On Wed, 13 Jul 2011 08:58:21 -0500, Lou Decruss
> wrote:

>On Tue, 12 Jul 2011 12:14:49 -0400, Metspitzer >
>wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 12 Jul 2011 10:44:21 -0500, Lou Decruss
> wrote:
>>>
>>>Blanket statements like this make you look really stupid. When I was
>>>doing home inspections my record was 58 in one day. If you think that
>>>could de done with a map- atlas - gazetteer you're nuts. Actually
>>>you're nuts either way.
>>>
>>>Lou
>>
>>58 home inspections in one day?
>
>Yep.
>
>> How many times did you actually step inside?
>
>I don't remember what I did that day. I try not to think about that 8
>months of my life.
>
>> What were you inspecting for?
>
>This is OT so I'll try to keep it short. If you're 45 days late on
>your mortgage someone will be taking pictures of your house and
>assessing whether you've bolted or not and if the property is being
>taken care of. That type inspection sometimes required contact or
>leaving a door hanger. Sometimes the order wanted contact with a
>neighbor. Once a bank takes a house back it gets a walk through with
>pictures of every room and all four sides of the building and the
>status of the utilities verified.
>
>In my state if you have a major insurance claim the bank gets the
>check and holds it until they have another set of eyes verify the work
>was actually done. I also did that.
>
>There's MUCH more to it but that's the basics. It's a crap job. I
>found one that I had a feeling about and even though it was listed as
>no contact I saw a neighbor outside so I talked to him. Turned out
>the owner had died in the kitchen. <---on topic He had three dogs
>with no food other than the corpse so they fed off him for 10 days
>according to the coroner. His kids spent 70 grand to clean up the
>house but stopped paying the mortgage. Inspections like this that
>turn into investigations are time consuming and I actually would lose
>money which is why I quit.
>
>Lou

I could not think of any type home inspection that could be properly
done at 7 houses an hour. That sounds like it may be a valid example.