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Draw Inspection Turnaround Time: What Drives Delays

ByRAZE Team

•October 15, 2026•5 min read

Draw Inspection Turnaround Time: What Drives Delays

A borrower calls on day four asking where the money is, and nobody can say which step is holding the draw. Draw inspection turnaround time is the part of that wait most lenders measure least, because the clock starts in one system and stops in another.

Here, turnaround means the time from the lender's order to a submitted report. The site visit itself is short: a residential draw inspection usually takes about 15 to 45 minutes on site. The rest is ordering, assignment, scheduling, access, travel, capture and review. For the short answer, see how long a draw inspection takes.

Where the days go

Step	Who controls it	What slows it
Order placed	Who controls itLender	What slows itAn incomplete draw request, re-keying into a vendor portal, or an order sent by email and missed
Inspector assigned	Who controls itVendor	What slows itNo inspector near the address, manual dispatch, or assignments offered to one inspector at a time
Visit scheduled	Who controls itBorrower, builder and vendor	What slows itAn unknown or unreachable site contact, a locked site or a missing lockbox code
On site	Who controls itInspector	What slows itWeather, a missing budget or plans, or work areas the inspector cannot reach
Report submitted	Who controls itVendor	What slows itReports assembled by hand, photos sorted after the visit, or a quality review queue
Report reviewed	Who controls itLender	What slows itA report sitting in one person's inbox, or questions sent back by email

Half of those steps sit at least partly with the lender or the borrower. A vendor can be quick on every step it controls and the draw can still wait, which is why a turnaround number means little until you know where its clock starts and stops.

Delays the lender controls

A complete order. Send the draw request, budget and site contact with the order, so the inspector does not wait on a second email.
One place to order. Re-keying an order into a portal, or emailing a vendor, adds hours before anyone is assigned. Ordering from the system where the request lands removes that step.
Site access. Ask the borrower for the site contact and access instructions when the draw is requested, not when the inspector calls.
Review. A submitted report that sits in one inbox is a delay the vendor never sees. Route reports to a shared queue and watch its age. Dead days shows how to put a cost on the wait.

Delays the vendor controls

Assignment, travel, capture and report assembly belong to the vendor. Ask any vendor four things: how inspectors are assigned and how far they travel; whether capture happens in an app that builds the report or in a camera roll sorted later; whether you can see status from order to submission; and how its turnaround figure is measured. See how to choose a draw inspection company.

How to read a turnaround number

A useful turnaround figure is an average with its method stated: which orders it covers, and from which event to which. A promise for every order ignores access, weather and location, which move individual inspections no matter who the vendor is.

Measure your own process too. Record when each draw request arrives, when the order is placed, when the report is submitted and when the draw is funded. The gaps show which step to fix first.

RAZE turnaround, with its method

Under RAZE's standard agreement, reports are submitted within three business days. RAZE averages 1.1 days from request to submission on residential draw inspections nationwide, an average rather than a promise for any one order.

Orders start in the Ordering Engine, in your own system through the RAZE API, or in an AI assistant through the RAZE MCP. Marketplace assigns an available inspector from the RAZE Inspection Network by location and availability, the assignment reaches the inspector's RAZE Mobile App with your requirements attached, and every status change is visible from order to submission. Through RAZE it is a flat $125 per single-family inspection when RAZE sends the inspector, or $25 per request with your own inspector. See the RAZE Rate Card.

Frequently asked questions

A good turnaround figure is one that is measured and stated with its method. Residential turnaround commonly runs from the same day to several business days from order to report, depending on location, access and the vendor's process. RAZE averages 1.1 days from request to submission on residential draw inspections nationwide, an average rather than a promise for any one order.

It depends on the step. Ordering, site access and report review usually sit with the lender or the borrower; assignment, travel, capture and submission sit with the vendor. Status from order to submission shows which step is holding the draw.

It does only if the lender's review keeps pace. The inspection is one step before funding; lien waivers, title updates and internal approvals follow it, and the lender decides when to fund.