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Exam Preparation

First, if your state does not have a state exam, you are not required to take a home inspection exam.  To see what your state requires, click here

Second,  if you want to join a home inspector association, you usually have to take the exam given by that association.  Oddly enough, many of the association exams have many questions that are unrelated to home inspection, i.e., ASHI/NHIE, CREIA, NACHI.  The exception seems to be NAHI.  Their exam questions are almost all about home inspections. 

To help with the non-home inspector questions on these exams, we have developed the following study materials.

Click here for information on ASHI/NHIE Exam Preparation.

Click here for information on CREIA or NACHI Exam Preparation.

Click here for information on ICC Exam Preparation.

 

NHIE /ASHI Exam Preparation

Announcing a New Complimentary Study Guide

The National Home Inspector Exam (NHIE)/ASHI* is very difficult and has a high failure rate. How can someone prepare for this exam? Our 4-Point Residential Inspection Home Study Package covers virtually all the home inspection-related topics on the exam. However, many of the most-missed exam questions have nothing to do with home inspectionsI . So, we have developed a study guide that discusses non-inspection related test topics. This study guide now comes with the 4-Point Package at no additional cost when you request it. So, when you order the 4-Point Residential Inspection Home Study Package, simply request the study guide.

* A few years ago, ASHI split off their exam and created a company called the Examination Board of Professional Home Inspectors (EBPHI) that markets the technical part of the ASHI exam under the name National Home Inspector Exam (NHIE). To date, the following states use this exam as the state exam: AZ, CT, IL, IN, LA, MA, MS, NJ, WI, and VA (voluntary).

I Most of these questions have to do with New Construction and Code. If you want a more detailed course on New Construction and Code, consider purchasing our New Construction Inspection Training Package. It= s only $499 or $399 if purchased with the 4-Point Residential Package.

Get the training you need to both pass the ASHI/NHIE* Exam and become an even better home inspector.

ASHI/NHIE Exam Information

Below are some comments we have heard from test takers. Also listed is an explanation of how our program helps solve these problems.

Reasons for ASHI/NHIE Exam Failure

How our Training Program Helps

1. "They asked questions on things I have never seen before, things that aren't even in my area. What can I do to prepare?" 1. Because these exams are nationwide, we have gone out of our way to cover topics from all over the country.  For example, we include sections on earthquakes in California, slab foundations and heat pumps in the South, boilers in the East, and swamp coolers in the Desert West.
2. "There were so many questions on ASHI Standards. How can I be expected to remember all that? 2. We have a discussion of ASHI Standards in our manual. Plus, we give helpful mnemonics to help you memorize the Standards.
3.  "They ask so many questions about things that have nothing to do with home inspections.  Why is so much of the test about new construction and code?" 3. We don't know.  If home inspectors do code inspections, they increase their liability tremendously.   But, if you want to join ASHI or CREIA or if your state gives the NHIE exam, we have developed a New Construction/Code Inspection Training Package.  Click here for more information.  We have also developed a study guide to help with the test.  See above for details.
4. "How can I practice for the exam? I just don't test well." 4. We offer a Practice Home Inspector Exam with over 200 difficult home inspection questions. This way you can practice before taking the exams. Call about getting $100 off this practice exam! Only $95 when ordered with the 4-point Residential Home Study program!! 

Does Our Program Work? Read what graduate Paul Laitila of Washington says. "It is obvious to me that if I had not taken your course I would not have passed the ASHI exams. The practice exam helped me to overcome some of the tough exam questions. The memory devices helped me distinguish what is required by the standards."

 

CREIA, NACHI, NHIE/ASHI Exam Preparation Home Study Training Packages

Did you know that up to as much as 40% of the NHIE/ASHI Home Inspector Exam and almost all of the CREIA and NACHI exams aren't even about Home Inspections?? That's right, most of these exams are about New Construction/Code --items which according to association standards, home inspectors are not required to cover. So, even though you know how to do home inspections, you need New Construction knowledge to pass these exams. How can someone prepare for these exams??  We suggest you purchase the following 2 packages.

1. The $599, 4-Point Residential Inspection Home Study Package.
wpe13.jpg (4955 bytes)Our program is the only one we know of that covers virtually all the published home inspector technical topics on the NAHI and ASHI/NHIE exams. In addition, these DVD's best simulate the way home inspectors are trained in an actual inspection firm without the major commitment of time. We show you the defects just as we saw them on site, almost as if you were there with us! This Jump Start™ Exam Prep/4-Point Home Study Package includes: 1) A 12 volume DVD series that exposes you to almost 2,000 real life defects and scenes; 2) An over 500 page manual; 3) Over 350 line diagrams, drawings and photographs in the manual; 4) A DVD exam (with over 400 questions)--you are more likely to remember the material if you stop and answer questions about what you have just seen; 5) A manual exam (with over 400 questions) for use as a retention tool.

2. The $499 New Construction Inspection Training Package
This Package Includes:

  •  11 Volume DVD Series -addresses almost 2000 New Construction issues with real life scenes from actual New Construction sites around the country.
  • New Construction Training Manual
  • New Construction DVD Diploma Exam
  • New Construction Manual Diploma Exam

This Package Not Only Provides Knowledge to Help With the Exams, You Also Get the Training you Need to Expand Into The New Construction Inspection Market!!!!

Expand into this growing market. If problems are found before the home is finalled, the builder has to make the repairs. Also, most new homes have a 1-Year Warranty. Help the home owner find the problems while the warranty still covers repairs.

Special Offer-
Purchase both the Residential and New Construction Packages for only $899,
a savings of $200.

 

 

 

 

Exam Preparation Classroom Instruction

Get the same technical information as mentioned above in the Home Study Packages plus receive extensive hands-on and in-the-field experience with our Live Classroom Instruction.  Click here for details.

 

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