Instructor Training

Download inspectagram and complete the onboarding process.

During onboarding:

• Redeem your ICA instructor code
• Add a profile photo
• Add your signature in Settings
• Confirm your account and company information

You're ready to move on when: your account is set up and you can start an inspection.

Open the Learn the App Training Template.

Use a tennis ball to simulate a deficiency and practice:

• Taking a clear, close-up photo
• Opening the rating options
• Selecting the appropriate rating
• Moving through the different ratings in the Training Template

You're ready to move on when: capturing a photo and applying a rating feels natural.

Open the Global Template and practice capturing a bathroom and kitchen.

Before you start

Prep the room first:

• Open cabinets
• Turn on faucets
• Make components accessible
• Then begin capturing

Work through the Baseline icons already present in the template.

You're ready to move on when: you can efficiently capture the Baseline of a basic bathroom in a few minutes.

Now practice documenting conditions that do not belong in the Baseline: small to medium deficiencies that do not require a photo.

Use your phone's microphone to talk through what you see.

You're ready to move on when: you can walk through a room and comfortably dictate your observations instead of stopping to type.

Good photography reduces report bloat, makes your documentation clearer and helps create a stronger record of the inspection.

Get close

Take clear, close-up photographs of the condition you are documenting.

The closer and clearer the image, the less the reader has to interpret.

Preserve the original image

Whenever possible, use a clear photograph and your words to document the condition rather than relying on arrows, circles or other annotations.

Annotated photographs have been digitally altered from the original image. If your documentation is ever questioned in a dispute or legal proceeding, that alteration can create questions about the integrity of the photograph and what was originally captured.

One photo can represent all

You do not need multiple photographs showing the exact same condition.

Think about four flat tires.

If all four tires are flat, you generally do not need four photographs of flat tires. Take one clear representative photo and use your words to explain that all four tires are flat.

The same principle applies during an inspection.

Use additional photographs when they add meaningful information or when the condition is significant.

Now that you know how to use the app, understand why inspectagram is organized this way.

For the homeowner

The report is designed for:

• Readability
• Digestibility
• Fewer unnecessary pages
• Clear organization
• Easy access to important information

Following the inspectagram methodology helps prevent unnecessarily bloated reports.

For the inspector

The report is also designed around inspection efficiency.

Components and icons are intentionally positioned so related items can be inspected together and the inspector can move through the home in a logical flow.

For example, components in a bathroom are ordered so you can move naturally through the room rather than repeatedly backtracking.

The Insurance section collects important information about the home in one place.

A good time to begin this is from the driveway before the inspection starts.

Use available information, such as the MLS listing, to begin identifying:

• Age of the home
• Roof information
• Heating and cooling systems
• Plumbing information
• Electrical information
• Significant upgrades or replacements

Then verify the information inside the home during the inspection.

It prepares the inspector

Before entering the house, you already have a better understanding of what you are inspecting and what may deserve additional attention.

Knowing the home's age and the history of major components can help you recognize what you need to pay closer attention to during the inspection.

It helps the homeowner

Important property information is organized in one place inside the report so the homeowner can easily refer back to it later.

Now put everything together.

Complete a full practice inspection of your home.

During the inspection, practice:

• Capturing the Baseline
• Using Blackbox
• Adding a Focus Page when needed
• Adding an Extra Page when genuinely needed
• Removing an unnecessary Extra Page
• Completing the Insurance section
• Reviewing the Summary
• Cleaning up the finished report

Remember

Use additional pages and photographs when they communicate something significant or meaningfully different, not simply to add more content.

Finish the workflow

1. Review it
2. Delete unnecessary pages
3. Publish it
4. Share it with someone
5. Download the PDF
6. Review your completed report with your instructor / trainer