Keep the job you have. Train for the one you want next.
Home inspection is a licensed trade you can study around a shift, a classroom, a route, or a hospital schedule. You do not have to quit to find out if it fits.
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- TREC Qualifying Provider #701080-QP
- Bulletproof Test Prep included
- $500 off PI Bundle, $400 off REI Bundle
- Offer expires December 31, 2026
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You Spent Your Career Helping Others. Next, You Can Help People Buy Homes.
The fact is the home inspection industry is barely 50 years old. It is so new, no one really knows about the career. You never hear kids dreaming about one day being a home inspector. Home inspectors are career changers. If you come from one of the following careers, we appreciate all you've done for our country.
Teachers
The classroom paycheck can stay while you study. Evenings, weekends, and a summer are enough for a lot of people. You already explain hard things to anxious adults.
Firefighters and Police
Keep the department job. Study on the off days. A lot of people in this work license first and decide later whether inspecting is a side book or the next full-time job.
Hospital Staff
Shifts do not line up with a classroom. The courses are online and self-paced, so you train around the schedule you already have instead of asking for a leave.
School Administrators
You already run a building, a calendar, and a stack of people who need a clear answer. Inspection is a report, a sequence, and a client, not another district initiative.
CDL and Truck Drivers
Home time is the scarce thing. The coursework waits for you. Once you are licensed, the work is local, a house, a report, and a drive across town instead of across the state.
Military and Veterans
You already know how to follow a checklist and write down what you actually saw. You can start while you still have the paycheck or the pension, and the license is yours.
Why home inspection works as a second career
You do not resign to start
Enroll while you are still employed. Most students study nights and days off, then sit the exams when the practice scores are there.
No construction background required
Most TIA students are career-changers. The job is observation, a written report, and a clear explanation. The courses teach the systems.
The license is a real second engine
You are paid per inspection, not per hour on someone else's clock. Year one is a ramp. We will not put a salary on this page that we cannot stand behind.
You set the days once you are licensed
Part-time beside the job you have is a real version of this work. Full-time is a later decision, after the license is in hand.
Texas still requires the qualifying courses, two exams, a practicum, insurance, and a background check. We walk that on a call. What you earn depends on your market and the book you build. Matching your current pay is the honest first target, not month one.
Why the TIA Bulletproof System works when other schools don't
Most home inspection schools were built by inspectors. Good ones, sometimes great ones. But being great at the job is not the same as being great at teaching it. The TIA Bulletproof System combines two tools: TIA helps build the boat, BTP helps find any holes and plug them. On test day, everyone knows the boat will float.
TIA: the school that builds the foundation
The Inspection Academy is the TREC-approved qualifying education side of the system, built on adult learning theory by Matt Warner, M.Ed. in Instructional Technology from Texas Tech and a licensed Texas Professional Inspector (TREC #24038). You engage, recall, and apply, not just watch videos.
BTP: the adaptive tool that finds and fixes the gaps
Bulletproof Test Prep takes over once your TIA courses are complete. Adaptive AI analyzes every practice exam, finds the domains where you are still weak, and builds a personalized study plan around them. Scenario-based questions, application not recognition.
A measurable finish line, not a vibe
The standard is five full-length practice exams at 75% or higher on both the national exam and the Texas state exam. When you hit that mark, you are not hoping you will pass. You will pass.
$500 off the PI Bundle. $400 off the REI Bundle.
For teachers, firefighters and police, hospital staff, school administrators, CDL and truck drivers, and military and veterans. The monthly payment stays $100 either way. Only the down payment and the number of months change.
PI Bundle
Texas Professional Inspector Bundle
$2,650 total. $750 due today (down payment plus the first $100 payment). Then $100 a month. 0% interest.
Start Plan for $750 TodayREI Bundle
Texas Real Estate Inspector Bundle
$2,100 total. $700 due today (down payment plus the first $100 payment). Then $100 a month. 0% interest.
Start Plan for $700 TodayOffer expires December 31, 2026. $500 off the PI Bundle and $400 off the REI Bundle for the professions listed above.
Before you enroll
Do I need a construction or trade background?
No. Most of our students are career-changers learning this from scratch. If you can follow a sequence and put in the study time, you can do the coursework. Teaching, a shift job, a hospital schedule, a route, or military service is closer to the work than people think, you notice, you write it down, you explain it.
Can I keep my current job while I train?
Yes. That is the point of this page. The courses are fully online and self-paced. Students who are working full-time elsewhere typically finish the Professional Inspector bundle in three to six months. You do not quit in order to start studying.
Who is the $500 off and $400 off for?
Teachers, firefighters and police, hospital staff, school administrators, CDL and truck drivers, and military and veterans. It is $500 off the Professional Inspector bundle and $400 off the Real Estate Inspector bundle. The monthly payment stays $100. Only the down payment and the number of months change. This offer expires December 31, 2026.
What do I actually pay?
Professional Inspector bundle: $2,250 paid in full (was $2,750), or $650 down plus 20 payments of $100, which is $2,650 total. Real Estate Inspector bundle: $1,600 paid in full (was $2,000), or $600 down plus 15 payments of $100, which is $2,100 total. The amount due today on a plan is the down payment plus the first $100. Offer expires December 31, 2026.
Which bundle should I pick?
The Professional Inspector bundle is the full license most students come for. The Real Estate Inspector bundle is the shorter path if you want to work under a licensed Professional Inspector. Both include the qualifying courses and Bulletproof Test Prep. If you are unsure, call and we will walk the trade-off.
Is TIA TREC-approved?
Yes. The Inspection Academy is TREC Qualifying Provider #701080-QP. The courses are qualifying education for the Texas inspector licenses. You can confirm the provider on the Texas Real Estate Commission website.
What is included besides the courses?
Bulletproof Test Prep, the adaptive review app, is included at no extra cost. So is Spectora software training. The phone number on this page reaches the people who built the program. Payment plans are 0% interest, with no credit check.