If there’s anything real estate agents love to debate, it’s the topic of open houses. While some agents consider open houses an invaluable part of their real estate strategy, other agents are skeptical regarding their effectiveness. As a result, there are some common misconceptions about open houses among homeowners—and these myths could be impacting whether…
Joe Holland Certified Home Inspector
Joe Holland is a native of Chattanooga, TN, and the North GA area. He attended a local high school and the University of Chattanooga.
Joe is married to wife Lisa for 30 plus years and has 3 daughters. He is a member of Spring Creek Road Baptist Church
His full-time career began in customer service and logistical management with various retail companies. After 20+ years, this evolved into a career focused on building/team safety and new site development. He has worked as a site safety manager/facilities inspector in multiple Amazon facilities and site construction projects with VW before continuing his education and completing the Home Inspectors certification with ASHI ( American Society Home Inspectors) and interNACHI (international Association of Certified Home Inspectors) and becoming a TN licensed inspector In 2019. Since that date, he has completed an average of 280 inspections a year. He continues to stay up-to-date on building standards and practices by attending training and seminars with various continuing education programs, such as HITA (Home Inspectors Tennessee Association) Having a background in home inspection and OSHA safety, Joe is well suited to inspect both residential and commercial properties.
Founder & President of PRECISE Inspections, Inc: Tim Larkins
Our Founder and President, Tim Larkins was trained by AHIT (The American Home Inspectors Training Institute) back in 2005 and has since become one of just a few local Certified Master Inspectors through the National Certified Master Inspector Board. Tim is Tennessee State Licensed (TN License #384) and Certified to perform home and commercial property inspections, perform Radon testing, is a Certified Residential Thermographer to consult water damage or water intrusion as well as home scans for energy loss areas. Besides Tim’s vast education in home construction and system components, Tim comes from the service and detail oriented field of Golf. That’s right, Tim’s “prior life” was an active Class-A Golf professional with the PGA of America serving as Head Golf Professional of Barnsley Gardens from 2002-2005 and working as an Assistant Golf Professional at the Chattanooga Golf & Country Club from 1999-2002. Golf has taught Tim to look at things considering the “big picture”. This meant managing the golf shop, driving range, golf course, upcoming tournaments, staff, course conditions, lessons, etc … all at the same time. And if something fell through the cracks, there was going to be trouble. Tim uses those same skill sets to look at your property … balancing all major and minor systems and how they’re working together to best get a “big picture” of the property and its overall condition. Tim is as honest as they come and the current president of “Christ the King” Lutheran Church in Dalton, GA.
