Bring us your ideas! Eat, Learn, Associate, GET INVOLVED!! The next monthly meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 11, 2010 from 7-9pm. Meetings are held at the Spring Creek BBQ in Irving off HWY183 and Beltline (SW Corner). Come earlier if you want to have something to eat.
Does this new arrangement also provide for membership in the local TAREI chapter? Or are we required to pay the local chapter dues to be considered a chapter member?
My Professional inspector license is up for renewal the end of May. As usual, I have to get CEU’s at the last minute. Just completed 8 CEU hours on line at INACHI’s educational resources for free! I’ll complete 8 more tomorrow and I’ll be good.
This is a fantastic benefit and worth the price of admission alone. Thanks to Nick and the members that worked hard to produce the on-line education.
Signed,
Long time INACHI and TAREI member.
Manny,
I believe you gotta cough up the bucks for the local chapter Cheapskate!
In addition to the question above I do have other questions.
Will INACHI CEU courses be accepted by TAREI for their CEU requirements? Or will we also be required to pay TAREI for their courses to meet their education requirements?
The Local TAREI Chapter has already placed a limit on the number of meetings that a person can attend unless they become a member of “The Local TAREI Chapter” and not TAREI itself. At present the number is 2 meetings and then you are not aloowed to return until joining the local chapter. If a person chooses not to pay to be a part of the local chapter then will this Local TAREI Chapter requirement also be enforced?
We are working on the arrangements regarding the local chapter. For now or until the end of this year “2010” InterNACHI members can attend the local NT-TAREI WWW.NTTAREI.ORG meeting for free. We will not impose the two free visit rule for InterNACHI members this year. Our normal membership is $150 per year Jul-Jun. or $75 Jan-Jun.
TAREI has some of the most knowledgeable inspectors in the state of Texas. This is a great opportunity to network with seasoned inspectors and get some OJT so to speak. These guys have saved my @*& several times.
Please excuse the misnomer. What I meant to ask, which should be more descriptive for you is:
Will TAREI accept INACHI’s TREC approved classes for advancement to the various levels of management? Or does TAREI not consider these adequate for advancement in the TAREI ranks?
If TAREI does not consider them adequate then why?
As for the question of the local chapter I am well aware that we do not have to be a member of the chapter to be a member of TAREI. My question was with the new alliance will TAREI now provide instant membership in the local chapter without paying of the local chapter dues?
While the questions are being asked I will add a few more regarding the TAREI application.
Will TAREI accept an application that does not include the “Date of Birth”? If not please explain why TAREI requires this personal information?
Will TAREI accept an application without the “Education” information filled out? If not please explain why TAREI needs this personal information.
Will TAREI accept an application that does not indicate the “Number of complete, paid property condition inspections performed to date”? If not please explain why TAREI requires personal business information that even TREC does not require to be submitted unless they request it for investigative purposes?
As far as www.NTTAREI.org or the North Texas Chapter of TAREI. You can become as a current NACHI member become a member of the local chapter for free till the end of 2010.
I did read the requirements before reviewing the application. I see nothing in the requirements that certain levels of membership are required to be a certain age (Re: Date of Birth question). Can you provide the age requirement consideration/requirements for each level of membership?
The education requirements do not ask for specific training that directly relates to Inspections, construction, the trades, or other related fields. Are you saying that only persons with a specific level of College degree can advance to higher levels of membership within TAREI?
As for the number of inspections questions TAREI requires new members to hold the member level of “Inspector Member” for a minimum of one year before advancing to the “Advanced Inspector Member” level as per the TAREI requirements:
As I have asked before, I will ask again.
This also brings up another question regarding the TAREI advancement requirements. As per the TAREI requirements to advance to “Advanced Inspector”:
Can you explain this requirement? Are members requesting the Advanced Inspector level required to submit some type of log, report, etc. to TREC for them to verify? Does TAREI have an agreement of some type with TREC to verify our inspections?
Also can you please answer the following questions that were previously asked?
You can leave the DOB blank. The orginization does like to send Birthday cards at times but it is optional. (Edit - Remeber before TREC took over the licensing TAREI was the Trade Association for Inspectors in Texas. The TAREI minimal age was 18, TREC requires minimal age of 18.)
We do need to know how many Inspection you have performed as a minimal of 50 is required to be “Inspector” Status otherwise you will be an “Affiliate” until such time as completing the first 50.
Right now TAREI bylaws require TAREI training for advancement in Rank. This may change, this alliance is all still new to all of us. You can always submit your request to the current board for consideration for advancement. (Edit - The Bylaws are being rewritten to allow InterNACHI training. You can still submit your education background to TAREI for consideration)
Your education is optional information however if you do have related education we may ask if you would like to teach at one of our events. (Edit - Again remeber TAREI was here first before TREC licensing. So this maybe a hold over question from the old days)
To be a sponsoring inspector you have to submit proof of 200 inspections to TREC that is the only way we would know that you had done so. We have been known to take to “Word” of the inspector who has not submitted this to TREC. (Edit - TAREI is expecting members to be honorable in requesting advancement. The board has the voting power to decide who to bestow this title.)
