If Virginia Senate Bill 627 passes,  I will probably close my home inspection business.  I have never had any issues with the home inspections I have performed, but the risk to my business would be too great.  I am certain that other home inspectors will feel the same way.  Currently, people have a very difficult time finding qualified inspectors to do home inspections for them.  If this bill passes, that difficulty may become an impossibility for many home buyers.  How does not getting a home inspection help the people of this commonwealth?  Clearly, it does not.

Lastly, I have yet to see the overwelming evidence that this is a problem.  Why are our politicians trying to solve a problem that likely does not exist?  It seems evident to me that something else is driving this other than a goal of protecting the consumer and supporting small businesses.