What you'll accomplish
By the end of this guide, you'll use ChatGPT to generate customized inspection checklists and property-specific research summaries before you walk into any inspection — especially useful for property types outside your usual wheelhouse (historic homes, commercial, mixed-use, unusual residential) where standard URAR inspection habits may leave gaps.
What you'll need
- ChatGPT account (free tier is sufficient)
- Order details for the upcoming inspection (property type, any notes from the order)
- Time needed: 10 minutes before inspection; no additional time during inspection
- Cost: Free
How-To Guide: Use ChatGPT to Prepare for Complex Property Inspections
Step 1: Understand what pre-inspection AI preparation does
Standard residential inspections follow a familiar pattern — you've done it hundreds of times. But when you accept an order for a 1920 Victorian, a property with a detached ADU, or your first commercial assignment, you may not have a mental checklist for the additional items you should document.
ChatGPT can generate a comprehensive, property-type-specific inspection checklist in 60 seconds — faster than googling "what to look for in a historic home appraisal."