Sometimes, as a professional Home Inspector, I get asked "Exactly what is a Home Inspection?". And for someone who hasn't ever been directly exposed to a residential real estate transaction, and perhaps for some that have, it is an excellent question.
In large part, any definition to be applied to the phrase Home Inspection is dependent on where the Home Inspection is being conducted (in what State or municipality) and on what organization, if any, the Home Inspector might have an affiliation. Many states have adopted licensing requirements; some have not. It is worthy of note that an inspection of a home (note that I did not refer to it as a Home Inspection...) conducted in a State with no licensing requirements, by an individual with no or minimal experience and no professional association affiliation, may just be whatever he or she decides it will be at any given time...very, very scary indeed! And, If things are as they should be, we ought to be able to answer the subject question without having to determine what the definition of "Is" is.
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