The single best credential for this job is the 20+ years that I have spent actively performing home inspections.  Several thousand satisfied customers speaks for itself.  

• Illinois License #0000220
• Building and Remodeling Contractor for over 20 years
• Teaches Home Inspection classes at Triton College as instructor for the Bellman Group, a State of Illinois licensed educational provider
• Member of the NHIE Resource Review Advisory Group; as a member, I review texts and resource material used as reference for the National Home Inspection Exam
• Serve as Moderator for the American Society of Home Inspectors Internet Technical Forum
• Moderator for The Inspectors Journal, a nationally recognized Internet inspection forum
• Past HUD Inspector as Rehabilitation Specialist in the Community Development Block Grant Program
• Past Municipal Building Inspector
• Profiled in both the Chicago Tribune & the Sun Times in articles on Home inspection
• Member of ASHI (American Society of Home Inspectors) since 1989
• Charter Member of The Historic Building Inspectors Association, a national professional association of inspectors specializing in historic buildings
• Michigan State University major in Industrial Arts