Category Archives: Episodes

Episode 61 Paul Zak

Paul Zak
Paul Zak

America’s Call Center – Inspector Office Solutions

September 2003 – Present (12 years 3 months)

America’s Call Center – Inspector Office Solutions is the leader in scheduling and phone answering services exclusively for home inspectors. We serve as the inspector’s personal office, capturing every inspection, ensuring his professional image, increasing his revenue, and giving him a clear competitive advantage. America’s Call Center has proudly been serving home inspectors across the US and Canada since 1998.   Paul Zak is being interviewed by Preston Sandlin of Home  Inspection Carolina and Ask the Charlotteinspector

Episode 60 Ryan Hinch

Ryan Hinch
Ryan Hinch

What Makes Us Completely Different?
Our philosophy about home inspections is simple. We treat you like family. We treat every home purchase as if it were our own money. We inspect every home as if our own family were going to move into it. Our goal is to become your personal building consultant for life.
Guaranteed

We understand your concerns. We provide you with…

A Report Binder produced and e-mailed on-site with an easy to follow summary page and digital photo journal

A Free 90-Day Home Warranty with a $0 deductible

A Free Appliance Recall Check Report

A 200% Satisfaction Guarantee

A Personal Building Consultant For Life!

24-7 On-Line Scheduling

Ryan Hinch of EInspect is being interviewed by Preston Sandlin of Home Inspection Carolina and Ask the Charlotte Inspector.

Episode 59 Jamie Miller

Jamie Miller
Jamie Miller

Jamie started Gold Key Inspections in 2005 and used his experiences in a variety of fields to help grow the company into one of the area’s largest and most trusted inspection companies. His background in teaching gives him an edge when it comes to educating buyers during the inspection process. His construction background gives him the knowledge base necessary to identify potential or current defects that are visible during an inspection. His love of building and houses gives him the enthusiasm that is vital to creating a memorable home inspection experience. Of all the responsibilities involved in owning a business, his most enjoyable moments are spent educating buyers on their home and helping their home buying dreams to come true.  Jamie Miller is being interviewed by Preston Sandlin of Home Inspection Carolina and Ask the Charlotte Inspector.

Episode 58 The Entrepreneur Roller Coaster

Preston Sandlin

 

In this episode of The Successful Home Inspector Preston Sandlin of Home Inspection Carolina reviews the book “The Entrepreneur Roller Coaster.  I recently read this book and thought it would be perfect for home inspectors.  Its actually perfect for anyone in business as it describes the ups and downs of owning your own business.  It one of the better business books I have read in quite awhile.

Episode 57 Preparing Your Home to Sell

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In this episode of the The Successful Home Inspector podcast Preston Sandlin the host and owner of Home Inspection Carolina is on “The Real Estate Today Show Talking about how to prepare your home for sale.  Preston has come up with a Sellers Inspection Checklist and you can find it on Ask the Charlotte Home Inspector.  You are welcome to use it.  Preston and Meg have been supporting our community for over 20 years. Preston a licensed home inspector and Meg have created a company with one focus in mind, Customer Service! “Provide the customer with the best home inspection experience and the most knowledgeable home inspectors and the rest will fall into place.” With Customer service as the #1 focus has changes the home inspection industry. Preston and Meg have created a company you can trust and rely on!

Preston has created additional training that is required by all Home Inspection Carolina inspectors. To ensure, not only informative but educational reports from over 25 inspectors. “Purchasing a home is the single most important investment of your life, and we are here to help you through that process.” Preston Sandlin.

Episode 56 Jim Davis

Jim Davis
Jim Davis

My passion for real estate started around the age of 12, when I began helping my Dad renovate houses. He was a career enlisted soldier in the Army and in those days a second job was a necessity. There were always lots of G.I.’s being transferred to the Army base in need of housing so he started to buy old houses that could be improved and rented out. When he passed away, about 10 years later, the real estate assets, accumulated through his “sweat equity”, allowed my Mother to live financially independent for the rest of her life.

Jim’s favorite book:

I’ve been involved in real estate investing most of my life. I bought my first undeveloped lot when I was 15 and went on to rehab bungalows in the Houston Heights and on Main Street in old Sugar Land. Fortunately I’ve never lost money on Houston area property investments, although, there were times when some projects were more enjoyable than profitable.

For the past 12 years I have been helping home buyers in the Houston area avoid buying a money pit by providing comprehensive Houston home inspections of the property under contract. I’ve inspected thousands of houses, from 650 to over 12,000 square feet, with list prices from fifty thousand dollar starter homes to multimillion dollar River Oaks mansions. During this time I’ve also had the pleasure of working with some of Houston’s most successful real estate agents and brokers, who share my goal of protecting the interests of the home buyer.

