Are you tired of the job that used to be teaching?
It is time to use your teaching skills in a career where your knowledge — and your ability to teach — is respected.
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- TREC-Approved Provider #701080
- 80% first-time pass rate
- 100% tuition-back guarantee
- Built by Matt Warner, M.Ed. + PI #24038
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You already know this
You did not fall out of love with teaching. The job stopped looking like teaching.
Keep your paycheck while you study. Most teachers finish in one summer plus evenings, sit the Texas exams, and decide when — or whether — to leave the district.
- Tired of the lack of respect?
- Tired of a new program every year that is guaranteed to change the school?
- Tired of removing a kid and seeing them back in the desk tomorrow?
- Tired of the extra duties, the PLC meetings, the 50- to 60-hour weeks?
- Tired of the lunatics running the asylum?
None of that means you failed at the work. It means the work changed. The fear that keeps people in the classroom is practical: if I leave, did I waste the degree? Can I cover the mortgage in August? Am I “handy” enough for a trade? Those are fair questions. They are also the wrong test for this career.
Home inspection is not a shop class. It is observation, documentation, and explaining a hard report to an anxious adult. You have been doing that at parent conferences for years. The difference is that the adult in front of you hired you for that skill — and pays you for it.
80%
first-try pass
You are not starting from zero
The skills that made you a teacher are the job.
You do not need a construction background. You need to learn the systems, then do what you already do well: notice, record, and explain.
Lesson plans
A systematic inspection. Same discipline: a sequence, a checklist, nothing skipped because you got tired.
Parent conferences
Walking a buyer through findings without panic or sugarcoating. Anxious adults. High stakes. You already do this.
Grading and comments
A written report that has to stand on its own after you leave the house. Clear. Specific. Defensible.
Classroom observation
Seeing what is actually happening, not what someone hopes is happening. That is the entire inspection.
The path
Study this summer. Keep the classroom until you pass.
You do not quit in May and hope it works. You enroll while you are still teaching, finish the coursework on a teacher’s calendar, and make the leap after the license is in hand — or inspect on breaks and keep the district job.
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Enroll while you are still employed
The Professional Inspector bundle is fully online. Evenings after grading. Weekends. The weeks after the last bell in June.
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Study around the school year
Teachers working full-time typically finish in three to six months. A focused summer plus night work is enough for many. There is no cohort calendar. You set the pace.
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Hit the finish line before you sit the exam
Complete the TREC courses. Score 75% or higher on five full-length practice exams for both the national exam and the Texas exam. Then you schedule. Not before.
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Inspect on your terms
Pass, then decide: leave the district, inspect summers and breaks, or build the book while you finish a year. The license does not expire if you take a semester to think.
Texas licensing has a few more steps than the coursework — a practicum, two exams, insurance, a background check. We walk that on a call. The full TREC outline is on Become an Inspector.
The money, honestly
You do not need a lottery ticket. You need a living that treats you like a professional.
Inspection income is not a salary on a district schedule. It is volume times a fee, minus the ordinary costs of running a small practice. Year one is a ramp — referrals, not a full calendar. The first honest target is matching what teaching pays you now, with a different life attached.
Match the classroom before you beat it
A full book is not required for this to be a win. Autonomy, no classroom management, and a path to matching what you make now is the first target. The ceiling exists. It is not the starting line.
Income is volume times a fee
You get paid per inspection, not per hour in a classroom. What you take home is how many you do, minus insurance, software, and driving. We will not pretend a mature book is typical in month six.
Your TRS does not vanish if you leave
If you are vested, leaving the district does not forfeit the pension you already earned. Inspection is self-employment — it is not a TRS-covered campus job. Confirm your own tier and employment-after-retirement rules with TRS before you resign. We are a school, not a benefits counselor.
What you earn depends on your market, your pace, and the book you build. We do not quote student incomes we cannot stand behind.
Why this school
Built by an educator. For people who already know how to study.
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An M.Ed. designed the curriculum
Matt Warner is a licensed Texas Professional Inspector (TREC #24038) with a Master’s in Instructional Technology from Texas Tech. The courses use adult learning theory — recall, application, feedback — not a talking-head video dump. You will recognize the pedagogy.
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80% first-time pass rate. Texas average is about 57%.
Those numbers are on the Texas Real Estate Commission site, not a brochure. Most of our students are career-changers with no construction background. That is the design, not an exception.
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Pass on your first try, or get 100% of your tuition back
Finish the courses, hit the practice-exam milestones, take the exams on the schedule we agree on. If you fail the first attempt, we refund the tuition. The school carries the risk.
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No construction background. First-try pass.
Robin came to TIA as a career-changer. No construction background. No inspection background. She finished the courses, hit her practice-exam milestones, sat for the exam, and passed on her first try. If you are wondering whether someone who has never pulled a permit can do this, watch the conversation.
Common questions
Questions teachers actually ask
The honest answers — including the ones that would talk a good person out of this if it were a bad fit.
Get the guide. Then decide.
Name and email. The Texas Home Inspector Career Guide shows up in your inbox. If it looks like a fit for a teacher’s calendar, call. If it does not, you lost nothing.
Pass on your first try, or get 100% of your tuition back.
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