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Inspector Toolbelt Talk — 191 episodes

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Growing Pains

2

Quick Tip: Control the Situation

3

The Commercial Mindset

4

A Thousand Little Things Build an Inspection Business

5

The Human Element

6

Questions with Answers

7

Should You Add Solar Inspections?

8

Things Are Moving Fast

9

2026 | Q1 Home Inspection Market Outlook

10

Ubiquity is King

11

Continuing Education - The Ultimate Marketing Engine

12

How To Explode into 2026

13

Avoid Slow Season Pitfalls

14

How Home Inspectors Add Lucrative Verticals

15

Should You Do Home Inspections for Tenants?

16

Q4 Home Inspection Market Outlook - 2025

17

5 Books Every Inspector Should Read

18

The Transition To Commercial Inspections - Harder Than it Looks

19

Using Hand Signals Instead of Annotations

20

Remembering Your Why

21

How To Get AI To Notice Your Business

22

The Golden Age of Commercial Inspections

23

Why "Home Inspector Near Me" Are Not Good Keywords

24

AI & The Future of Home Inspections

25

AI Call Answering/Chat Services For Home Inspectors

26

Should Your Clients Tag Along on the Home Inspection?

27

Q3 2025 Home Inspection Market Outlook

28

Utilizing Neutral Language in Home Inspection Reports

29

Charge More - Deliver More

30

Push Past the Usual Marketing

31

203K Consulting For Home Inspectors

32

Stuff That's In My Inspection Agreements

33

Don't Put All Your Eggs in the GLSA Basket

34

Why Recessions Are Good for Home Inspectors

35

Using the Word "Further" In Reports

36

Optimizing Home Inspection Reports

37

Creating a Better Customer Experience

38

My Favorite Report Disclaimers

39

Diversify To Grow your Business

40

How To Construct a Narrative

41

Q2 2025 Home Inspection Market Outlook

42

Building a Great Inspection Template

43

Using Ratings In our Inspection Reports

44

Setting Boundaries in Your Home Inspection Business

45

Using Past Tense In Home Inspection Reports

46

How To Grow Your Home Inspection Business

47

Q1 2025 HOME INSPECTION MARKET OUTLOOK

48

How To Optimize Search for ChatGPT & AI

49

Grouping Defects Together in Reports

50

Principles of Influence & Sales

51

Play To Your Weaknesses

52

2025 Home Inspection industry Predictions

53

Slow Season Strategy Fails

54

Don't Overcomplicate It

55

How The Increase Your Close Rate

56

Should You Have A Return Visit Fee?

57

Pareto Distribution in Home Inspections

58

Q4 Home Inspection market Outlook - 2024

59

HOW TO CHANGE THE PERCEPTION OF VALUE

60

How To Beat Burnout in the Home Inspection Industry

61

Direct-to-Consumer Marketing for Home Inspectors

62

Home Inspection News - 2024

63

Confident Pricing

64

Overcoming Imposter Syndrome

65

Mastering the Driveway Speech - With George Karampoulis

66

The Client Perspective

67

Strategic Goal-Setting for Home Inspection Success

68

Good Business is Good Business - With Randy Lima

69

Social Media Success - With Inspector AJ

70

Are Mandatory Home Inspections a Good Thing?

71

Relationship Marketing for Home Inspectors

72

Group Psychosis in the Home Inspection Industry

73

Vets & Public Servants as Home Inspectors

74

Vanity Numbers vs Real Numbers

75

Drinking With Jay - Dealing With "People Burnout"

76

The Q2 - 2024 Home Inspection Market Outlook

77

Mastering Growth and Profit in Home Inspection: A Talk with Nick Gromicko

78

Dealing With Difficult People in Home Inspections

79

What The NAR Settlement Means For Home Inspectors

80

Boutique, Branding, & Success

81

Home Inspection News - Spring 2024

82

Get Past "The Stall"

83

How To Bid Commercial Inspections

84

What's Changing In Our Industry

85

How To Become a Successful Commercial Inspector

86

How To Hire Inspectors

87

Social Media Trends for 2024

88

How To Be Successful As a Solo Inspector

89

Breaking Into Commercial Inspections - With Dillon Winiecki

90

2024 Home Inspection Market Outlook

91

Crafting a Compelling Marketing Message

92

Leveraging YouTube Shorts For Home Inspection Marketing

93

Fighting To Win - Don't Roll Over for Legal Issues

94

Direct-to-Consumer Marketing for Home Inspectors

95

NAR Lost - Now What?

96

Inspection Reports - Mastering Efficiency and Effectiveness

97

ReportHost vs Spectora. How Does It Impact Our Industry?

98

Becoming a Captivating Speaker

99

Will Two National Lawsuits Get Rid of Buyer Agents Forever?

