trade Size soft cover, not a CD)
	A $24.95 value!

	This book is an absolutely essential part of your success toolkit! Whether you are just thinking about getting into the business or you are an experienced inspector, you will learn a lot about being successful in the business.

On your first day on the job, you should know how to inspect a house; but it could be years before you understand how the home inspection business works. This book saves you time (and money!) by offering practical insights on the basics of the home inspection business in one easy-to-read resource.

HIGHLIGHTS

Interviews and testimonials from dozens of the industry's most respected home inspectors, addressing a variety of topics ranging from "getting started" and "tools of the trade" to "marketing your business," "liability and the courts," and "selling your skills to the do-it-yourselfer."
Insight into industry politics from key inspectors working in the field
First-hand testimonials on women working in the home inspection industry

CONTENTS
Come On In and Join Us · How Did You Get in Here? · What Do You Need to Know? · Home Inspection: It Isn't Just a Man's World · Tools of the Trade · Market Thyself · Where Do You Fit In the Deal? · Who Is Your Client? · Getting Paid · How Busy Can You Be? · How Far Does Your Inspection Have to Go? · How Dangerous Is This Job? · Working With Buyers · Getting Along Without You · Liability and the Courts · Everything Is About Ethics · The Organizational You · You're Involved in Politics · The Challenges Ahead · What Else Can You Do? · You and the High-Tech Home of the ... · Why Do People Fail? · Conclusions · Glossary · Index

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The perfect companion to

InspectorStuff Presentation Kit
featuring The Homeowner's Handbook

XL Pro Titanium Edition directly supports supports The Homeowner's Handbook and the InspectorStuff or NACHI Presentation Kit published by OMD Enterprise, Inc.

Two new Home Owner's Handbook categories have been categories have been added to XL Pro 6™ so you can quickly access references to the Home Owner's Handbook through XL Pro 6 Drop Downs. Using the Category Assignment Tools, The CAT™ (Platinum Edition), The XL Pro 6 Home Owner's Handbook Drop Downs or any of XL Pro 6's 111 categories (including five custom categories) can be assigned to any comment or descriptor field in the entire report in about 10 seconds with only a few quick mouse clicks!

Whether you distribute your reports on CD or print the reports, the InspectorStuff or NACHI Presentation Kit will enhance your professionalism. Many XL Pro 6 users distribute their reports on CD using BestInspectors.Net's copyrighted auto-running, menu based Report CD Creator instead of printing the report. Imagine how impressed your clients will be when they open the report binder to find a professionally produced CD in a vinyl sleeve in the binder.

Show your pride by presenting your report in this spectacular three ring binder system. We have designed it to be

eyecatching, practical and very affordable!

Your four color InspectorStuff or NACHI presentation kit includes an inspection agreement, Standards of Practice and Ethics, an eight-page Glossary of Terms, a Preclosing Walk-Through Form, the prestigious Homeowner’s Handbook, and five labeled tab dividers—all packaged in a beautiful inspection binder.

Your InspectorStuff presentation kit is a professional presentation that will surely make you, the certified inspector, stand head and shoulders above your peers!

With the combination of XL Pro 6 and the InspectorStuff Presentation Kit, you will be the envy of every other inspector in your market area! Inspect the professional way! Buy a case or two today!!!

Your presentation kit is a professional presentation that will surely make you stand head and shoulders above your peers!

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The CDs

CD #1
Best Inspectors Net
XL Pro Titanium Edition
Home and Commercial Inspection Report and Business System

	XL Pro Titanium Edition

	Features never before seen in inspection report software in this price range
	Powerful value priced inspection report software that is big on features, small on price. XL Pro Titanium Edition provides the professional home or commercial building inspector with features normally found in reporting software costing hundreds of dollars more.

	*The 1^st Choice of Professionals!*
	Powered by Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
	System Requirements: Microsoft Windows XP or Vista 512 MB RAM (Windows XP) or 2 GB RAM (Windows Vista) Monitor resolution 1024x728 or higher Microsoft Office 2003 or Office 2007

XL Pro Titanium Edition

Sample Page

New

XL Pro Titanium Edition™
Version 8.0
Release date: October, 2007
Only $595

	New Auto-summary Previously only available in high-end inspection report software, Titanium Edition now includes the Total Control Summary generator. Tag a comment for inclusion in the Summary and TCS will take you to the Summary page where you select exactly where you want the comment to appear. All you do is click a the OK button and your comment will be in the Summary. You will instantly return to where you were working. No other Auto-summary gives you the power and flexibility of Titanium Edition's TCS Auto-summary feature.

	New Omission Guard Missing something on an inspection is one of the biggest fears of most inspectors. Three out of four inspectors go home or to the office to complete their reports. The main reason cited for not doing inspection reports on-site is a fear of missing something. Titanium Edition's Omission Guard makes it almost impossible to miss anything. Every comment field is highlighted in RED until a check box indicating "Inspected", "Not inspected" or "Not present" is checked. That's not all. If you accidentally check two conflicting checkboxes such as "Inspected" and "Not inspected", the comment field for that item will also be highlighted in RED. Omission Guard also fills any fields marked as "Not present" with light gray shading making it easier for you to complete the report and easier for the the home buyer to read it.

	New Rapid Page Fill There are times when you inspect a room or a system and everything is OK, there are no defects or deficiencies to report. There may be times when an entire system is not present. In such cases, you want to be able to complete the page related to that system or room as quickly as possible. Titanium Edition's new Rapid Page Fill allows you to check all check boxes in a column with a single click of the mouse. Click the Rapid Fill checkbox once to place a checkmark in all checkboxes, click it a second time and it will fill all the boxes with an X, click it again to clear all the checkboxes.

	New Checkbox Maker Checkbox Maker instantly creates custom labeled checkboxes that you can place almost anywhere. You can add custom checkboxes to your master report template, any of your custom report templates or create checkboxes on the fly for individual reports. Checkboxes can be used to identify items within a category or attributes of an item. Custom checkboxes can give your report a more organized and professional appearance when used to detail and highlight special or unusual room or system attributes. All this is possible with a single mouse click on the XL Pro Command Bar.

	New Windows Vista and Office 2007 Ready Most new PCs sold at the big box retailers such as Best Buy, Office Depot, Staples, and so on are only being sold with Microsoft Windows Vista and the only versions of Microsoft Office they are selling are the 2007 Editions. Even so, a lot of software does not run properly or may not work at all with Vista and Office 2007. XL Pro Titanium Edition gives you maximum flexibility. XL Pro Titanium Edition version 8 now works with any edition of Windows XP or Vista and any edition of Microsoft Office 2003 or 2007.

	New XL Pro Command Bar The powerful XL Pro Command Bar™ now comes to the Titanium Edition. Previously only available in the Silver, Gold, and Platinum Editions, the XL Pro Command Bar brings the power of Titanium Edition's most popular features to the forefront. The XL Pro Command Bar is accessible at all times regardless of where you are in the report or what you are doing.

	New Photo Placement Options Do you sometimes want to place a photo right among your text, alongside a narrative, or next to check boxes related to the item depicted in the photo? Now you can. You still have the photo album pages that you have always had in XL Pro Titanium edition but now you can place a photo almost anywhere in the report. No other inspection report software gives you so many options.

	New Photo Annotation with Text There are times when to be sure that your reader's attention is directed toward one of several items in a photo. You already have the ability to put a circle around the item or point to it with an arrow or to put a description near the photo. Now, you also have the ability to put text directly on the photo.

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