ASHI NEWSROOM
INDUSTRY NEWS AND UPDATES FROM THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HOME INSPECTORS, INC.
It’s hard to believe that we are halfway through 2024. This year has been one to remember, and there’s still more on the way.
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James Thomas
Member Exclusive
The ASHI 2023 President’s Staff Award had two deserving recipients this year—
Edwin Barrera and Alicia McCray.
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Laura Rote
Member Exclusive
When navigating how to get work as a home inspector, sometimes the simplest methods generate the best home inspection leads.
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Alyssa Cink
Member Exclusive
With all of the recent buzz around indoor air quality issues, let’s talk about what we refer to as the lungs of the home—the HVAC system.
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Barry Mankin ACI
Member Exclusive
Have you thought about what makes you appreciably different from other home inspectors? If you haven’t, you’re not alone.
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Rick Richards
Member Exclusive
To submit your postcard, please send your name, city, state, high-resolution photos, headings and captions to:
postcards@ashi.org
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ASHI Staff
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I once compared conditions in 300 randomly selected homes I inspected as a home inspector to 600 “sick homes” I inspected as an indoor-air-quality professional; these were houses where occupants were suffering from asthma and/or allergy symptoms.
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Jeffrey C. May
Member Exclusive
Whether you’re just getting your business off the ground or making plans to expand your inspection services, we want to make shopping that much easier. We’ve compiled popular personal protective equipment (PPE), splurge-worthy technology, and tools for home inspectors from multiple sources across the industry into one article.
Grab a pen and buckle up for this comprehensive list of inspection tools and equipment.
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Stephanie Jaynes
Member Exclusive
From ensuring safety to guaranteeing accuracy and having the best, safest, and correct tools is paramount in conducting thorough and reliable home inspections.
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Edited by ASHI Staff
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The ASHI Affiliate Member program is a way that home inspectors can access the products and services they need to enhance their businesses. Here is a more detailed look at some of the current ASHI Affiliate Members.
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Laura Rote
Member Exclusive
Being thorough may be the most important attribute of a good inspector. Thoroughness demonstrates your dedication to providing a complete inspection of the property and develops client confidence in your expertise and the accuracy of your findings.
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Ray Mayo
Member Exclusive
To submit your postcard, please send your name, city, state, high-resolution photos, headings and captions to:
postcards@ashi.org
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ASHI Staff
Member Exclusive
What does it take to start a home inspection business? Lots of learning, research, dedication, and a plan to set you up for success. This will prepare you for the mountain of decisions that come with getting a new home inspection business up and running. As a result, you will be able to create solid risk management practices that carry you throughout the course of your career.
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Alyssa Cink
Member Exclusive
I want to talk to you about InspectPAC and report about InspectionWorld on the Road—ASHI’s effort to bring InspectionWorld closer to home. I would also like to report that the first of four InspectionWorld on the Road events was successful.
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Mark Goodman
Member Exclusive
Kathleen Austin Kuhn has a long family history in home inspections. Her father, Ken Austin, is a Charter Member of ASHI, and in the mid-’80s she opened her own home inspection business shortly after college. Her husband joined the business several years later and continues to do inspections, while her youngest son is also a home inspector.
By:
Laura Rote
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A few months later I received a complaint email. The email was short and direct. I suspect I get one such complaint every year (I have been doing this for almost nine years now), and only once has someone threatened to take me to court (after she talked to her lawyer and reread my pre-inspection agreement she dropped that line of thinking).
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Ray Mayo
Member Exclusive
Sean Troxell’s positive energy is infectious. You can almost see him answering the phone with a smile. Troxell recently won ASHI’s Ironman Award—an annual accolade given to an ASHI Member who has given time, energy, talent, and determination to ASHI over a long period and with little recognition.
By:
Laura Rote
Member Exclusive
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The ASHI 2023 President’s Staff Award had two deserving recipients this year—
Edwin Barrera and Alicia McCray.