BuildFax and NACHI link to help inspectors.

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#1

Originally Posted By: gjohnson
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BuildFax and NACHI have created a new partnership in an effort to help NACHI inspectors gain access into the records pertaining to homes they are about to inspect. By creating this new partnership NACHI members will be able to use the services of BuildFax to obtain a property history report. A BuildFax? Property History Report provided by a NACHI home inspector reveals the permit history for the property.



http://www.nachi.org/buildfax-nachi.htm

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Gary (Snicker's) Johnson - Free NACHOS
The NACHI Foundation
Executive Director

301-591-9895

#2

Originally Posted By: kwilliams
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If it works out, this will be great eusa_clap.gif eusa_clap.gif

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Member - MAB


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#3

Originally Posted By: staylor
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Do you have a sample of what a report will look like? If yes, please post so we can see one.


Steve Taylor
Taylor Inspection Services, Inc.
Fernandina Beach, Florida

#4

Originally Posted By: gjohnson
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I don’t have a sample. But I will see if I can get one to post.

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Gary (Snicker’s) Johnson - Free NACHOS


The NACHI Foundation


Executive Director


301-591-9895

#5

Originally Posted By: dvalley
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I’m definitely looking forward to this service.


Can't wait!!!

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David Valley
MAB Member

Massachusetts Certified Home Inspections
http://www.masscertified.com

"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go."

#6

Originally Posted By: gbell
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Nice job Gary.


This should be very useful for all of us.

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Greg Bell
Bell Inspection Service

#7

Originally Posted By: jhagarty
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BUILDERadius, Inc.


URL: www.buildingdepartment.com

BUIDERadius is a North Carolina based technology corporation, serving the $900 billion construction industry. BlueprinceTM has been developed with assistance from the International Code Council (ICC) and will be distributed as a replacement for the SBCCI/ICC BDS permitting software and is FREE to jurisdictions.. For more information visit us online at www.BUILDERadius.com.

Contact Information

BUILDERadius, Inc.
9 West Pack Square SW, Suite 300
Asheville, NC 28801
P: 828-350-9950
F: 828-255-0034

Homeowners Services / Sample of report contained within this link below.

http://buildingdepartment.com/homeowners.html

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Joseph Hagarty

HouseMaster / Main Line, PA
joseph.hagarty@housemaster.com
www.householdinspector.com

Phone: 610-399-9864
Fax : 610-399-9865

HouseMaster. Home inspections. Done right.

#8

Originally Posted By: mpelz
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Hello everyone!


Mike Pelz from BuildFax here to help answer any questions as we roll this new service out. I'm going to start a new thread dedicated specifically to answering BuildFax related questions on the message board. Joining me from time to time to help answer questions will be Patrick Braswell.

Since only yesterday, we've already received a ton of interest from NACHI members---Nick doesn't lie when he tells us what this website is capable of!

So far, most inquiries have been related to our coverage area. In a nutshell, we need each of you to tell us what parts of the country, and in particular the jurisdictions, where you do most of your inspections. In most cases, it takes a matter of 6 weeks or so to bring new areas online (some come online in as little as a couple weeks, others take longer due to data cleanliness). We're building a section of the BuildFax website dedicated specifically to NACHI members. This should be complete by the end of the month.

The bottom line is that BuildFax can be wherever you are...we just need to know where you are!

Any of you can contact me at any time:
mikepelz@buildfax.com
828.350.9950 x202

#9

Originally Posted By: mpelz
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I noticed a reference to www.BuildingDepartment.com…this is a separate division of BUILDERadius, parent company of BuildFax. BuildingDepartment.com serves building departments and contractors who are interested in implementing our BluePrince software. This division really has no bearing on BuildFax whatsoever.


BuildFax is a separate service offered at www.BuildFax.com and can be implemented in any jurisdiction, regardless of what software program they are using to run their building department.

Thanks,
Mike

#10

Originally Posted By: Nick Gromicko
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Nick Gromicko


Founder


dues=79cents/day.


