This isn’t the first time they have tried this:
I along with many others wrote the paper. I actually spoke with the reporter and my letter got published. I can’t find it, but I’ll keep looking.
Then end result was after a year:
Brian, I agree with you completely.
There is no difference in taking a kickback or paying to be on a list to get business whether it is a home inspection, or any other type of inspection.
It creates a perception of a conflict of interest. And, when something goes wrong, perception becomes reality…especially in a court of law.
Yep. Definitely a local matter.
Thanks Eric, I remember it happening before too! 
OK, so I guess anyone can use and abuse the Nachi logo in all matters of home inspection services, make the money and when the name gets a bad rep in Florida, just go join some other organization that took a stand on this issue? Sounds fair to me.
Bullscrap, cute the way you ignored the rest of the post, if it was only a local concern then INACHI should never have put forth a form for 4 points and gotten permission from Citizens to allow their inspectors (and theirs ONLY) to use it. In this state with licensing now would the fact that the state pulled the license be enough to revoke Certified inspector status from a Inachi member?
I agree with you. INACHI should have nothing to do with this crap. Preferred providers from real estate salesmen for home inspectors, however, is internationally forbidden.
I sent a copy of the letter to the ( I was an ASHI candidate at the time) ASHI Reporter and I don’t remember if it ever got published.
No, NACHI should change the CoE and make them apply for all home inspection related services.
What is good for the goose…
If I as a member start to see this as a joke, how will the other professions view this? I guess I will just go back into a hole and use Nachi as a tool until I no longer need or have a use for it. Protect the Branding of Nachi or I and probably many others will have no use for it.
But then the “mold inspector” who sprinkles a little blue cheese in the basement won’t be able to collect the big bucks from his “mold remediation” efforts. Do you really think that is fair?
The NACHI member who performs termite inspections for $50 and gets $1800 for treating the house for the termites he found … what about him?
Radon, too.
You think we should take away from the international businesses of these members just to clean up some crap in Florida?
If by crap you mean forms for individual states or partial inspections then we do in fact agree totally.
But then the “mold inspector” who sprinkles a little blue cheese in the basement won’t be able to collect the big bucks from his “mold remediation” efforts. Do you really think that is fair?
You mean, committing fraud? No, not fair, or ethical.
The NACHI member who performs termite inspections for $50 and gets $1800 for treating the house for the termites he found … what about him?
Here, in Florida, if you have a WDO inspection licnece, you are not allowed to perform treatments, unless you obtain that licence as well. Once you do, then the law over ides the CoE.
Radon, too.
Maybe Russ will chime in about the Radon laws here in Florida.
You think we should take away from the international businesses of these members just to clean up some crap in Florida?
If it is allowed to go on here it will spread.
Some of us, at the time, felt it was important to stop the practice. We were successful.
I suspect some more letters are in order.
This crap happens everywhere and you know it, Bushart. It is time for NACHI to have some real ethics. No NACHI member should be allowed to inspect or test a home, and then be allowed to perform the corrections within a year. If anybody, such as Nick, is holding this back then the NACHI members should raise up and demand the ethics be changed. Nick has been known to listen if enough members hell loud enough. It would be also a good marketing tool for NACHI members.
What really pisses me off is the hypocrisy NACHI has on this matter. Nick slammed NAHI for allowing their members to perform repairs on the homes that their members inspect. NAHI’s argument was if termite inspectors are allowed to perform treatments on homes they inspected, then their members should be allowed to perform repairs. Nick threw a big fit about responses such as that from NAHI, but still allowed NACHI members to perform repairs on homes they inspected or tested as long as it did not involve conducting a home inspection. I have a lot of respect for Nick, but he is totally wrong on this issue. Sad but true.
Join FABI no reason not to be in both and elevate your standing.
LOL.
It is noteworthy that the NAHI COE has been changed and is no longer permitting members to perform services on inspected properties within one year of the inspection.
Thanks James for sure we need a proper active ethics committee and some proper rules for all to follow .
- What we have is a farce and not well run .*
Two people make all decisions and do a lousy job at it … Roy.
This was a post about charging for referrals and now it’s on inspectors fixing homes they inspected. I don’t agree with either. I only know about two states. Nevada you can never work on a house you inspect and California it’s a year.