Along with my bachelors and masters degrees from the University of Houston I’m also a licensed Texas real estate broker. The broker’s license has been a great way to further my real estate education and stay connected with Houston’s dynamic real estate community.

AKA/James Davis & Jimbo Davis

You can find out more information about how I can help you in your real estate endeavors at www.abouthehouse.com.

https://plus.google.com/100142852390993282363

Jim Davis is being interviewed by Preston Sandlin of Home Inspection Carolina and Ask the Charlotte Inspector

Episode 55 Brian Hannigan

Brian Hannigan
Brian Hannigan

Owner at Hann Tech Marketing Links / InspectionNews.net

Orange County, California Area

Current 1.        Hann Tech Marketing Links / InspectionNews / InspectionReferral
Previous 1.        Casey O’Malley Associates

·         Former Owner/ President at Hann Tech Marketing Links – InspectionNews.net

·         Lives in San Clemente, California

From San Clemente, California

Brian Hannigan of Inspection News is being interviewed by Preston Sandlin of Home Inspection Carolina and Ask the Charlotte Inspector

Episode 54 Rob & Michelle Hopkin

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Whether purchasing your first home or investing in a commercial property, the key to a wise investment is understanding the full condition of what you’re buying. A leader in the industry since 1986, ProTec Inspection Services provides comprehensive home and commercial property inspection services in Washington, D.C.,Montgomery County, MD, Fairfax County, VA, and the surrounding areas.

Let us equip you with a fully detailed report to make a wise decision. Contact us today at (301) 972-8531 to schedule an inspection with a certified property inspector.

We believe that by truly caring about others and helping solve their problems, our problems and those of our company will take care of themselves.

We believe family is the most important thing in our lives and by helping our clients keep their families safe, ours will thrive as well.

We believe everyone deserves a home.

When purchasing a home for your family, you want to be well informed of its strengths and weaknesses. Home inspections from ProTec provide a complete overview of the property’s condition, identifying any problem areas that may need addressed and guidance on what needs immediate attention.

Rob an Michelle Hopkin are being interviewed by Preston Sandlin of Home Inspection Carolina and Ask the Charlotte Inspector.

Episode 53 Butch Upton

Butch Upton
Butch Upton

Led by Butch and Kathy Upton, and backed by a one-year written limited repair reimbursement guarantee, HouseMaster has been serving the Charlotte metropolitan area in North Carolina for over ten years. Every inspector in this high-quality team is a member of both the National Association of Certified Home Inspection (NACHI) and the National Institute of Building Inspectors (NIBI), is re-tested and re-certified annually, and is fully licensed to perform home inspections in the state of North Carolina.

Serving nine counties in the Charlotte NC area, HouseMaster offers thorough inspections for everything from new condos to old townhouses, as well as a wide variety of ancillary services. Mold, lead paint, wood-destroying insects, radon, crawlspace moisture — our HouseMaster team will inspect your home with the same high level of thoroughness and quality we�ve used for over a decade, and will provide you with password-protected online access to your home inspection report, making it easy for you to share the report with any friends, family and real estate professionals you may wish to consult. For a guaranteed high-quality home inspection in the Charlotte Metro area, trust HouseMaster. Call Butch and Kathy Upton today at 704-846-7777.

Butch Upton of Housemasters is being interviewed by Preston Sandlin of of Home Inspection Carolina and Ask the Charlotte Inspector

Episode 52 David Swartz

David Swartz
David Swartz

Founded Advantage Inspection Service in 1988, a company that has performed over 65,000 home & commercial building inspections. Primary author of the Arizona Home Inspector Licensing statute in Arizona. Serve as Designated Lobbyist for the Arizona Home Inspectors Coalition, an organization that influences state licensing activity. Licensed as a Home Inspector, Termite Inspector and Real estate Salesperson in Arizona. Serve on multiple committees at the Arizona Board of Technical Registration to assist in the regulation of home inspectors. Member and former national board member of the American Society of Home Inspectors (ASHI). Former President of the Arizona ASHI Chapter. Provide training to home inspectors locally and have presented to national audiences.

Specialties: Primary author of the Arizona Home Inspector Licensing Statute, serving as Chairman/ Designated Lobbyist for the Arizona Home Inspectors Coalition, an organization that influences state licensing activity.

David Swartz is being interviewed by Preston Sandlin of Home Inspection Carolina and Ask the Charlotte Inspector.