I much prefer email to private messages.
#11

Originally Posted By: Nick Gromicko
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- Dian Hymer

Dian Hymer has been a top-producing and award-winning real estate agent in the San Francisco Bay Area for twenty-five years. She is a licensed real estate broker and a Certified Residential
Specialist. She has represented home buyers and sellers in over 500 hundred real estate transactions.
Her nationally syndicated real estate advice column, House Hunting, appears regularly in newspapers, including the San Francisco Chronicle, the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Sun Times, and the Houston Chronicle , as well as on Internet sites.

She is author of the consumer-oriented advice books: House Hunting, The take-along Workbook for Home Buyers, and Starting Out, The Complete Home Buyers Guide, both published by Chronicle Books.

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Nick Gromicko
Founder
dues=79cents/day.

I much prefer email to private messages.

#12

Originally Posted By: ktrice
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Hey guy’s i went to this site and i guess they don’t cover all states at this time. Any information on when states like Oklahoma will be covered?


thanks
Ken

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Ken Trice "MAB-MEMBER"
918-855-4484
NACHI Oklahoma Chapter President
www.tricehomeinspections.com
www.superteesembroidery.safeshopper.com

#13

Originally Posted By: mpelz
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I’ve seen a few posts and gotten several emails of folks inquiring about our coverage, and when we’ll expand into new areas. The short answer is this: tell us where you are (state, city, county) and that’s where we’ll go.


right now, we're launching major metropolitan areas, but the goal of this partnership is to serve NACHI members wherever we can and to give priority to NACHI in our expansion plans. You can help by telling us where you work. Once we know that, we can work to bring coverage to your area in a matter of weeks.

Send me an email or post a reply to: http://www.nachi.org/bbsystem/viewtopic.php?t=10405

I'm keeping a running tally of where we're headed next.

Thanks,
Mike

#14

Originally Posted By: dfrend
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Mr. Pelz,


First, I think this would be a great benefit to my customers. And the retail of $9.95 is not bad. Just wondering if terms of member pricing have been decided yet? Like I said, $9.95 is not bad, but the more cost we add to overhead, the higher our prices need to go eventually.

Thanks for your interest in helping the members here.

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Daniel R Frend
www.nachifoundation.org
The Home Inspector Store
www.homeinspectorstore.com

#15

Originally Posted By: mpelz
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We’re currently working with Nick to determine NACHI member pricing…details to come soon, but suffice to say there will be a sizable chuck cut out of retail pricing for NACHI members. Only NACHI members will be eligible for this discount, and BuildFax will not be partnering with any other Home Inspection Association.

#16

Originally Posted By: dvalley
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Mike,


You're a good man.

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David Valley
MAB Member

Massachusetts Certified Home Inspections
http://www.masscertified.com

"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go."

#17

Originally Posted By: jrooff
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To all NACHI members I think we may of struck GOLD on this one. Thank you Mike and Gary.

#18

Originally Posted By: dfrend
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Thank you for your reply. I will eagerly await my area being added!!! icon_biggrin.gif icon_biggrin.gif

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Daniel R Frend


www.nachifoundation.org


The Home Inspector Store


www.homeinspectorstore.com

#19

Originally Posted By: mpelz
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This is great…due to the amount of interest in this program, I’m putting together a rapid growth plan that should help expedite launching new coverage areas. We’ll have that plan up on our website within a couple weeks on the new www.buildfax.com/NACHI section of the site.


The buildfax.com/nachi section will be devoted to serving home inspectors and promoting other NACHI-BuildFax objectives. We're also working out a way to promote NACHI home inspectors directly to consumers and realtors on the main webpage, www.buildfax.com.

I'll keep everyone updated...

#20

Originally Posted By: jrooff
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Mike, thank you for all your trying to do. This alliance with NACHI sounds like a win/win situation and your setting a precedence to which I hope others will see the benefit and flow your lead.


Thank you again.