Method of Maintaining the Value of Home Inspections Over Time

• US 20070005378A1
• Filed: 12/13/2005
• Published: 01/04/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 05/03/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Danny Osborn
• Original Assignee: Danny Osborn
• Inventors: Osborn, Danny
• Application Number:
  US11/164,978
• Publication Number:
  US 20070005378A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/205
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/16 Real estate

Abstract

The present invention provides the home inspection industry with an easily implemented method for creating and maintaining an organized history of home inspections for a particular property over time. The inspector performs an original inspection, then maintains a file of updated inspections over time. The file may be maintained on the internet or on paper. The frequency of the updates may be annual, or updates may occur more or less frequently than once per year. The marketability of the home is increased because any potential buyer for the home has access to the history of the home over several years, along with any disclosure provided by the home'"'"'s current owner and the findings of the potential buyer'"'"'s own due diligence on the home.

Claims

1. A method for maintaining the value of home inspections over time comprising:

developing an original home inspection report;

placing said home inspection report on a page on the internet;

emailing a link to said home inspection report to one or more members of the group consisting of the homeowner, the home purchaser, the real estate agent, the home owner'"'"'s real estate attorney, the home buyer'"'"'s real estate attorney, the title company, and the bank'"'"'s real estate attorney;

performing regular periodic home inspections to update said home inspection report;

placing said periodic home inspection updates to said home inspection report on the internet; and

regularly and periodically providing links to said home inspection report updates to the homeowner.

2. The method of maintaining the value of home inspections over time of claim 1 further comprising placing said home inspection report periodic updates on separate internet pages.

3. The method of maintaining the value of home inspections over time of claim 1 further comprising emailing said homeowner a menu of links to said home inspection report periodic updates.

4. The method of maintaining the value of home inspections over time of claim 3 further comprising said menu of links comprising a link to each of said original home inspection report and each of said periodic updates.

5. The method of maintaining the value of home inspections over time of claim 1 further comprising said periodic inspection email links being separate links emailed together.

6. The method of maintaining the value of home inspections over time of claim 1 further comprising said periodic inspection email links being separate links emailed separately.

7. The method of maintaining the value of home inspections over time of claim 1 further comprising only the latest of said periodic inspection email links being emailed to said homeowner for each period.

8. The method of maintaining the value of home inspections over time of claim 1 further comprising said regular periodic updates being produced annually.

9. The method of maintaining the value of home inspections over time of claim 1 further comprising said regular periodic updates being produced more frequently than annually.

10. The method of maintaining the value of home inspections over time of claim 1 further comprising said regular periodic updates being produced less frequently than annually.