energized white conductor in the panel?

[Jim W in Tampa]

You're right, individual inspections by specific trade professionals would provide a much more detailed look into the place but would cost many times more than what the typical HI charges. Buyers have been convinced that the one stop shopping approach of a single HI to look at everything is good enough. Problem is that there are good HI's and not so good HI's. What you get for 400 bucks can be either of those.

Maybe i should see what it takes to become one here. I have been in the building trade most of my life and built 20 + houses from ground up so would know more than many. At $400 a pop would be cool if all i got was 1 a week. I am wanting to be semi retired in next few months.