After their first appearance in November 2020, Forever Home Inspection owners Brit and Lance Coffman recently jumped onto the Spectora Spotlight Podcast again, this time with their new business partners and fellow home inspectors, Kalyn and Matt Gibson. The Gibsons are heading up Forever Home Inspection’s expansion into Iowa. Podcast host Kevin Wagstaff talked to the four about what professional home inspectors can learn from this unique business arrangement. Here are some of the highlights.

10 Tips For Navigating The Home Inspection Process | This article teaches home buyers how to handle the home inspection process and repair requests (TRR) like a pro!

Hey Realtors! You’re an “unofficial business owner” leaving yourself at risk for all sorts of liability, and potentially leaving cash and opportunity on the table. Here are 4 major reasons why you need to have a business entity, like an LLC.

Forever Home Inspector is offering free continuing education (CE) courses for RE/MAX Realtors. If you are a Realtor with RE/MAX, you won’t want to miss this opportunity to get insight and education from one of Oklahoma’s top home inspection companies.

Forever Home Inspection is honored to be featured in the February publication of the Real Producers Magazine. The Tulsa Real Producers “serves the top real estate agents in our area by hosting exclusive invite-only social events, introducing them to the best vendors in the industry, and publishing a magazine for and about other high-performing agents” (Website).

Beginning in February, Forever Home Inspection will begin performing home inspections in Oklahoma City. Leading the charge is our new home inspector, Eric Avalos. Eric is passionate about architecture and real estate. Eric loves working with people and prides himself on his customer service skills. He is always striving to improve his knowledge and grow in his work, always going the extra mile. He considers innovation and growth to be some of his interests, which is why he is attending OSU for Construction Management. Above everything else, Eric is a joyful husband and proud father.

Inspections are invaluable to homebuyers because a home inspection and inspection report helps homebuyers decide which “problems” to buy. What do we mean by this?

For most homeowners, the HVAC system (Heating, Ventilation, & Air Conditioning) is one of the most important components of a home and its day-to-day comfort. But it’s also one of the most overlooked. HVAC systems are pricey and it’s tempting to adopt an “if I don’t look for problems, there aren’t any problems” attitude. Luckily, HVAC systems can be very resilient and last a long time, if you keep them in good shape. We’ll look at how long each part of the HVAC system can last, methods for proper upkeep, and how to tell when it is time to replace it.

The unfortunate truth is that all houses, no matter how well taken care of, or how new they are, have problems. When caught up in the process of buying a home, it’s easy to become idealistic and rigid about how perfect the house is going to be. In a world with hundreds of shows about home renovation and about people without budgets buying their dream houses, it’s understandable why so many of us panic when we find a great house and discover it has a few problems.

When searching Google for home inspection software, Spectora ranks among the top results organically. Right of 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.

Here’s some excellent information on how to become a licensed home inspector in Oklahoma. All you need to know, step-by-step, and more.

In real estate, an REO, which stands for Real Estate Owned, is a property that is owned by the lender. This lender is often a bank, or sometimes a government agency. A house is possessed by the lender if the homeowner defaults on their mortgage. To make up the loss, the lender tries to sell the house, and it becomes an REO if it is not sold in a foreclosure auction. With the current climate of real estate, it’s likely that more REO listings are going to hit the market. Buying a bank-owned home is different than other property purchases, so the purpose of this post is to help explain the unique features of REO real estate.

Are you a structural engineer in Oklahoma? Are you looking for an exciting job opportunity with competitive benefits, where you get to work with a rapidly expanding company? Forever Home Inspection is hiring! Read on to discover if you could be our next valued team member.

On one of the most recent episodes of the Spectora Spotlight Podcast, Forever Home Inspection owners Brit and Lance Coffman joined host and Spectora co-founder Kevin Wagstaff to talk about how they broke into the home inspection industry as outsiders, and what they’ve learned as their company has grown over the past four years. They had plenty of advice and wisdom for other professional home inspectors, especially those just starting out. Here are some of the highlights from the podcast about home inspection career advice.