Are all home inspectors the same?

Of course! I reply, why do you ask me that question? Have you seen differences in the reports?  To what they respond, yes, some reports are just a few pages, your reports are somewhat long, isn't there a rule for the inspection report to be all the same?

To what I said, Yes, and No.

Why not?  

The answer is two-fold, (A) short reports (a few pages) are typical of inspectors who use digital applications to generate their reports, because they use data provided by these digital applications, it is like, they're letting the digital application on their iPhones do the work for them. That is good for inspectors, either new or seasoned inspectors because they don't have to write their own comments and they only use the SHORT-pre-recorded narratives in the application, NOW, (B) not good for buyers / clients that pay the inspector to get a thorough inspection of the property they're investing hundreds of thousands of dollars on. 

Texas promulgates Form REI 7-6 for inspectors to use, (it is required) This is the official format, however, with the increased use of technology in the industry some application developers have entered this industry offering a new way of generating the inspection report, different from the traditional conventional way, where inspectors would write their comments on the body of the report, this applications for iPhone, their primary goal is to save time to inspectors by not writing their own comments but to use the pre-designated and recorded narratives pre-recorded in this applications.

At Almana Home Inspections, we have the option to utilize the iPhone apps for the inspection reporting and offer the buyers / clients this new style where they will just see or read a very short explanation of the deficiencies found at the time of the inspections, HOWEVER, we choose not to use this style because we care for our clients, we owe them the best service possible, because they are expecting no less than that, and they deserved no less than that. Some Realtors are neutral on this matter, some prefer short answers style of report, and some Realtors preferer the conventional way of reporting where inspectors write their own comments, with enhanced explanations included, though this style is a long 20 to 40 pages report.