100

Mastering the Art of Dealing with Know-It-Alls: A Guide for Home Inspectors

101

Training Your Market, Agents, & Clients

102

Take Back Our Industry

103

Protecting Your Most Valuable Asset

104

A New Inspection Type - Changing The Industry

105

Growing Your Inspection Business Through Referral Groups

106

Charge More, Be More - With Juan Jimenez

107

Expert Witness Testimony: A Guide for Home Inspectors

108

Expanding Horizons: Diversifying Your Home Inspection Business

109

Are You Ready to Go Multi-Inspector? | Navigating Challenges, Boosting Profitability and Exploring Ancillary Inspections

110

Q3 2023 – Home Inspection Market Outlook

111

A Review Of Reviews

112

Striking the Balance

113

Lessons Learned - The Ups & Downs of Inspecting

114

Where is the Inspection Industry Headed?

115

Team vs. Solo: The Pros and Cons of Team Inspections

116

Home Inspection News

117

The "Windshield Perspective"

118

Marketing For Introverts

119

How To Become a Successful Female Home Inspector

120

Q2 Home Inspection Market Outlook - 2023

121

How To Upsell Services

122

The Social Media "Secret Sauce"

123

Is Our Industry Consolidating?

124

The Client-First Mentality

125

Google Guarantee Program/GLS - Jason Bowings

126

Drinking With Jay - Teaching and Mentoring Other Inspectors

127

Psychology For Inspectors part 2/2

128

Psychology For Inspectors part 1/2

129

Behind The Scenes with Google Ads

130

Growing & Marketing Your Inspection Business With Kevin Maxwell

131

How to Properly Visit Open Houses

132

Home Inspection Facebook Group Etiquette

133

Hiring a Virtual Assistant for Home Inspectors with Greg Brooks

134

SPECIAL EPISODE! A Big Market Change is Coming

135

Can Field Inspections Help You Through the Downturn?

136

Real Numbers to Run Your Business By

137

Q1 Home Inspection Market Outlook - 2023

138

Home Inspection News With Ian & David

139

Don't Give Up

140

End of Year Tax Tips With Tom Kubiak

141

Business and Sales for New Home Inspectors

142

This Is The Time To Grab Market Share

143

Marketing Pre-Listing Inspections with Dave Klima

144

Market Through It - With Mike Crow

145

Should You Have a Cancellation Fee - Drinking With Jay

146

A Success Story - What Works & What Doesn't - Mike Ortiz

147

Q4 2022 - Home Inspection Market Outlook

148

How Inspectors Can Mitigate Risk

149

How to Properly Visit Real Estate Offices

150

How to Make Your Clients Feel Seen and Heard

151

Changes in the Inspection Industry - Good or Bad? With Christian Adams of Repair Pricer

152

What Is The Future Of The Home Inspection Industry

153

Rising to Meet the New Customer Journey - With Aaron Ziomek from ACC

154

Dress to Impress

155

Confessions of a High Profile Salesman

156

State of the App July 2022

157

Change Your Mindset to Grow Your Business - With Istvan Zsako

158

Firing Clients and Blacklisting Agents - With Jay Wynn

159

Business Structure, Taxes, & Paying Inspectors - With Tom Kubiak

160

Mid-2022 Home Inspection Market Outlook

161

Part 2 - Q&A With Nick Gromicko, the Founder of InterNACHI

162

Part 1 - Q&A With Nick Gromicko, the Founder of InterNACHI

163

How to Manage Client Expectations

164

Social Media Strategy For Inspectors - With Inspector Media

165

Home Inspection Marketing Ideas

166

What Does InterNACHI Plan To Do About The “Takeover of Our Industry" with Nick Gromicko

167

Is InterNACHI Worth It? With Ben Gromicko

168

Should You Hire a Home Inspector Call Center? - with Paula Pinnix of ACC

169

How to Increase Your Per-Inspection Revenue - Dave Klima

170

Inspectors Eat Well When They Charge Enough - James Gonte

171

How to Deal With Client Complaints

172

How To Beat Inspector Burnout

173

Fuel Prices & Interest Rates - What They Mean for Us

174

The Ancillary Service Every Home Inspector Should Offer - With Harold Van Dyk

175

Home Inspection Agreements With Isaac Peck

176

Home Inspector Safety with Bob Madewell

177

The "State of the App Address"

178

How To Be a Better Communicator

179

Barry Cohen - The Creator of Homeinspectology.com

180

How To Make a Home Inspection Blog Easy

181

Joe Ferry - The Home Inspector Lawyer!

182

How to Make Your Own Home Inspection Website

183

Accepting Bitcoin as a Home Inspector

184

2022 Home Inspection Market Outlook

185

Why Branding is Important For Home Inspectors

186

Grow Your Business Without Hiring Other Inspectors

187

Home Inspector Marketing with Dave Klima

188

You Aren't Charging Enough!

189

Scot Baker on Crawlers for Inspectors

190

Fractional Marketing Strategies for Inspectors

191

Who are we? What is this?