An Honest Review of Spectora - A Leading Home Inspection Software
When searching Google for home inspection software, Spectora ranks among the top results organically. Right off the bat that’s a good sign! They are doing the work it takes to get in front of their clients; they are hungry for growth and it shows.
Spectora’s visibility and ambition are just one of the things we love about the service. In the video above, Britt Coffman, owner of Forever Home Inspection and Focus Building Inspections, gives her honest review of Spectora, which Forever Home and Focus Building have both been using since the beginning of each company. Instead of hiring someone to do the bulk of the administrative tasks needed to run her companies, Brit saw that Spectora could do all of these tasks, which ends up being more affordable!
There are several advanced features in Spectora that Brit loves:
The Actions - a sort-of “brand concierge.” This feature automates emails and text messages that can be sent to everyone involved with an inspection, from the inspector to the clients, to the agents, lenders, and third-party vendors. This easy approach means important messages, like reminding clients of payments or telling them how to prepare for the inspection, can be done quickly and simply.
Pay Splits- this software makes paying team members fast and simple, making payroll less of a hassle.
The service areas feature maps out territories for each inspector, so it is easier to know which houses that need inspections are in which territory, and therefore which inspectors should take care of it. This eliminates unnecessary travel time and makes things more efficient. This is a favorite tool among our team’s inspectors.
Metrics: This feature allows Brit to see all of the data related to her companies, which helps her make more fact-based decisions towards future business goals, and see how much progress is being made towards these goals.
What other things do we love about Spectora?
Spectora has a Youtube channel with valuable resources for home inspectors, from episodes of their podcast (which we were on! See video above) to their Startup Series which shows you how to use Spectora’s tools, and other informational videos that continues your education when it comes to your company’s marketing, growth, and promotion.
Social Media
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram- Spectora has a presence on all of the social media platforms, which not only advertises its services and promotes the inspectors that they work with, but it provides a model on how home inspection companies can use their own social media profiles to become more visible and connected.
Investing in inspectors
Spectora is dedicated to empowering and investing in the inspectors who use their services, which is why creating educational resources for inspectors to use, and highlighting inspectors (like through their podcast), is a major part of their practice and ethos.
Industry thought leaders
Spectora has proven to us time and time again that it is a company that won’t stand for stagnation, and neither do we! Spectora is driven to continually evolving to best help the home inspection industry, just like how at Forever Home Inspection, we are always focused on doing what’s best for the client.
