Field Inspection Launch Kit

The four lanes (all 1099, no license required)

Reality check: single inspections don't pay like gigs — density does. The model is 5–10 stops woven into routes you're already driving. $15 average × 8 stops/day layered onto gig work = +$120/day for ~90 added minutes.

Sign-up list — apply to ALL this weekend (each is a free application)

• GIS Field Services — gis.applicantstack.com — mortgage occupancy routes, steady volume
• Mortgage Bankers Field Services — mortgagebankersfs.com — mortgage/insurance inspections
• National Field Representatives (NFR) — nfronline.com — servicer inspections
• FAR Inspections — mortgage field inspections
• WeGoLook — wegolook.com — insurance/legal "Looks," $15–30 each, easy approval, good first tape
• Seek Now — insurance/claims inspections
• Trendsource (MSI) — merchant verifications + mystery/field audits
• Mueller Services — insurance loss-control surveys
• Quiktrak — floorplan/equipment audits (car lots — you'll enjoy these)
• Platform to know: EZinspections / InspectorADE — the work-order apps many networks route through

Requirements — you already own everything

• Smartphone with decent camera ✓ · reliable car ✓ (the Prius fleet king) · printer for some networks ✓
• Background check: most networks run a basic one free/cheap. The big servicer work (MCS, Safeguard, Five Brothers tier) requires an Aspen Grove ABC # (~$100–200/yr) — DON'T buy it yet. Start on the no-ABC networks; buy it only when a network offering real volume asks for it. Revenue-attached spend rule applies.
• 1998 dismissed matter: answer background questions the same honest way as everywhere — it hasn't stopped an MLO license, base access, or a notary commission path.

Route-stacking rules (protect the machine)

• Never break a gig surge window for a $12 inspection. Inspections fill the dead zones: mid-morning, 2–4 PM lull, between lunch and dinner runs.
• Accept only stops within ~2 miles of corridors you already drive — decline everything else the first month; density > volume.
• Track per-stop economics in week one: $ ÷ (detour minutes + on-site minutes). Kill any network averaging under ~$30/hr all-in.
• Batch by geography the night before — inspections have 24–72 hr windows, so they bend around gig peaks, not the reverse.

Safety + conduct (occupancy work specifics)

• Drive-by means drive-by: photos from the street/public right-of-way unless the order says approach. Never enter an occupied property; door-knock only when the work order requires contact.
• If confronted: calm, brief — "verification for the mortgage company, here's the work order" — and leave. No argument is worth $15.
• Notify your auto insurer that usage includes business/delivery if you haven't (you're already gigging — same disclosure covers this layer).

Where this fits the bigger machine

• Now: Layer 3 income on existing miles — helps hit the daily floor with less pure-gig dependence.
• Soon: pairs perfectly with notary — signing agents commonly stack inspections; same vendor-management world (Snapdocs energy), same B2B reliability game, and the go-direct playbook works on inspection companies too.
• Later: inspection work = free reps seeing distressed property condition — the exact eye your BRRRR/DSCR business needs. Every occupancy check is a masterclass in what default looks like from the curb.
• North star unchanged: the field-services agency (signings + inspections, a network of contractors, you managing vendors) — the Colony ops skillset as an owner.