Home Inspector Referral Network

We are a Florida home inspection company in Casselberry, and many of the buyers, sellers and agents we meet are moving between states: a couple selling in Winter Park to buy near family in the Carolinas, a family relocating from Orlando to Austin for a job, a buyer adding a second home up north. The question is always the same: “Who can I trust to inspect the house there?”

We cannot inspect it ourselves. A home inspector license is issued by each state, and ours (Florida HI9899) is good in Florida only. So we built this referral network: a short list of inspection companies in other states whose license we looked up ourselves on that state’s licensing board, with the date we checked it.

Why you need a local, licensed inspector when you move

When you buy in a state you do not live in, you usually cannot be at the house before the inspection deadline in your contract, you do not know the local companies, and the rules are different from the ones you know.

• Licensing is different in every state. Some states license inspectors through a real estate commission, some through a builders board, some through the department of state, and a few (Georgia today) do not license them at all.
• Houses are built differently. Local inspectors know the common construction types, soils, climate problems and add-on inspections buyers in that area usually order.
• Your inspection window is short. Contracts usually give you a fixed number of days to inspect and negotiate. Starting with a vetted list saves the first two or three of those days.
• You will read the report from far away. A good inspector will walk you through the findings by phone or video so you are not deciding from a PDF alone.

Who licenses home inspectors in each network state

Browse inspectors by state

We are starting with five pilot states and adding more as we verify applicants. Florida inspectors can apply too if they work outside Orange, Seminole, Osceola, Lake, Volusia, Brevard and Polk counties.

Membership criteria

Every company in the network has to meet all of these, and we check them before a listing goes live:

1. An active state license in good standing. We look it up ourselves on the state board’s public website and record the license number, status, expiration date and the date we checked. No verified license, no listing.
2. Insurance. The company carries the insurance its state requires and confirms it in the application; we may ask for a certificate.
3. A real, reachable business. Its own website, a working phone number and a stated service area in the listed state.
4. A clean public record. No disciplinary action showing on the board record where the board publishes it, and a reputation clients can check (public reviews).
5. Accurate details. Everything in the listing comes from the company’s own website, its application and the state board. We re-check listings at least twice a year and remove any company that no longer meets the criteria.

Apply to be listed (inspectors)

If you are a licensed home inspector outside Central Florida and you meet the criteria above, apply below. We verify your license on your state board’s website, check your details, and email you before anything is published. One entry per company.

Frequently asked questions

Referring a client to Central Florida?

The referral works both ways, with no strings attached. If your client is moving to the Orlando area, we inspect homes in Orange, Seminole, Osceola, Lake, Volusia and Polk counties; see our pre-purchase home inspection, 4-point inspection and wind mitigation inspection pages, and our guide on how to verify a Florida home inspector license.