For those inspectors interested in participating in this program, there will be an informational meeting on Friday morning at the Florida Association of Building Inspectors quarterly meeting in Orlando Friday December 2nd. You do not need to be a FABI member to attend this meeting (but if you choose to stay for the wind mitigation class or other classes you must register to attend them)
What: MSFH Informational meeting - Friday December 2nd - 8:00 a.m. (subject to change - may move to 9:00 a.m.).
Where: DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Orlando at SeaWorld - 10100 International Drive Orlando, Florida 32821 USA
Who: Anyone who is interested in learning more or participating in the MSFH Program
**Representatives from all of the WCE’s (Wind Certification Entities) and Regions will be in attendance and available to discuss employment options/availability or answer any other questions.
You can also reach out directly to the WCE’s.
Region 1 - Thomas Enterprising/My Safe Home Inspection, DMI and Beryl Engineering
Region 2 - InterNACHI, My Safe Home Inspection and DMI (Don Meyler)
Region 3 - My Safe Home Inspection, DMI and Beryl Engineering
We are located in R2 and service Volusia and Seminole Counties for Wind Mitigations. Most inspectors here are already at 150.00 for Wind Mitigations. What is the rate for the program?
That is crazy; the State of Florida paid $75.00 in 2003-5. We charged $100 in 2010 and $125 in 2012 and have been at $150 since 2015. We used to get people who said State Farm said they should not pay more than $75 for a Wind Mitigation in 2011. We were already at $100 then, and it took years to get them over the $100 mark. Now we get referrals from State Farm, Farmers Insurance, and several brokerage firms in our area for $150.
Just to follow up, the DMI contact is Senior Inspector Brian Tone at btone@dmifla.com. Brian would be happy to answer anyone’s questions if they shoot their info to him at that email address. Thanks for posting Michelle!
I’m part of the MSFH program, definitely getting a lot of assignments but payout to inspectors is slow! Just saying not quite immediate. But I’ve been told it will get quicker. But so far payout is a small fraction of inspections performed.
Hi I have my Internachi wind mitigation certification and have my first one next week. My client asked me how long tell I submit my report to the client so before I respond back my understanding is that if insurance ordered it wouldn’t I be required to send the completed wind mitigation form directly to the clients insurance company and the client then requests from the insurance company a copy?
Also Florida insurers inspections down in Deerfield beech says that you include your Internachi wind mitigation certification certificate with the completed wind mitigation form so that insurance verifies that you as the inspector are ligite. I have no problem doing that wondered if you did it ?
Thanks for any feed back on this
I have insurance companies that order 4 Points and Wind Mit’s for clients all the time - some even pay for them - but I always give the client a copy. As far as the License, I don’t always attach mine, but I’ve been asked for it on occasion.
Can you tell me if these qualify as clips the back side of trus had 1nail and it wrapped over and the other side had 3 nails.would this be considered a clip? This house was built in 1979 and the shingles were last replaced in 2003.please see attached picture for feed back .trying to determine no clip for a report
Thanks
Hey thanks It was my first live wind mit. I had it correct, your opinion and speedy reply are very much appreciated. Iam learning every day and this is the place to ask or confirm any concerns. Iam still learning how to use this forum.
The first month of inspections for the My Safe Home Inspection program in Florida is in the books. It was filled with tons of teamwork and collaboration by all parties involved. Inspectors helping inspectors and Wind Certification Entities coming together as a team for a common goal to help all Floridian’s.
Just some of the milestones we hit:
Performed 1396 inspections in December alone!
Paid out $139600.00 to InterNACHI inspectors who performed these inspections!
InterNACHI developed a 1802 Form (Wind Mitigation Form) that can be used by MSFH inspectors that is not only easy to use and helps eliminate errors, but it will also eventually be released to all InterNACHI members to be used on their retail inspections as a benefit of membership!
InterNACHI developed a specialized scheduling portal for these inspections and continues to enhance it’s capabilities for inspectors every day!
TRULY, InterNACHI works all day every day to give home inspectors the opportunity to grow their business with not only the tools and support needed, but seeking out and winning contracts such as the MSFH contract just so their members have more inspections to do!
***Inspectors wishing to participate are encouraged to visit the portal and upload the requested documentation. Qualified Inspectors are onboarded in a first come, first serve order and patience is requested as there is tremendous interest and the need varies based on the volume from the program.
