TOPIC: Unlawful or just Unethical?

This company says they will provide about 250 per month in my area, and average 10-15 dollars per inspection. I can't imagine that many, especially in WV. And the area is quite large, given the terrain here. Some areas can be 40 miles, but 2 hours with hills and winding or even dirt roads. And I sure don't want to drive up on a meth lab or the brothers from Deliverance!!
How goes business in Florida? I lived in Jax from 04-09 (lived in Orange Park, and in Callahan, worked in Jax) for a major back up power generation company there. Missed the mountains and family, so I moved back. I don't miss the fire ants or the continuous blatant crime in Jax!! Hurricanes and Tropical Storms were big moneymakers for us, never heard of Wind Mitigation. I would imagine that keeps you busy. And welcome to HIP. There are some great guys here. Have you been linking?

You can't deny that the numbers sound good, always dived it in half and see if they still sound good. If so, then find about the E&O they offer and compare it to what you find on your own. I LOVE WV, the people are very nice (IIRC) the snow skiing is great (for the East Coast). Yes the terrain would have to be considered for sure, I find that mountain miles always took 2-3 times as long to cover because the speed limit was reduced to 30-45mph. The company I'm subbing the wind mitigation inspections for require E&O and while they didn't require a specific carrier they reccomended two, I went with the less expensive one and he proved to be cheaper than anything I could find even the current GL policy writers I had.

Wind Mitigation is what the inspection is called for Wind Storm Insurance Policies. If you have a Mortgage you must have wind coverage. The hurricanes generated this wind coverage $$$. So there is a huge overhaul to all policies to make certain they have what the previous reports say the have. Impact rated windows and doors, impact protection, roof deck nailing pattern, nail size, decking thickness; roof to wall connection, truss spacing, roof geometry and the list goes on.

Yes the storm are BIG money makers for us as well, we are a small construction company. Every time I hear there’s a storm brewing my ears perk up like a dog and I get antsy.


What is linking?

Aaron

Linking with other inspectors that have quality sites make your site more "relevant" to the search engines. It's probably best to go the HIP home and look under Website Optimization, then go to the linking tutorials. Or go to Search Engine Optimization category on this message board (at the bottom) and read through it to get an idea of what it's all about. I'm probably one of the least experienced computer guys on here, but I'm learning. You will find as you read across the message boards there are at least a dozen or so senior or hero members that go out of their way to be helpful to everyone, so never be afraid to ask anything.