Rick Hartmann, CPI     Owner & Principal Inspector

Rick Hartmann
Real estate inspection has been my full-time job since 2004. To date, I have performed over 3000 home, commercial, swimming pool and manufactured home inspections. I am also a licensed General B and C36 Plumbing Contractor. My construction company has performed over 80 rehabs to bank-owned homes, as well as other remodeling and repair projects. I know how homes should be built. I have taken them apart and put them back together again. I built my first 3400 sq.ft. custom home in 2002 and another in Monterey in 2020.

New Construction in Lincoln - 2002
New Construction in Monterey

I am an independent inspector. I answer the phone, perform the inspection and write the report. Each comment in the report is specifically written for the home I am inspecting. Each comment describes the concern, what the implications are and who to call to fix it. No weasel words and beating-around-the-bush. You get a direct and to-the-point report.

Before choosing an inspector, look at their sample reports. If their sample report does not make sense, yours won't make sense either. Use my sample report and qualifications when comparing others. It is foolish to shop for a home inspection by price alone. In this business, you get what you pay for.

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