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Message from the ASHI President: Silver Linings

By Mike Wagner | May 01, 2020

Shelter in place, essential business, social distancing, N95 mask, self-quarantine, flattening the curve…all terms most of us never used before March 2020.  These terms were forcefully inserted into our everyday vernacular by a global pandemic referred to as COVID-19. As I am writing this letter on March 29, 2020, in order to make the deadline in time for the May issue of the ASHI Reporter, we have no idea what tomorrow will bring. As this crisis changes by the hour, I am confident by the time you are reading this that the situation will have evolved into yet another new normal ...

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Mike Wagner

Mike Wagner, ACI, CRP, is President of RAL Inspection Services, a provider of relocation and trust inspections throughout North America. Mike received the President’s award for outstanding service to ASHI and has the honor to serve as the 2020 ASHI President. Mike is a member of the Worldwide Employee Relocation Council, from which he earned the Certified Relocation Professional (CRP) designation and was honored to receive the Worldwide ERC Meritorious Service Award. Mike maintains licensing to perform home inspections, wood-destroying insect inspections, and residential radon measurements, and is a certified Level 1 EIFS Moisture/QC Inspector. Mike has authored several articles, and is a frequent speaker and trainer for the relocation and inspection professions.  

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