All franchise companies will say they know their business, but at HouseMaster, you don’t have to take our word for it. HouseMaster management and a growing number of HouseMaster franchisees are widely recognized as industry experts and spokespeople. Maybe you have seen HouseMaster President and CEO, Kathleen Kuhn on CNN or the Today Show. Or perhaps you’ve had the opportunity to read Ken Austin’s book – “The Home Buyers Inspection Guide”, or Mike Kuhn’s recent “Pocket Idiots Guide to Home Inspections. Whether it’s an article on realtor.org, Inman News, or a story in Reader’s Digest, you will find that HouseMaster and those who represent the brand are known as the industry’s finest.

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To help build business in your local market, you will have access to actionable programs that are truly Master class. All home inspection companies offer flyers and brochures, your success depends on much more than just a good brochure. You need an edge. As a HouseMaster franchisee, you will have that edge through programs like these:

The HouseMaster Method
Inspection accuracy and quality service is vital to success in the home inspection industry. Nevertheless, even the best companies cannot succeed without creating a unique and memorable customer service experience. This experience, known as “The HouseMaster Method” includes the following key tools that will add value to your service and differentiate the HouseMaster Brand from your competitors.

HouseMaster Inspection Resource Guide™
Inspection Resource Guide During the inspection, the exclusive Inspection Resource Guide™ will help your client make the most of their inspection experience. The Guide is designed to address many common questions regarding the home inspection process, how to make the report findings more meaningful, and what to do after the inspection.
The Guide includes HouseMaster’s exclusive Home Repair DVD to help HouseMaster customers long after they’ve closed on their new home. The one of kind design and information in this Guide truly adds value and understanding to the HouseMaster Inspection experience.

 Limited Inspection Guarantee*
Consumers and real estate professionals alike feel more comfortable working with a firm that is confident in the quality of their service. That’s why HouseMaster franchises guarantee their inspection findings and promote that fact through all national and local marketing efforts. If you want prospective clients and the local real estate communities to know you are the best in your area, the exclusive HouseMaster Guarantee will accomplish this and more. To date, few competitors have dared to emulate our guarantee. You need total confidence in your inspectors and their training to offer a guarantee and our franchisees do. HouseMaster franchisees have been offering the Guarantee since 1994 with consistently positive results.
*where permitted

Express® Report
The HouseMaster Express Report has been designed to provide customers with the most comprehensive information in an easy to understand format. The HouseMaster Technical Support Team has developed numerous templates to help streamline the reporting process. Learning how to “write up” conditions found can be a big hurdle for the new inspector – which is why HouseMaster has addressed this problem. Even novice inspectors are able to write a quality inspection report using pre-written templates and comments.





Web Delivery of
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The inspection report is completed and then uploaded to a password protected website for your customers and representatives to download at their leisure. When customers or their representatives log on, they have instant access to their inspection report as well as additional information on common technical issues. This state-of-the-art system is convenient and helps build relationships with local real estate service providers.

E-Marketing
Professionally designed, personalized e-mails and e-newsletters are not only created for you, you also have the option of having them distributed automatically on your behalf. Sweepstakes and other attention getting marketing programs are available to help you get your foot in the door and keep the interest in the HouseMaster Brand growing.

Direct to Consumer Public Relations
HouseMaster PR efforts have resulted in decades of quality press exposure and millions of consumer impressions, but it doesn’t stop on the national level. HouseMaster will also position you in your local market as the expert. Once you are open and ready for business, we distribute a press release announcing your business. From then on, we will distribute timely and powerful press releases featuring you as the spokesperson to further promote you in your local market. We even submit timely and relevant information to your local Realtor Board publications on your behalf.

 Housemaster.com®
Our website, housemaster.com, is so much more than the typical inspection website because we are not the typical home inspection company. The site features many unique interactive tools including common home concerns that come alive at the click of a button, as well as the one and only Home Defect Survey. The Home Defect Survey is yet another interactive tool in your “business toolbox, not to mention an industry first. The multimedia graphics provide a visual display of the probability of finding key home deficiencies depending on a home’s age. This advanced tool helps buyers or homeowners see how their home measures up compared to other homes in a similar age group.

Pre-Inspection Program
HouseMaster pioneered and introduced the first Pre-Inspection Program. The Pre- Inspection Program includes descriptive brochures for sellers and buyers, a Power Point presentation to introduce the program, and promotional materials such as lawn signs and Internet logos to market the homes as pre-inspected. Whether the real estate market is too hot to handle or cooling off, HouseMaster franchisees are equipped with what it takes to develop more relationships and gain market share.

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Educational Talks
In the home inspection industry, developing local relationships will be the key to your success. That being said, there is no more effective tool than meeting and greeting the key contacts in your local real estate community during a sales meeting. However, time is money to the busy real estate manager and they are not about to give you time out of their busy meeting agenda to put on a commercial about yourself. That is why HouseMaster has produced over a dozen brief, educational talks, complete with scripts and professional visuals to use when speaking at meetings. Presenting clear and factual information on a topic important to today’s real estate practitioner not only makes it easier to book talks, it builds your credibility, too!

 

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