Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America (NACA)

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Originally Posted By: wrobedeau
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Has anyone had experience with this organization? Received an email today promising a high volume of inspections as they have no one in my area. Sounds a little suspicious.



Bill Robedeau

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Originally Posted By: John Bowman
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Bill,


No one in my area has dealt with them. They don't cover our small towns, I guess. Check our their web site. I see thay utilize ReportHost for their inspections. I also see that they service the major metropolitan areas, Baltimore, Washington, Dallas, etc. It may be well worth your time to check them out. Start with the BBB. Go to the member's list and search Baltimore or other metro area that you are interested in. Try e-mailing Inspector's in that area with your concerns. I only mention this because of the percentage of users of this board compared to the number of actual members.

Good Luck, and let us all know how it works out.

Thanks for reading,

John

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Originally Posted By: gjohnson
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Home Gauge actually, but who is counting…

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Gary (Snicker’s) Johnson - Free NACHOS


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Originally Posted By: John Bowman
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You’re right Gary. Wooops.

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Originally Posted By: wrobedeau
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I have looked over their site. I was hoping someone had worked with them and could clue me in on how they operate. The soft ware they offer is Homeguage.


Bill Robedeau

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Originally Posted By: jonofrey
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I filled out their on-line form and got some bad vibes with some of the questions that had to have answers or the form would not progress to the next screen. Questions like:


Are you a member of ASHI?

If not, give reason why not.

Are you a member of NAHI?

If not, give reason why not.

I selected no for both but skipped the reason. The form shot back a response that you must give a reason So I typed in "no reason". It accepted that answer.

They also initially required E & O. But that has been causing trouble for them in states that do not require it of their inspectors so I think they are waiving it momentarily.

I called their local office here in Houston and they faxed me their 11 page contract. They ask if you are ASHI certified. The preamble goes on the say that they will sue you for "potential criminal" misuse of their proprietary information with or without receipt of financial benefit. In my opinion, signing this contract may leave me wide open to any malicious accusation.

The last page covers arbitration and Boston is the designated place. This may work for Gerry B. but not for this ole boy. This contract frightens me. The older I get, the more I listen to that inner voice that says watch out!

I do work for other outfits sans contract. I perform a service for the buyer and I do not need access to proprietary information of the firm feeding me the work. If everyone is happy with my perfromance, I keep getting referrals. If not, well, I guess I would stop getting work from them.

I was referred to NACA by HomeGauge and will be contacting them shortly with my concerns. The whole thing has the ASHI stamp all over it.

Anybody else?

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Originally Posted By: dbowers
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I pledge allegiance to the United States of A$$I, etc, etc.

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Originally Posted By: Russell Buchanan
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Hi everyone. I’m Russell Buchanan president of HomeGauge. While I make it a point not to get involved in message board chat about other companies I thought it was a good time to set the record straight on NACA. I have been to Boston, spoke and dealt with NACA Headquarters. They chose our software for obvious reasons. The part on the form that asks are you ASHI or NAHI and why not is just a measure they used because many states do not have licensing standards. I’m sure if NACHI contacted them (ask for Bob Caruso at NACA) they would include NACHI on their list. It is not suppose to be a requirement, just a way to measure a non-licensed state to try to get inspectors that have adopted some standards. They don’t know ASHI or NAHI so NACHI is just as good as the others. As a matter of fact you can answer the question of ASHI as NO and put I am member of NACHI.


The contract part that appears to threaten a lawsuit is normal mumbo that is on just about any EULA agreement. It just says don't steal their proprietary stuff. That's all.

Lastly, they are a top notch company that has spent years going after predatory lending practices that prey on the little guy with high interest rates. They have managed to acquire Ten Billion dollars from banks to fund a loan program for any buyer. Not just sub-prime buyers. If you go through their program as a home buyer, you will get a loan that is 1 percent lower than the best rate in the country (true). With no closing cost. This helps the buyer that normally would have been placed in the banks sub-prime borrowers category and shafted with high interest rates.

Nothing shady about this company at all. Their upfront and they have inspections for any inspector that needs more jobs and is in good standing with either an organization or license that goes by standards.

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HomeGauge. It's all about service

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Originally Posted By: jpeck
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Russell Buchanan wrote:
Hi everyone. I'm Russell Buchanan president of HomeGauge.

They chose our software for obvious reasons.


What are those "obvious" reasons?

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Jerry Peck
South Florida
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Originally Posted By: gbeaumont
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Hi Russell,


Thanks for the post, I have previously been approached by one of their purchasing agents, and while I did not work with them I would be more than willing to having checked them out, i understand that they chose Homegauge due to its excellent structure and the fact that all reports are held on your server.

this organization is worth doing business with IMHO.

http://www.naca.com/index.pbl

Regards

Gerry

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Gerry Beaumont
NACHI Education Committee
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NACHI phone 484-429-5466

Inspection Depot Education
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Originally Posted By: jonofrey
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Russell,


Thanks for your post. I will email Nick and ask him to view this thread. Perhaps Joe Ferry can review the NACA contract and render an opinion on it for NACHI members. Additionally, perhaps NACHI can get listed on NACA's documentation with ASHI and NAHI, as you suggested.

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