Originally Posted By: gromicko
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http://www.nachi.org/inspectionagreement.htm
Nick
http://www.nachi.org/inspectionagreement.htm
Nick
Originally Posted By: Arlene Transue
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New Service For Home Inspectors and their clients.
www.inspectionagreement.com
Buyers who do not attend the Home Inspection can read and agree to your pre-inspection agreement online. Great for out of town buyers who recieve emailed reports.
I am here to answer any questions or concerns you have about the site.
You can email me directly info@inspectionagreement.com
Arlene
Originally Posted By: tgardner
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Nick,
What the john EffEn Kerry?
tg
Originally Posted By: Nick Gromicko
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Tim:
What do you mean?  What exactly do you mean? 
Nick
Originally Posted By: Arlene Transue
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What the john EffEn Kerry?
I am not sure what this means either.
I guess my answer is Howard Effen Dean?
Arlene
Originally Posted By: Nick Gromicko
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Arlene:
I think I know what he means by the adjective "EffEn." 
Nick
Originally Posted By: gbeaumont
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OK I must be missing something
Why would I want to pay for a service that any fool with a fax can do for themselves
Regards
Gerry
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Gerry Beaumont
NACHI Education Committee
e-mail : education@nachi.org
NACHI phone 484-429-5466
Inspection Depot Education
gbeaumont@inspectiondepot.com
"Education is a journey, not a destination"
Originally Posted By: gbell
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Hi Gerry
Do all of your customers have a fax?
This is something that I think will work well with the new web sites that NACHI is going to offer its members. I have one on my site it works great.
Alamode could not put one together for me that is why I did not switch to their service.
I will be using this service once Chris is finished with our new web sites.
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Greg Bell
Bell Inspection Service
Originally Posted By: Nick Gromicko
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Sir Gerry Beaumont using the word “fool.” What’s the world coming to?
Nick
Originally Posted By: Arlene Transue
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We have found that most clients do not have easy access to a fax machine. Sure they can go to the local “Staples” pay a dollar, receive the fax, sign it, pay another dollar and send the fax back.
It?s all about convenience. Most clients do have access to a computer with internet access
Arlene
Originally Posted By: Arlene Transue
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Something else to add to the discussion.
inspectionagreement.com also records the users IP address. This is critical if you are ever in the position of having to prove (in court) who clicked "I Agree" It is set up to record the following:
Client's IP Address:
Client's First & Last Name:
Client's Phone Number:
Inspection Address:
The records are then kept in your database. As a home inspector you have access to your database and can search it by date.
You do not even need your own website to use this service.
Arlene
Originally Posted By: jhagarty
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Arlene:
In regards to elecctronic signatures on an IOA.
Is there currently any case history on acceptability by the Courts?
Have the electronic signatures been challenged in any jurisdiction to your knowledge?
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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.
Originally Posted By: gjohnson
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Joseph,
Actually about a year or two ago, Congress passed a law regarding electronic signatures as valid and legal. I don't know if it has been tested in court yet. But they are valid now.
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Gary (Snicker's) Johnson - Free NACHOS
The NACHI Foundation
Executive Director
301-591-9895
Originally Posted By: Arlene Transue
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Joseph,
Please see the FAQs on our website
http://inspectionagreement.com/faqs.asp
The short answer is yes they are legally binding.
The case could be made that an agreement "signed online" in advance of the home inspection is better. Clients who sign a paper agreement can argue that they were presented with the paper agreement at the Home Inspection and did not have time to review it etc. etc.
Arlene
Originally Posted By: Chris Morrell
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As Greg mentioned, we will be offering a similar service with the upcoming NACHI-hosted websites. Inspectionagreement.com’s services may be different than that which we’ll be offering, I’m not quite sure yet. I’ll keep everyone posted, though.
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Chris Morrell
Director of Information Technology
http://www.nachi.org/
Originally Posted By: Arlene Transue
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Our Site records and stores all activity. Then automatically emails the results.
We have found using this service so much easier than the other ways we used to have our non-attending buyers sign agreements.
We used to fax them
or mail them with a SASE.
At $1.00 an agreement ------ its a bargain compared to mail or fax.
Any help in promoting this site is appreciated.
Thanks,
Arlene