In the world of home inspection software, a trend has emerged: everyone’s trying to do it all. From scheduling and payment processing to report writing and marketing, the goal seems to be to offer a “one-stop-shop” for every aspect of the home inspection business. While this might sound appealing, there are pitfalls with the all-in-one approach, including:
- It often sacrifices the quality and depth of core features, particularly in the case of report writing.
- It makes your business dependent on a single provider. You can feel trapped if they go down or become unreliable or more expensive.
- A limited report writer will hamper your growth. You may overlook the limitations at first but the more inspections you do, the more you will discover its limitations. For instance, do your reports look almost exactly like your competitors’ reports?
At ScribeWare, we’ve chosen a different path: building the best, most reliable, customizable, and powerful report-writing tool in the industry. We think being the best at one thing is better than being just OK at a lot of things.
Why Report Writing Matters Most
When it comes down to it, the home inspection report is the centerpiece of your business. It’s the final deliverable, the product your clients take away from the inspection, and the key to securing referrals and repeat business. If your report doesn’t provide clarity, professionalism, and a comprehensive understanding of the home’s condition, you risk damaging your reputation—and in that case, it won’t matter that your scheduling and payment systems are top-notch.
That’s why we’ve put all of our energy into building a report writer that doesn’t just get the job done, it excels at it.
We’ve been able to innovate by focusing on report writing
Our focus on inspector user experience has resulted in industry-leading speed, customization, and innovation. If you don’t believe us, just look at what we have built. And we had to name these tools because they do not exist anywhere else in the industry!
- Gunnysacked comments: In ScribeWare, you can do more and do it faster with gunnysack comments. These help you move quickly and can drastically reduce the number of comments you need to write and maintain in your library.
- Photo captions to bullets: Imagine a workflow where all you need to do is take photos and caption them. This technique allows for fast, high-quality report writing using far fewer comments.
- Inspector-only notes: There is no faster way to write a report than checkboxes. You can just go tick, tick tick, and get the report done. The problem is that checkbox reports are seldom the best for the client. So we build check boxes that only you see, which then display pre-written narrative comments for the client when checked. The checkboxes stay hidden in the final report. Tick, tick, tick.
- Library categories: Imagine being able to sort your library of comments into folders that can be shared with any section of any template. This kind of feature help you stay organized and lets you grow as you need to add or expand report templates.
- Unlimited observation modifiers: There is no way to write a detailed report with just three modifiers. If you are doing detailed work, you have to be able to distinguish major concerns from reports, maintenance improvement items, incomplete items, or due diligence items. We let you make your own modifiers to fit your inspection style and let you stand out in your market.
Focusing on the Core of What You Do Best
ScribeWare is not another web-based app and for good reason. Web-based apps are limited tools for report writing. That’s why we have built our report writer on a cloud-connected database. This gives you all the security and convenience of a cloud-connected tool but with the power of a database. It also allows us to add layers of code like CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) and JavaScript on top of the base code for unprecedented levels of report customization.
All of this power in a database allows us to accomplish our mission statement. Better reports, written more quickly.
Penney Wise and Pound Foolish
We know business management is critical. That is why we integrate with the best tools in the industry; Keystone and ISN are both specialists in online scheduling, timed emails, calendar events, and other powerful tools to schedule jobs, take payments, and manage agreements. Our integrations are so tight that getting your jobs over from these tools and publishing to them is just one click away. So if these tools exist, why do all in one?
Well, the most common argument we hear for all-in-one is that it’s less expensive because you get two apps for the price of one. But let’s analyze this for a moment… Sure, with all-in-one software, you only pay for the one platform. But if the reports you’re writing with that software take you longer (remember, your time is money!), look just like everyone else’s reports, and don’t get you new business because they’re so much better than the competition’s… are you really saving money in the long run
Ever heard the idiom penny wise and pound foolish? We like to focus on helping you build reports that stand out from the competition. See the ROI this Scriber gets for his superior inspection reports.
Conclusion: The Power of Focused Innovation
In an industry that’s increasingly crowded with all-in-one software solutions, the temptation to do everything can be strong. But we’ve stayed true to our belief that the best way to serve home inspectors is by delivering a powerful, easy-to-use, and customizable report writer. By focusing solely on this essential aspect of your business, we ensure that you have a tool that not only meets but exceeds your reporting needs.
If you’re ready to experience the difference that comes from a software platform that puts report writing first, we’d love for you to give us a try. With ScribeWare, you’ll get a tool that makes writing professional, comprehensive reports easier, faster, and more reliable than ever before.
Download ScribeWare today to see how our powerful report writer can elevate your business to the next level!
