Smart Start Home Inspections
How to Prepare for Your Inspection
Run the inspection business from one monthly system for jobs, photos, approvals, payments, and report delivery.
Watch the real video if it exists. Otherwise use the script, the related guide, and the connected assistant or handout.
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Cover utilities, access, questions, attendance expectations, and how to get the most from the inspection appointment.
- Before the inspector arrives
- Questions during the visit
- What happens afterward
Explain access, utilities, note taking, live questions, and what to expect before the report arrives.
Transcript draft
How to Prepare for Inspection Day. Cover utilities, access, questions, attendance expectations, and how to get the most from the inspection appointment. Explain access, utilities, note taking, live questions, and what to expect before the report arrives. Next step: Read instructions at https://smartstarthomeinspections.com/prepare-for-your-inspection/.
Buyer Guide
How to Prepare for Your Inspection
A little prep makes the inspection smoother and helps questions get answered while there is still room to act.
A little prep makes the inspection smoother and helps questions get answered while there is still room to act.
- Bring your main concerns and any known add-on questions.
- Allow enough time to review the biggest findings after the inspection.
- Keep repair and follow-up questions organized in one place.
Prepared buyers ask better questions, get clearer access, and use the report more effectively.
Pick the next useful guide, handout, or assistant instead of trying to decode the whole process at once.
- Open the related guide.
- Review the sample report if helpful.
- Use the buyer assistant or FAQ if you still have questions.
Show buyers how to move from summary to priorities without panic.
Audience: Buyer | Duration: 4.2 minutes
Open the summary, explain safety versus maintenance, then show what to ask next.
Instruction transcript
How to Read the Report. Show buyers how to move from summary to priorities without panic. Open the summary, explain safety versus maintenance, then show what to ask next. Next step: Read instructions at https://smartstarthomeinspections.com/how-to-read-your-inspection-report/.
Help buyers and sellers prepare for inspection day without stress.
Audience: Buyer | Duration: 2.7 minutes
Explain access, utilities, note taking, live questions, and what to expect before the report arrives.
Instruction transcript
How to Prepare for Inspection Day. Cover utilities, access, questions, attendance expectations, and how to get the most from the inspection appointment. Explain access, utilities, note taking, live questions, and what to expect before the report arrives. Next step: Read instructions at https://smartstarthomeinspections.com/prepare-for-your-inspection/.
A quick-start handout for what to do before, during, and after the inspection.
HTML-ready handout that summarizes the buyer education path.
Use this roadmap to keep the inspection process calm and organized from booking through the final decision.
Before the inspection
- Confirm the inspection time, access instructions, and who will attend.
- Gather any seller disclosures, repair invoices, and listing notes you already have.
- Write down your biggest concerns so you can compare them to the report later.
During the inspection
- Let the inspector work the property first, then save questions for the walkthrough.
- Focus on safety, water, structure, roof, electrical, HVAC, and plumbing concerns.
- Take note of major limitations so you know where follow-up may still be needed.
After the report arrives
- Read the summary first, then sort items into fix now, specialist review, and later maintenance.
- Use the buyer summary and repair request tools to prepare next conversations.
- Keep the full report and approved findings for contractor bids and move-in planning.
Next step: open the related buyer education page for a fuller walkthrough.
