Roofing salesmen and home inspectors are fools gold.
I feel like most of the plumbers, electricians, HVAC techs, carpenters, actual roofers, sheetrockers, and brick layers are all trying to be competitive and still get out there and bust a**, yet these fairies are floating around making $1,000's of dollars just riding around in air conditioned vehicles collecting $$$ with a tape measure, a ladder, and a flash light.
Folks, you can measure the square footage of your roof with Ai now. Truth is, most of them use it too. Not entirely accurate, but good enough for a rough estimate. Especially when you consider youre not paying anybody commission. 10/10 one of those "jobs" that will be consumed by Ai. And soon.
Also, a home inspector gets their certification with a 2 week training course, and typically have never used or owned any tools to actually do the work.
As an electrician of 12 years, and licensed: I have completed a LOT of their punch lists. I inevitably always catch something they miss.
They always have to find something to legitimize what they do. So why make 2 phone calls instead of 1?
Most of the aforementioned tradesmen could identify these problems if you would just ask us to take a look. We have so many rules to follow and red tape to cut through just to keep a business going.
Ive been on union jobs, non union jobs, residential, commercial, and industrial. The only common theme is that we are all short staffed. There are too few men in 2026 willing to roll their sleeves up and actually try to learn a trade and bare the elements.
Trouble is on the horizon.