Home inspection software

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Home inspection software is used by home inspectors to facilitate the inspection process and produce professional, easy-to-read reports. For many years, home inspectors relied on hand-written checklists or created custom-made databases to assist them in the creation of home inspection reports. However, times have changed, and home inspectors can now purchase commercial home inspection report programs to facilitate the inspection process and produce professional, easy-to-read reports.

Home inspection software usually falls under one of three categories - narrative, checklist, and narrative/checklist hybrid. Narrative-style home inspection software generates a written report that is all-narrative. Checklist-style software generates a report that contains checkboxes next to a predetermined item or condition.

As with all software, the most important thing for a home inspector to consider when purchasing home inspection software is ease-of-use. That is, how easy is the software to use when a home inspector is "in the field" performing an actual home inspection.