Resources for home inspectors.
Everything we have published for inspectors, in one place: guides on the career and the craft, the rules in your state if you are newly licensed, software comparisons with the sources shown, a glossary, and answers to the questions inspectors ask us. Public sources are linked wherever we use them.
Guides.
Licensing, income, report writing, starting a business and switching software. Written for the people doing the work, with BLS and state data cited where we use it.
Career
How to become a home inspector.
Licensing, training, insurance, tools, and first jobs. What it takes to become a working home inspector in the United States.
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Read guide ›Career
What home inspectors make.
Earnings ranges for U.S. home inspectors, from BLS data. What drives income, how volume and pricing interact, and how the numbers change when you cut your software bill.
6 min read
Read guide ›Craft
How to write a home inspection report.
Report structure, finding format, photos and evidence, the tone that keeps agents on your side, and the standards inspectors reference in the field.
9 min read
Read guide ›Business
How to start a home inspection business.
From LLC and insurance to pricing and the first clients. A practical walkthrough for new inspectors and career changers.
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Read guide ›Software
Switching home inspection software.
What to bring over, how migration actually works, and how to protect a running business through the change. Written for working inspectors.
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Just licensed? Start with your state.
What your license allows, what every report must contain, the pre-inspection contract, insurance, renewal and continuing education. Every rule links to the statute, administrative code or board page it came from. More states as we add them.
Virginia
Just licensed in Virginia? Your first 90 days.
What Virginia’s home inspector rules require once you’re licensed: report contents, the pre-inspection contract, $250,000 liability insurance, 16 hours of CE and renewal, with every rule cited.
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Read guide ›North Carolina
Just licensed in North Carolina? Your first 90 days.
What North Carolina’s home inspector rules require once you’re licensed: the signed contract, the report and summary page, insurance, the September 30 renewal and CE, with every rule cited.
6 min read
Read guide ›Mississippi
Just licensed in Mississippi? Your first 90 days.
What Mississippi’s home inspector law requires once you’re licensed: the ASHI standards of practice, $250,000 each of liability and E&O insurance, the NH designation for new homes, renewal and 20 hours of CE, with every rule cited.
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Read guide ›Louisiana
Just licensed in Louisiana? Your first 90 days.
What Louisiana’s home inspector rules require once you’re licensed: the five-day report, the pre-inspection agreement, $300,000 E&O and liability, monthly reporting, 30 hours of first-year CE, with every rule cited.
6 min read
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Compare software.
Side-by-side comparisons built from each vendor's own public pricing and feature pages, with the review date and sources on every page.
Reviewed September 2026
The full comparison matrix.
HomeInspector.com against Spectora, HomeGauge and Home Inspector Pro, row by row, from each vendor's own pricing and feature pages.
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Reviewed September 2026
HomeInspector.com vs Spectora.
A widely used inspection platform with a mature ecosystem, an active community, and recent AI report features.
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Reviewed September 2026
HomeInspector.com vs HomeGauge.
A twenty-year platform known for the Create Request List (CRL) workflow between inspectors, agents, and clients.
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Reviewed September 2026
HomeInspector.com vs Home Inspector Pro.
Long-standing report-writing software with strong text-and-email automation on inspection delivery.
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Reviewed October 2026
Leaving Horizon before December 15.
Carson Dunlop retires Horizon on December 15, 2026. Your options, what to export, and what each one costs.
See your options ›
Reference.
The glossary, the inspector FAQ, the page for new inspectors, the blog, and support for inspectors already using the software.
Glossary
Home inspection glossary.
Plain-English definitions of the terms in a home inspection report, for inspectors, agents and buyers. Code and safety claims link to their primary source.
69 terms
Open the glossary ›FAQ
Questions inspectors ask us.
Why the software is free, what happens to your report, bringing your template, what is and is not unlimited, and how property-data assignments work.
10 questions
Read the FAQ ›New inspectors
Free software for new home inspectors.
What is included at no cost, a first-weeks setup plan, and why the software is free.
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Blog
News and interviews.
Latest: Brian Zitin on launching HomeInspector.com.
September 30, 2026
Read the blog ›Support
Help for inspectors already on HomeInspector.com.
Email the team about your account, template, field app, reports, payments or website. A real person replies, typically within 24 hours, Monday through Friday.
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Try the software the guides describe.
Create a free account and try it on a practice job, or book a demo and we'll walk you through it.