| | |  | Home Business Books | Home » » Real Estate Home Inspection: Mastering the Profession | | | | | | | Description: | | This training manual provides an introductory review of the home inspection business including checklists, new reporting guidelines, and multiple teaching aids to help students learn industry fundamentals. | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Russell Burgess | | Paperback:
| 519 pages | | Publisher:
| Kaplan Publishing | | Publication Date:
| April 23, 2003 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 0793168252 | | Product Width:
| 211.5 centimeters | | Product Height:
| 274.5 centimeters | | Product Weight:
| 2.6 pounds | | Package Length:
| 10.9 inches | | Package Width:
| 8.3 inches | | Package Height:
| 1.5 inches | | Package Weight:
| 2.4 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 8 reviews |
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49 of 51 found the following review helpful:
 Mildly DisappointedDec 25, 2000
When one pays for a book, one expects to receive something a little special. The subject matter is, of course, limited to a small target population, resulting in limited distribution and higher unit cost. Having said that, no matter what the cost, one does not expect to encounter typos or incomplete sentences and topics, as found in this book. On page 75, for example, the last sentence in the left column reads "Wall sectons are" and that's the end of the thought, the topic ends there! The new topic, Platform Framing, begins in the right colum of that same page. Also, some of the illustrations are not completely clean and clear, like they've been copied on the copy machine too many times. I almost expect a hardbound edition with color photos or illustrations. What justifies this book costing more than most of its competition? Yes, I'm happy to add it to my library. No, I don't consider it a good value. And, once again, typos and omissions are unforgiveable. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
9 of 9 found the following review helpful:
 Not for the beginning InspectorMar 07, 2005
By King
"Fireman"
I used this book as a text to getting certified and my foot in the door to starting my own business. Thank Heavens I have a fair amount of background in many of the fields already. The author strikes me as someone who used a filing cabinet of notes and articles to assemble a book without refining the thoughts before they went to press. I was disappointed that a school would choose this text for it's students. Despite that, and the typos, some good information can be gleened from it's pages.
50 of 64 found the following review helpful:
 Mastering Home InspectionDec 28, 1999
By Rosie Esponilla
This book is very well thought out. It is extremely detailed yet easy to comprehend.It definitely makes you aware of how important it is to know what you are looking for during an inspection, how to protect yourself against lawsuits, and what is required to start a business. A definite two thumbs up!
7 of 7 found the following review helpful:
 Forget about itApr 12, 2003
By James Shreeve
As mentioned by other reviewers - This book has many typos and incomplete sentences that don't make sense. The diagrams in the book are so grainy that they're almost useless. The material content of the book is not detailed and only barely scrapes the surface of the most important items. My suggestion - forget about this one!
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 Solid foundation but not covering all detailsDec 16, 2004
By B. Fu
"Texas book worm"
this is a good book to start with but the problem is it tried to cover everything in just 1 book. if you really want to become a professional home inspector you definitely need to read more on each individual topics (HVAC, Plumbing etc). but as a textbook for the prelicensing course of home inspector this book is ok.
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