eSignature Legality for Property Inspection Report in United States

How to eSign a document: eSignature legality for Property Inspection Report in United States

here's a business task getting your legal stuff in order so work on completing there we have a huge list of business tasks in step six not too big but the first one is getting your legal documents in order I had a local business attorney to review everything every legal document that our home inspection company was using including the agreement system that we were using and internet cheese free on an agreement system is customizable so you can go in there and customize things and we have a ton of templates from which to start so visit and the online open library of legal documents for home inspectors at that link and review the legal resources available then what we want to do is choose one legal document or form or clause and incorporate it into your own business so let's go there now I'll go there with you this is internachi's inspector library of legal documents form causes and then de agreements and things like that but the main tool is the free online library and inspection articles and included in the articles are legal things especially for general inspection consumable articles commercial inspection articles and then legal and risk management articles those are really good but if you scroll down the first library of legal documents let's say um we've got some sample templates for operating agreements for home inspection home inspection LLC's so an operating agreement for a home inspection company it's kind of like it it is like a business plan it is an agreement it is a document that sets up what you are all about legally in your comp in your corporation or in your company in your LLC it's vital that you spell out your company's makeup and obligations in an operating agreement even as a sole proprietor it's important to keep your personal assets separate and protected from the assets and liabilities of your business otherwise if you're sued in the course of your work as a home inspector your personal assets could be compromised so here are a bunch of templates sample templates in a Word document so you can download the document and then customize it to fit your company needs and always consult with a legal eternity business attorney so click this document here I'll open one up so it talks about when it was formed and where it was formed and what the name is and what the place of business is and what kind of company it is and the purpose of the company is to engage in and the term of the company articles of incorporation remember capital contributions did you and start the company by putting some money in their cash receipts capital transactions it talks about money books records and tax returns the fiscal year bank accounts management of the company lays it out who is the manager of the company who owns the company so and then you sign it so this is a very special very important type of legal document that's available for all home inspectors to download we have the pre-inspection agreements so this is the pre-inspection agreement and it's based upon it goes hand-in-hand with the home inspection standards of practice and internet use online inspection agreement but you can download it as a PDF or a Word document we have state specific pre-inspection agreements we have a pre-listing inspections that's basically a home inspection on a home that's about to be listed for sale so you can download this agreement system for a move-in certified inspection so move-in certified we talked about this earlier it's a great ancillary vertical market that you can move into an ancillary inspection another type of inspection you can get trained and certified in it's basically doing a home inspection for a home seller who's about to list the home for sale so it's pre listing in agreements and you can download it as a Word document here and you can use internachi's online agreement system and move-in certified homes are pre inspected and ready for sale so there's the logo there so you can take a look at that agreement we have I'm just going down the list there's a huge list of great documents but we won't do any we won't do them all Internet use seller inspection report download terms so if you wanted to prepare reports and have it downloadable and maybe even charge a fee for the report itself that's an idea that has come up in the past with home inspectors where they will do a pre a home inspection on a home and make the report available either for free or for sale so you can use that agreements there's a walk through agreements and a walk through agreement is really an informal full home inspection so it's it's it's it's kind of like a quick a home inspection quick view of that sometimes our report isn't even written maybe some pictures but you just walk through the house with the person and maybe you charge less because you're only there for less than an hour but anyways the walkthrough agreement is there and also you can use the free on the agreement system or download that document and there is the link to the free online assignable inspection agreement system there's a general release for inspectors if you if you settle and it's a dispute a complaint an issue and you resolved it and let's say you pay on a pocket you feel like maybe you got to give somebody $200 to just cover this let's just get rid of this problem and issue and those resolved and you pay the homeowner or or something or the seller or something a couple hundred dollars well you don't just pay somebody and then go what you do is you get a release or it's a release based upon an agreement that for this fee or for this payback or refund or gift or something that you are not going to be sued anymore essentially so that's a general release for inspectors there's an issue resolution form members can direct their clients to the online resolution service that we have or possibly mediate this disagreement or issue themselves and you can customize this issue resolution form again it's a bit different from the other document but take a look so there's a an issue issue resolution form so when you receive a complaint you could start to capture data ask questions and you can use this form to help you document that information and for example the form says did you receive or the pre-inspection agreements yes or no this is the person complaining at answering these questions did you receive a copy of the inspection report was the inspected property occupied to describe the issue you have with the inspection is the issue concerned about mentioned in the inspection reports sometimes people don't complain about things that were in the report itself because they don't even read the report when did you first become aware of the issue how did you become aware of this issue did you see the sellers disclosure sometimes the sellers disclosure includes this problem have you taken any steps to repair the issue oops have you paid for your inspection so you can document you can start to capture this data and have your clients fill it out so that you can deal with your clients in the issue directly it asks for all the information you need to know about their complaints and also creates a paper trail for your interaction with them about the issue so that is a another document here's a payment at closing authorization so if you wanted to allow your client to pay at closing I'm not paying after the inspection but pay at closing maybe weeks or a couple months down the road you can have them sign this document that a that where you agree to that right and it just keeps going on and on there's a lot of waivers there's a pool inspection agreement there's an expert witness agreement there's a well water sampling agreement there's clauses is their annual inspection clause if you wanted to add an annual inspection there's a sewer scope inspection addendum to the home inspection agreement if you're doing a thorough scope inspection if you're doing a formal thermal imaging service there's that there is a post inspection leave behind letter so most home sellers are moving locally within your inspection market area and after your inspection leave behind the letter similar to the sample one that asked the seller to hire you to inspect the home that they're moving into which should be in your market area and the letter works great when you combine it with the marketing lunch box so there's a leave behind letter and let's open it up it says thank you for allowing me to inspect your home we realize we're guests in your home and we conducted ourselves with the utmost respect for your property although I had to open and close windows and doors and test systems and appliances etc I made every attempt to leave your property in the same condition that I found it however please take a moment you're telling this to the seller to check the following to make sure that I have reset them properly so now they're going to look at the oven GFCIs and lights and windows and things like that and it says thank you again very much for allowing us to enter your home if you have any questions you can reach me at here right and if you are moving locally and in need of an inspection you can call me here contact me there so let's take a look at this we design a lot of things like customer eyes boxing and leave behind products like you know you leave this behind right you know there's a little gift inside thank you for allowing us to inspect your home look inside and there's your business card you really appreciate you and you open it up and you leave a gift for the seller receives value of leaving this behind for the seller they think that's really great and it's what does every seller is looking for a home inspector because they're moving to and usually a seller doesn't look very far could be a little bit outside the neighborhood but hey I'll take that because I'm a fee calculator provide my energy and allows me to factor in mileage so I know what to charge the seller that allows me to focus on that product and here's one here I have one in my hand and you put your business card there it's kind of like a silly thing right but you can get this in bulk and it's it's pretty cool and it says thank you for allowing us to inspect your home look inside this is for this left behind for the seller and inside there's a there's I don't know it could be anything right it could you open it up the seller opens it up and go oh it says thank you for allowing me to inspect your home this is from the marketing department you can get these it's and it's some that little leave behind letter right I realize I'm a guest in your home and I conducted myself with the utmost respect for your property I may have done some things here and it talks about I'm hiring an Internet recertified inspector and what's included in this theater for home inspection and I provide personalized inspections for your home and this is fantastic leave behind because every seller is a potential home buyer and every seller is looking to move into a new home and what do they need to do get a home inspection and you can order that lunch box from our e-commerce partner inspector outlet Specter Alouette calm so that's your business tasks click the link get to the library of legal documents and then choose one legal documents form or clause or strategy to incorporate into your home inspection business