A Red Hot Industry…
With an annual potential of over 6 million transactions the home inspection business is booming. In fact, Money Magazine has rated our industry as one of the "Top Ten Highest Income Home Businesses", and Entrepreneur calls home inspection "one of the best opportunities".
Home inspection numbers are on the rise…In fact, they're reaching levels never before experienced within the industry. It's estimated that a home inspection now occurs in nearly 90% of home sales. Now, you can profit from that boom by teaming up with A-Pro one of the most respected names in the home inspection industry.
The A-Pro Advantage
A-Pro is a family-owned company founded in 1994 by industry
veteran, vice chairman of the Louisiana Licensing Board for Home Inspectors, and co-author of the proprietary guide, How to Market a Home Inspection Business, Greg Mangiaracina.
The company is renowned for its industry-leading innovation and guarantees, and a unique customer-focused approach. We currently boast more than 110 locations and handle thousands of inspections across the U.S. every year.
Dedicated Support Team
When you become an A-Pro business owner, you gain instant, around-the-clock access to our staff of engineers, technicians, copywriters, ad designers, technical support personnel, computer programmers and information managers – all of whom work with you to develop and grow your business.
We also save you time, money and effort by providing professional marketing materials like brochures, postcards and self-mailers (including mailing and telemarketing services), coupled with a turnkey marketing plan, so - once again - you can concentrate on inspections and not operational headaches.
What makes us the Best?
By teaming with us, you'll be able to offer your customers a myriad of features, benefits and added value that other inspection companies simply cannot match, including:
- A 90-day inspection guarantee for the homebuyer.
- Our exclusive 120-day inspection guarantee for the seller.
- An Optional Platinum 360 Inspection guarantee. If we pass a system or component within a home, the client is covered against unexpected repairs for a full year.
- Our "no further evaluation guarantee" which eliminates third party inspections and delays, and saves our customers money.
- A free Foundation level survey with a CAD drawing – a valuable add-on that few other companies are equipped to offer.
Vast Customer Base
As an A-Pro Inspector, you'll be getting about 90%-95% of your business directly from your local realtors who, once they get to know you, will refer clients directly to you on an ongoing basis. Our marketing plan is tightly focused on this great source of repeated new clients. The other 5%-10% of your business will come directly from the consumer through advertising and marketing programs we provide to you.
Strategic Marketing Support
A-Pro provides its business owners with a fully-scripted, strategic sales approach to maintain an effective, consistent message across all their marketing efforts.
Regardless of your past experience in marketing, our full-time staff of copywriters, designers and production specialists combines their years of expertise to help you achieve success, virtually from day one. And you don't pay anything extra to have these professionals at your disposal. They serve as a full-time extension of your operational and marketing team.
In addition to printed marketing materials, we also provide our inspectors with business leads through what's known as a predictive dialing telemarketing program. This service provides announcements directly to your exclusive territory each quarter during the first year to help you get off to a fast start.
State-of-the-Art Reporting System
We believe that our Inspection Reporting System is the best the industry has to offer. Our proprietary system was personally developed after studying dozens of the others and combining the best, most useful features of each into the patented A-Pro Report. And, because it's based on a Microsoft Word platform, it's very fast and easy to use, yet highly detailed and comprehensive.
Intensive Expert Training
A-Pro's award-winning training program is conducted under the auspices of the Inspection Training Institute of San Antonio (ITI), and has been recognized by many boards across the U.S. as among the very best in the business.
The curriculum covers every aspect of a home's systems and components - including exclusive training on spotting potential problems before they occur - giving you a distinctive professional edge in the field. Then, to apply what you've learned in class, your final field exam will include a real inspection at our on-site residential property, including the preparation of a complete report. During training, you'll also receive mold sampling certification - yet another added revenue stream for you when you launch your business.
The total, turnkey A-Pro franchise package summary includes:
- Your own exclusive territory
- A comprehensive targeted marketing plan created by Greg Mangiaracina
- A comprehensive training and certification program.
- Your own, state-of-the-art tablet pc computer pre-loaded with A-Pro's home inspection management system, Intranet network and complete proprietary reporting software.
- Your own, custom-designed web site and Targeted Marketing Email system.
- An array of home inspection tools and supplies.
- Uniforms, vehicle magnets, patches, business cards and other materials to establish your brand.
- Free membership in ISHI (www.ishionline.org), one of the most respected trade organizations in the home inspection industry.
- A complete arsenal of marketing materials.
- Complete marketing support from our copywriters, designers and strategists.
- A full set of home maintenance guides, reference manuals, business forms and all software licenses.
- A subsidized business liability insurance plan for your first year.
- 90-day/120-day/360-day free guarantee rights on all inspections.
- Major medical insurance, dental, vision and more.
- Toll-free phone and online support.
And more! With our
complete, turnkey system and our commitment to round-the-clock support, A-Pro's package prepares you to build your own successful home inspection business starting from day one. There are no hidden fees and no surprises.
