Finding a Qualified Home Inspector

As you should already know, a home inspection is a key part of the real estate process. Of course, your home inspection is only as good as your home inspector.

If you are considering buying a property, you absolutely must get a home inspection. What most people don?t realize, however, is it can also be valuable to retain one before you sell a property to identify any problems before your accept an offer. Fixing such problems before hand makes a lot more sense than panicking in the middle of escrow.

Regardless of your particular position in the real estate process, the home inspection is only as good as the inspector. Frankly, some inspectors are less than credible when it comes to qualifications and their background. To bypass these individuals, the following organizations should be used as a resource.

The American Society of Home Inspectors, Inc. is located in Des Plaines, Illinois. Known as ASHI, it was founded in 1976 to create a resource and quality control atmosphere for home inspections. You can get referrals to ASHI inspectors in your area by contacting the Society at 800-743-ASHI. In doing so, you will avoid hacks calling themselves inspectors.

The National Association of Certified Home Inspectors is another credible organization. Located in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, the Association maintains both a code of ethics and strict standards of practice for its members. With over 9,000 members in North America, you can find an inspector in your area by calling 1-877 FIND-INS.

Another organization that stands out in the home inspection industry is the National Association of Home Inspectors, Inc. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the organization also requires members to abide by strict practice standards and a code of ethics, which should be comforting to you. You can contact it to find a home inspector in your area by calling 800-448-3942.

The old cliché is garbage in, garbage out. By using a credible home inspector, you can put this cliché out of your mind.

Posted by Pamela Drangmeister on December 13, 2008 at 12:00 AM

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Latitude: 41.421703 -- Longitude: -87.356066

ZIP Codes for Crown Point, Indiana	46307 46308
Area Code for Crown Point, Indiana	219
Time zone for Crown Point, Indiana	CST

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Crown Point is a city in Lake County, Indiana, United States. The population was 19,806 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Lake CountyGR6 and was incorporated in 1868. On October 31, 1834, Solon Robinson and his family become first settlers to an area that later became Crown Point. Because of its location, Crown Point is known as the Hub of Lake County. On October 31, 1834, Solon Robinson and his family become the first settlers to stake a claim in the area that will eventually become Crown Point. [1] In February, 1837 Lake County is incorporated into a county with Liverpool, Indiana as the county seat. Later that year Solon Robinson funded a $500 project to build a new wooden county courthouse in Crown Point and thus Crown Point becomes the county seat. However it wasn't until 1868 that Crown Point was actually incorporated into a city. In 1878 construction began on a new more impressive county court house and clock tower. -- Source: Wikipedia.com

Indiana 2000 Census Population Profile Map

	Crown Point	Indiana	United States
Population	19,806	6,080,485	281,421,906
Median age	40.5	35.2	35.3
Median age for Male	38.5	33.9	34
Median age for Female	42.2	36.5	36.5
Households	7,824	2,336,306	105,480,101
Household population	19,155	5,902,331	273,643,273
Average household size	2.45	2.53	2.59
Families	5,363	1,602,501	71,787,347
Average family size	3.01	3.05	3.14
Housing units	8,166	2,532,319	115,904,641
Occupied units	7,824	2,336,306	105,480,101
Vacant units	342	196,013	10,424,540

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Latitude: 41.421703 -- Longitude: -87.356066

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