My name is Jason Lewis and I am co-owner of Evergreen Home Inspections located in Sublimity, Oregon just outside of Salem. For the past 10 years I have been an Army Civil Affairs Officer with two deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. The amount of time I spent away from my family convinced me it was time for a new career. I was commissioned into the Army in Oct 2001 planning on making the Army a career. I was able to further my education by obtaining a Masters in Environmental Management, managed numerous, large scale contruction and development projects in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as learn the critical skills of working with a variety of individuals from host nation officials to road and bridge engineers and non-governmental agencies. All this while under the pressure of failing states and lack of local government or organizations. Regardless, it was stressful, time consuming and ultimately not worth the time I was away from home.
The critical thing I learned is that personal connection is everything.
I could get a lot more done if I knew somebody in a specific department or trade rather than cold call and hope to give a good pitch-although this is another skill I developed. In my search to apply my military training and expertice to the civilian sector Home Inspections became the focus. It is a new occupation for me but I have persisted in learning the trade. My partner and I understand that a real estate transaction is time sensitive (I have bought and sold three homes in the past 8 years). It is important to protect our clients by reporting true deficiencies according to the Oregon Standard of Practice. It is also important to protect our clients by not inundating them with uncessary issues, confusing them with untested technology or wading into areas that clearly fall outside our lane. We have a 7 point committment to Realtors on our website that we hope will be the basis of a good relationship and good business practices. At the core is that our reputation (both agent's and home inspector's) is paramount. The best way to improve and protect our reputation is to treat our client as we would want to be treated and find the issues that would concern us if we were buying a home. Conversely, stay away from areas that would be rabbit holes and avoid discussions with confusing jargon. We are general practitioners not specialists. We should not nit-pick at an inspection but report truthfully, accurately the condition of the home. With this philosophy at our core we are confident we can become the Willamette Valley's premier, go to Home Inspection company. Please contact me with any questions. Consider giving us an opportunity to prove our worth. We look forward to the challenge!
The critical thing I learned is that personal connection is everything.
I could get a lot more done if I knew somebody in a specific department or trade rather than cold call and hope to give a good pitch-although this is another skill I developed. In my search to apply my military training and expertice to the civilian sector Home Inspections became the focus. It is a new occupation for me but I have persisted in learning the trade. My partner and I understand that a real estate transaction is time sensitive (I have bought and sold three homes in the past 8 years). It is important to protect our clients by reporting true deficiencies according to the Oregon Standard of Practice. It is also important to protect our clients by not inundating them with uncessary issues, confusing them with untested technology or wading into areas that clearly fall outside our lane. We have a 7 point committment to Realtors on our website that we hope will be the basis of a good relationship and good business practices. At the core is that our reputation (both agent's and home inspector's) is paramount. The best way to improve and protect our reputation is to treat our client as we would want to be treated and find the issues that would concern us if we were buying a home. Conversely, stay away from areas that would be rabbit holes and avoid discussions with confusing jargon. We are general practitioners not specialists. We should not nit-pick at an inspection but report truthfully, accurately the condition of the home. With this philosophy at our core we are confident we can become the Willamette Valley's premier, go to Home Inspection company. Please contact me with any questions. Consider giving us an opportunity to prove our worth. We look forward to the challenge!
