Third-party rental inspections
Local, vetted inspectors serving Sacramento & the SF Bay Area.
From $150 per inspection — no subscription, no monthly fee.
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Report
RN-24-1182
Inspection
Move-in snapshot
Walkthrough
2026-04-21 · 10:42 EDT
Kitchen
GoodRefrigerator — clean. Sink — slow drain noted. Range — igniter functional.
Bathroom 1
WornCaulking failing along tub edge. Exhaust fan — quiet on low.
Living Room
GoodCarpet — light wear near entry. South-facing window operates.
Bedroom 1
NoteCloset door off track. Paint touch-up above dresser.
Vetted
Local inspectors
First stat
24–48h
Report turnaround
At the door
Landlord + tenant sign
Reused
Baseline for follow-ups
Process
From the first quote to the final report — what actually happens between you, the inspector, and your tenant.
Address, size, and what needs documented. We send a flat quote — no subscription to keep up with.
Our network covers every metro we serve. The closest available inspector takes the job.
The inspector walks the property with landlord and tenant present. Both sign the same baseline before leaving.
Room-by-room, time-stamped, signed by both parties. Reused for routine follow-ups, damage comparison, and end-of-lease deposit reconciliation.
What is door acknowledgement?
The tenant signs at the door when the inspection happens. Landlord too, before the inspector leaves. Same baseline, same PDF, both signatures, one timestamp. That single act is what turns a walkthrough into a record — and what makes the report usable when the deposit conversation starts.
Door acknowledgement
Both parties sign the same baseline at the door — before the inspector leaves. It is the step that turns a walkthrough into a record.
Signed at the property
One report, two signatures, one timestamp
Booking confirmed, baseline referenced
Artifact: Job reference + last-known condition baseline attached to the booking.
Walks the unit, room by room
Artifact: Photo log + room-by-room findings, time-stamped in local time.
Present at the door, evidence reviewed
Artifact: Both parties compare their notes against the inspector's findings on-site.
Sign the same baseline before leaving
Artifact: Dual signatures on a single PDF — landlord + tenant, timestamped at the property.
Report delivered, signatures sealed
Artifact: Sealed PDF report emailed to both parties within 24–48 hours.
Baseline reused for the next inspection
Artifact: Move-out / periodic visit appends a delta to the same baseline — not a new report.
What the inspector actually delivers signed
Why both parties, both signatures
Single-party reports drift. Without a counter-signature, the same baseline reads as “landlord only” or “tenant only” — and the dispute is back to square one. Door acknowledgement is what locks in a starting line both sides will defend.
For recurring licensing visits, the baseline is reused and each visit appends a delta — landlord and jurisdiction see change over time, not a stack of disconnected PDFs.
What we inspect
The same inspector, the same report format, the same baseline — whether the reason is a tenant change, a licensing visit, or a renter who wants their own snapshot mid-lease.
S-001
A photo-rich walkthrough the day keys change hands. The same baseline gets reused at move-out.
S-002
Walked line-by-line against the move-in baseline. Dispute-ready at the door.
S-003
A 15-minute exterior walk — siding, roofline, gutters, egress. For long-distance landlords.
S-004
Pre-marketing condition report. Catches habitability concerns before they become deposit disputes.
S-005
Scheduled visits for jurisdictions that require periodic habitability or rental-licensing inspections.
S-006
Renters pay a small fee to request their own snapshot at any point in the lease. Goes to both parties.
Inspection types, deep
The grid above gives the at-a-glance menu; the blocks below give when to book, what the inspector actually walks, what gets delivered, and the starting fee. Same S-codes, deeper detail.
Looking for the tenant-initiated snapshot (S-006)? It's covered under the standard pricing tier — see pricing.
S-001
Baseline
On the day keys change hands — before the tenant moves furniture in. Sets the baseline every later inspection inherits.
Every room plus exterior envelope: walls, floors, fixtures, appliances, HVAC, plumbing fixtures, windows, doors, smoke/CO detectors.
Photo-rich, room-by-room condition report — sealed PDF, dual signatures captured at the property.
S-002
Comparison
Within the jurisdiction's notice window — before the keys are returned. Reconciles line-by-line against the move-in baseline.
Every room plus exterior — same scope as the move-in snapshot. Each finding cross-references the baseline record.
Comparison PDF with dated deltas — dispute-ready at the door, deposit reconciliation done before the deposit is contested.
S-003
Drive-by
Between tenants, between cycles, or whenever a long-distance landlord needs eyes on the property without a full interior walk.
Exterior envelope only — siding, roofline, gutters, eaves, egress, walkways, parking area, dumpster enclosure.
Short-form photo log delivered within 24 hours — single signature from the inspector, no door acknowledgement needed.
S-004
Pre-leasing
Before a unit is marketed — catches habitability concerns before they become a deposit dispute at move-out.
Full interior scope with a habitability lens: heat, water, ventilation, egress, life-safety items, structural concerns, code-relevant fixtures.
Habitability-grade report with remediation callouts — landlord can address findings before listing, tenant sees the unit in its pre-marketed state.
S-005
Recurring
On the jurisdiction's interval — typically quarterly or annually. Reuses the existing baseline so landlord and inspector see change, not repetition.
Jurisdiction-defined checklist plus the elements that drift between visits — plumbing fixtures, HVAC, smoke/CO detectors, egress, life-safety items.
Appended delta record on the existing baseline — one report over time, not a stack of disconnected PDFs.
How the model works
You book a walkthrough when you need one — at move-in, at move-out, or on a recurring licensing cadence. The fee covers the inspector's time, the photo-rich report, and the signed PDF delivered to both parties. There is no platform subscription layered on top.
Pricing
Most one- and two-unit landlords want an outsourced service instead of another subscription. We charge per inspection — never per unit per month.
Studio & 1-BR
$150
Same-day or next-day report
Flat fee, no platform subscription
2 & 3-BR
$275
Standard 48-hour report
Most move-in and move-out
4+ BR / commercial
$350
48-hour report, multi-unit rates on request
Larger units and special-use
Scheduled visits for jurisdictions that require periodic habitability or rental-licensing checks. The same baseline is appended each visit, so landlord and jurisdiction see one record over time.
Renters pay a small fee — from $25 — to request a snapshot at any point in the lease. The report goes to both tenant and landlord, acknowledged at the door.
Who it serves
For landlords & operators
For tenants
Who shows up at the door
Every Snagmark walkthrough is carried out by an inspector we've vetted — background checks, reference checks, and a calibration walk on a sample property before they take their first job. The same character, same clipboard, same baseline from quote to signed PDF.
Inspector
Your local Snagmark inspector
Common questions
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