It will go out this week!
I like the new logo design
http://www.moldcareer.com/images/Product/fullsize/527/CMI.jpg
Notice: The above is posted for entertainment purposes only. The poster is not associated with and does not claim certification status through any CMI organization. He is also not certified through the interNational Association of CERTIFIED Home Inspectors as that organization does not certify home inspectors :mrgreen:
Some of the Dumbest questions on the Message Board are from CMI’s
How could that be possible?
It is interesting that CMI is no good for some until it is free. Funny.
There is a method to my madness!:mrgreen:
And by the way, your leader is the one who made the offer. If you have any issues with that, perhaps you should take it up with him.
That must be the ones that got in when you only needed 100 hours of education or inspections.
Wasn’t Wendy a CMI? :mrgreen:
Another one of the reasons I haven’t given CMI much thought. I remember several CMI’s calling ridge and hip bracing “temporary” supports. Honestly some of thew most rookie questions seem to come from SOME of the CMI’s. I’m sure that there are some though who actually know what’s going on…few but some.
I have no issue with Nick giving a gift to people. So you like CMI now?
What is a ridge and hip?
Sorry… I am joking…:mrgreen:
I didn’t give away any CMI professional designations. I personally provided financing for some applicants, and the applicants still have to fulfill the requirements.
IMHO, 5 years, 1,200 inspections, 500 CEU’s, at least. Perhaps a requirement to take all of NACHI courses. References. If you are doing good business, you can pay a good fee.
A marketing line better than "LOL! Someone isn’t following the message board testimonies of members who have used their CMI designation to acquire market share and raise prices. I double dare you to post one sales line that tops “I’m a Certified Master Inspector.”
Here it is:
“My fee is $249 for a complete whole house inspection with termite on any size home”.
Nope, I still think it is weak, but, a marketing tool nonetheless, just like most home inspector organizations.
The issue isn’t giving a gift to “some” people. The issue is
- The advertisement in the Realtor magazine specifically promotes CMI inspectors, which by default, lowers those who are not, at least in the Realtors eyes, and
- If Nick made this offer to me and a few others, every inspector should have the same opportunity.
This makes sense and thanks for sticking up for your fellow inspectors!! I’m still not sure that I want to be in the same category as those claiming claiming to be a Master inspector but don’t know the diff between temporary bracing and required ridge/hip bracing or any other question a rookie framer’s helper could answer.
I can hardly wait myself for the Certified Level II CMI Designation.
Get your checkbook out…$2K and two thousand inspections/ce hours!
If the association really wanted to make it valuable, they cod add code certified to the level 2 designation. Then again, how wold they make any money on the courses?:mrgreen:
You can be ICC code certified without ever taking a course and without ever performing a code inspection. I happen to know… because I am and I never took a course or performed a code inspection. I just walked in and took the exam. I’m just good at passing exams, and besides, it was an open-book exam and for an extra $12 ICC sold me the book tabs that tells you where to look up the answers. I finished in a little over 1/2 the time allotted.
Blast from the past.
Ah, the good old days.
How dare you…! :mrgreen:
Nick, on the one hand you tell us that Education Providers have rigged the game by supplying all the different levels of “Certifications” for Thermograhhy, and that the whole thing is just a clever scheme.
Then on the other hand you tell us that your CMI different Level of HI Certification is not a scheme and we should all rush in and get this “Higher Level” Qualification.
Brilliant Nick. 