09-26-2013, 08:20 PM
Please be AWARE!
There is NO Hawaii State or Hawaii County requirement or regulation for licensing or certification of "Home Inspectors" - NONE! You take a course (even online now) - pass a test - join an "Association" - pay their fees/dues (they might have their own test to take) and VIOLA - you are now a CERTIFIED Home Inspector! There is NO Hawaii governmental oversight WHAT-SO-EVER! Any requirement for a "Home Inspector" to be certified is strictly a "business decision" of a "Real Estate Company"!
County "Building Inspectors" are not "Home Inspectors"!
There is NO Hawaii State or Hawaii County requirement or regulation for licensing or certification of "Home Inspectors" - NONE! You take a course (even online now) - pass a test - join an "Association" - pay their fees/dues (they might have their own test to take) and VIOLA - you are now a CERTIFIED Home Inspector! There is NO Hawaii governmental oversight WHAT-SO-EVER! Any requirement for a "Home Inspector" to be certified is strictly a "business decision" of a "Real Estate Company"!
County "Building Inspectors" are not "Home Inspectors"!