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	<title>Alan Carson's Blog - HORIZON Home Inspection Software by Carson Dunlop</title>
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	<description>Home Inspection Made Simple...</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:31:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Alan Carson&#8217;s Blog</title>
		<link>http://about.discoverhorizon.com/blog/index.php/2008/06/05/disclaimer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:16:22 +0000</pubDate>
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This is my blog, so it’s my opinion. It’s not the last word on any subject. You are welcome to read, encouraged to consider, and should feel free to disagree.
Back to Horizon

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		<title>A great article with an important lesson</title>
		<link>http://about.discoverhorizon.com/blog/index.php/2009/12/17/a-great-article-with-an-important-lesson/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:31:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Inspection Techniques]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This article made me smile in so many ways. I don&#8217;t know who Brian is, but, &#8220;Thank you Brian!&#8221;
A model for decision-shy execs
Michael Stern,  Financial Post  Published: Wednesday, November 26, 2008



One of the toughest challenges in business today is making the right decisions at the right time. Should we launch our new product into export markets? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>$200,000 Judgment against BC Home Inspector</title>
		<link>http://about.discoverhorizon.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/19/200000-judgment-against-bc-home-inspector/</link>
		<comments>http://about.discoverhorizon.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/19/200000-judgment-against-bc-home-inspector/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:11:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[The home inspection industry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[November 16, 2009
 
Re: JUDGMENT AGAINST BRITISH COLUMBIA HOME INSPECTOR
                                                                                                                
This paper summarizes the case and identifies things home inspectors can learn.
 
The entire judgment can be seen at http://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/jdb-txt/SC/09/15/2009BCSC1515.htm
 
 
History
·         House built in 1960s with 1980s addition. House is on a steep lot.
·         Sold in 2006 for ~ $1.1 million.
·         Agent recommended inspector – Fee was $450.
·         [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Writing reports in  the field -  Laptop or PDA?</title>
		<link>http://about.discoverhorizon.com/blog/index.php/2009/05/01/writing-reports-in-the-field-laptop-or-pda/</link>
		<comments>http://about.discoverhorizon.com/blog/index.php/2009/05/01/writing-reports-in-the-field-laptop-or-pda/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 14:34:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Report writing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Some folks love the PDA solution,  There is no denying its convenience  and with our Horizon report writing software, it is fast and easy to use. 

 However, it looks to us like compact laptops are taking over the market, and are priced as competitively as PDAs.  There seems to be more research and development and considerably more product choice [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inspecting a House for a Second Time</title>
		<link>http://about.discoverhorizon.com/blog/index.php/2009/05/01/inspecting-a-house-for-a-second-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 12:21:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Inspection Techniques]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[The home inspection industry]]></category>

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 What happens when you inspect a house on Monday for one client, and then get a call to inspect the  same house on Thursday for a different client?  Should we tell the second client that we inspected the house before? Should we tell the first client that we are inspecting the house for a different client? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Secure are my Reports?</title>
		<link>http://about.discoverhorizon.com/blog/index.php/2009/04/29/how-secure-are-my-reports/</link>
		<comments>http://about.discoverhorizon.com/blog/index.php/2009/04/29/how-secure-are-my-reports/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:28:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Report writing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When people are looking at Horizon, our web-based report writing system, they often wonder whether their work will be secure.
That is a great question. Many of our users ask us about security at the beginning. Our security is very high, not only for our customers’ benefit, but also because we have our own inspection records [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Checking who has read your inspection reports</title>
		<link>http://about.discoverhorizon.com/blog/index.php/2009/04/27/checking-who-has-read-your-inspection-reports/</link>
		<comments>http://about.discoverhorizon.com/blog/index.php/2009/04/27/checking-who-has-read-your-inspection-reports/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:47:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Report writing]]></category>

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Quick Tip 
Do you send a copy of the report to the client and the agent? When you check to see who has read your report, it is tough to tell whether it was the client or agent who read it, if there is only one IP address. Here&#8217;s a little trick to make your life [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HOME INSPECTION TRENDS - early 2009</title>
		<link>http://about.discoverhorizon.com/blog/index.php/2009/03/31/home-inspection-trends-early-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://about.discoverhorizon.com/blog/index.php/2009/03/31/home-inspection-trends-early-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:02:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[The home inspection industry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The home inspection world has certainly changed over the last two years. After several years of constant growth, everything is different. I&#8217;m seeing home inspectors adjust their scope in several different ways. 
Most of the inspectors are cutting back in several ways. One of the cost-cutting measures that many have instituted is the elimination of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Horizon - Use the laptop version on your desktop computer!</title>
		<link>http://about.discoverhorizon.com/blog/index.php/2009/03/24/horizon-use-the-laptop-version-on-your-desktop-computer/</link>
		<comments>http://about.discoverhorizon.com/blog/index.php/2009/03/24/horizon-use-the-laptop-version-on-your-desktop-computer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Report writing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I had to smile today when I was speaking with someone. Sometimes you get so close to things you lose sight of reality. With Horizon, you can write reports online or off-line. We refer to the online report writing environment as the web version, and we call the off-line version the laptop version. Most people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Couple of Days in Chicago</title>
		<link>http://about.discoverhorizon.com/blog/index.php/2009/03/21/a-couple-of-days-in-chicago/</link>
		<comments>http://about.discoverhorizon.com/blog/index.php/2009/03/21/a-couple-of-days-in-chicago/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2009 21:32:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[The home inspection industry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I’m here in Chicago with a home inspection networking group, or more correctly, a group of friends in the home inspection business. We get together a few times a year to share experiences and ideas. We are from diverse parts of North America by design – we are not competitors. 
This time we have folks [...]]]></description>
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