Business View Magazine - April 2016 97
al issues costing many thousands of dollars to repair
or replace.
Bill Redfern, President and CEO of A Buyer’s Choice
Home Inspections (ABCHI), developed his home in-
spection company after years in the real estate indus-
try as a salesman, broker, and investment property
owner. Realizing that the home inspection business
provided little uniform reliability for realtors, home buy-
ers, and home sellers, Redfern set out to protect all
parties with full and precise disclosures on the condi-
tion of any properties up for sale.
“I thought that we could do something on a much
broader scale with consistency and professionalism,”
he explains. “The mission was to offer consistency to
consumers and the real estate community, alike. So
when they saw our logo or our brand, or saw one of
our vehicles, they trusted they were going to get a fair
shake.”
Redfern also surmised that the best way to set up
ABCHI was to follow the type of franchise model that
had worked so successfully for real estate companies,
such as Re-Max. “I thought there was a lot of merit to
that,” he says, “and I designed the business accord-
ingly from the get-go.”
Today, A Buyer’s Choice Home Inspections is an indus-
try-leading, home inspection franchise with locations
in 15 countries around the world, including Canada,
the United States, Chile, the Czech Republic, Slova-
kia, and New Zealand. Currently, there are more than
120 franchises across Canada, nearly 30 in the United
States, and dozens more internationally.
Redfern believes that ABCHI differentiates itself from
the competition in several ways – first and foremost by
its software platform that allows its inspectors to cre-
AT A GLANCE
WHO:
A Buyer’s Choice Home Inspections
WHAT:
A home inspection franchise company
WHERE:
Headquarters in Pompano Beach, Florida
WEBSITE
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