I like McDonald’s. I enjoy their coffee, sweet tea and crispy chicken wrap. A store manager at McDonald’s earns about $40,212 a year. An assistant manager earns about $29,574. General restaurant managers in Orlando earn about $42,000.
One of the largest national mortgage field service companies pays $3 for mortgage inspections to about 70% of its field service inspectors. When considering income minus expenses, the net, or profit, is about $1.50 per inspection after driving around all day in heavy traffic and spending evening hours processing data and photos at your home computer. You will wear out your vehicle in a very short time. Your risk of a car accident increases because of all of the driving. Rain … snow … ice … heat … cold … no matter … you will be on the road performing $3 mortgage inspections. You will be asked to ignore no trespass signs and handle angry homeowners and angry dogs. Compare this to the income of a McDonald’s store manager. Who will be the first to put 200,000 miles on their car’s odometer? Will it be the mortgage field inspector or the McDonald’s manager? Who has better job stability and security? Mortgage inspections is a dead spot in the field services industry. Mortgage inspectors were paid inspection fees 20 years ago that were 200% higher than today and they required less work. Mortgage inspections will still pay $3 in 2033. Do you want fries with that order?
Simply Hired says the average salary for a commercial insurance loss control inspector is $59,000.

