Tools to Help You Succeed
With Carson Dunlop, a great reporting system is just the beginning. Our goal is to help you build a successful business. We offer support in many forms. Here are some examples –
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Technical Reference Guide – Help with dating and sizing heating and cooling equipment: Home inspectors need to know the age and capacity of furnaces, boilers, air conditioners and water heaters. This field guide helps predict life expectancy and provides valuable information. At $79, it delivers incredible value. To order your copy online, click here or contact us at 800-268-7070 Ext. 251 or education@CarsonDunlop.com. | ||
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Illustrated Home – Our renowned picture book of homes: The Illustrated Home is a remarkable assembly of over 1700 color illustrations that help home inspectors and their clients understand how houses work. The Illustrated Home proves that a picture is worth 1000 words.To order your online, click here or contact us at 800-268-7070 Ext. 251 or education@CarsonDunlop.com. | ||
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Continuing Education – earn your CE credits: The 10 courses in the training program not only provide great education for prospective home inspectors, they have been recognized by ASHI as valuable continuing education programs for practicing inspectors. Each of the 10 courses qualifies for continuing education credits as noted below.
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The Home Reference Book – a great gift for homeowners and real estate sales professionals. The soft cover Home Reference Book is a marketing tool to help home inspectors build and grow their business. The Home Reference Book is an easy-to-use manual with over 450 informative pages and 550 colour illustrations to help clients understand how their home works. Horizon clients are able to purchase the Home Reference at a preferred price.To learn more about the Home Reference Book partnership pricing for Horizon users, please call us at 1-800-268-7070 ext. 232 or by email: hrb@carsondunlop.com
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Sales and Marketing Training – Building Your Home Inspection Business: This 40-hour course is designed for those who have graduated from the training program. It describes the sales and marketing approaches that have worked for Carson Dunlop. To order online click here, or contact us at 800-268-7070 Ext. 251 or education@CarsonDunlop.com.Dalhousie University offers – Building your home inspection business, Create a Custom Marketing Plan. | ||
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Dalhousie University offers – Building your home inspection business, Create a Custom Marketing Plan. Your marketing plan may be the one piece missing to achieving your goal of building your successful home inspection business. This 10-week online course will help you avoid pitfalls and focus on winning strategies. Our business enterprise professionals will provide one-on-one feedback to help you create a customized two-year marketing plan. Your success will depend as much on your marketing ability and human relations skills as your technical competence. | ||
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Inspector’s Edge – A high quality, cost effective website: Through our relationship with Neglia Design, you can have an incredible website for your company, without the complexity and high cost. You get a professional site that makes you look experienced, successful and accomplished. As a bonus, your business cards, letterhead, envelopes and brochures are built around the look of your website. A professional integrated look goes a long way to establishing your credibility. To learn more, click here or contact us at 800-268-7070 Ext. 251 or education@CarsonDunlop.com. | ||
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Field Training – because there is no substitute for experience: Our one-week intensive field training program provides an opportunity to work with a seasoned inspector/facilitator. You will have an opportunity to inspect homes with the facilitator, write the report, and discuss the results with the facilitator. At the end of the day, there is no substitute for experience.To learn more, contact us at 800-268-7070 Ext. 251 or education@CarsonDunlop.com. | ||
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One-on-One Business Consulting: Carson Dunlop has collaborated with Kevin O’Hornett of PROSPEX, an experienced home inspection consultant and business coach. Kevin provides incredible value for a nominal cost, delivering several services from helping set up your contract and report, to on-the-fly technical support. Kevin is a unique asset in the profession, putting decades of experience and expertise at your fingertips.To learn more, go to PROSPEX Home Inspector Consulting Services. To learn more, contact us at 800-268-7070 Ext. 251 or education@CarsonDunlop.com. | ||
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Other services you can offer: Home inspection consultants have several opportunities to add more value for clients. These include swimming pool and spa inspections, mold, termite, radon, asbestos and lead based paint, just to name a few. You can also add commercial inspection services, new construction inspections and energy assessments, for example. We can help you open these doors when the time comes. |
At Carson Dunlop, we are with you every step of the way!
