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Home Inspection

Category - Business Operations

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A real estate agent asks you to inspect a home. She offers to double your fee if the home inspection report is favorable. You should respond by:
  1. Reporting her to the proper authorities for trying to bribe you
  2. Agreeing to her request and scheduling the inspection immediately
  3. Declining her offer on the grounds that it violates ethical standards
  4. Telling her to never call you again unless she is willing to triple your fee
Explanation
Answer: C - A real estate agent asks you to inspect a home. She offers to double your fee if the home inspection report is favorable. You should respond by declining her offer on the grounds that it violates ethical standards. These standards are established to help home inspectors in such situations. Home inspectors should never enter into any sort of contingency arrangements in which compensation is tied to inspection outcomes.
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