I hope this answers your questions.
The Texas Association of Real Estate Inspectors (TAREI) is a professional organization formed in 1977. TAREI promotes a professional code of ethics for its members, reviews and upgrades minimum standards, provides recommendations to the Texas Real Estate Commission, and conducts statewide continuing education programs for all
First we only use the BOD for inhouse purposes. It is not used for membership in any way. We will record trends and run surveys to see where the age level is in the industry. We also like to reconignize our members on their special day.
All Inspectors may advance in what ever area they wish. And all we ask is that the Inspector verify that he or she has accomplish or reached that level of inspections.
TAREI is currently reworking it’s By-Laws to include the NACHI Education in it’s advance status. We work hard to put this together with Nick and we will respect what he has done to inprove the web based Texas education. We current work with ASHI and the ICC in reguards to educational recognation so there is no reason not to allow it to be with NACHI. Please allow the BOD time to get everything where we need to be.
I hope you have submitted your application and will become active with us as well!
The Texas Inspectors can finally come together and speak with one voice!
I understand that current NACHI members are now ineligible for this reciprocating membership. It is only for all TAREI members and new NACHI members.
I realize that the heads of the perspective organizations may choose to be generous with whom they want and it is certainly their prerogative.
I will say that due to all of this confusion, Andrea at TAREI has generously allowed a free 1 yr grace period for old NACHI members to be TAREI members. But hey TAREI, how about a lifetime recip for old, loyal NACHI members?
Bruce, I agree that the TAREI/INACHI alliance details are an unmitigated mess with total confusion on everyone’s part. However, I’m a little confused by the above statement. I was told just last night that such an offer as above would take TAREI By-law changes and that would not occur until the Fall Conference (Oct in San Antonio??). Where has Andrea said the above? I just want to communicate the correct information when folks ask.
The purpose of a trade association is to support the inspection industry. That is done with many volunteers who pays dues. The objective of the TAREI/NACHI alliance was to build a bridge between a national association and a Texas association. That union serves inspectors by providing a bigger voice. This bridge was built by sacrificing revenue to some extent. The offer has attracted new inspectors to both groups.
Lifetime memberships are typically awarded as a gesture of appreciation and not a financial benefit. I have a lifetime membership at NACHI but continue to pay TAREI and ASHI dues. Extending my lifetime NACHI benefits to promotions intended to build the industry seems to me to be darn greedy.
I am not asking for a lifetime membership from TARIE. I believe to do so would be an excessive expectation. If your a lifetime member of any group and are reading this I suggest you pull out your checkbook and support the profession.
I hope I said that tactfully. I was gonna say “Hey you cheap arse hole, do you think you walk on water while the rest of the inspectors are coughing up dues? Pay up or shut up. The other day I gave my grandson 4 MM candies. He frowned and wanted more. He ended up with none and a nap.”. That would have been too severe of a comment so instead consider how you benefit the industry by supporting the profession.
As a sidebar I would support limiting all lifetime memberships to inspectors who are still active to 5 years. TAREI allows past Presidents to attend all seminars free for life. I favor reducing that to 5 years as well. If you have some old goat who is retired then what the heck, give him some long term benefits. You gotta pay if you want to play.
Well maybe I spoke out of turn, but when this all started and I was interested as was everyone else. I had many emails back and forth with TAREI and was told, “yes, all I had to do was pay my dues to TAREI when my NACHI dues were due and it would be reciprocated”. So when I emailed and said it was now time to pay for my NACHI membership, I was told there has been a “suck back”. But, I assume, since there had been much confusion, TAREI would honor it for one year.
Seriously, I get it. This is why I included the comment “I realize that the heads of the perspective organizations may choose to be generous with whom they want and it is certainly their prerogative.” It’s like the Bible verse that says the landowner can choose to pay his laborers regardless what time they showed up for work. I understand it and have no problem.
Up until recently, I had not joined TAREI because of their treatment of those who are not what TAREI considers “full time.” TAREI wants their money, but doesn’t allow them to be on any board or have a voice. After speaking with the current president, he stated that some of those rules might be going away.
I’m all for “pay to play”. I posted this to get the topic going again. It seems as if this program was thrown together merely to bolster numbers on the TAREI side and show that NACHI now has a large presence in Texas. I’m just questioning the wisdom and value of providing lifetime NACHI memberships to TAREI members. Will it increase the inspector’s voice here in Texas? I don’t know; maybe it will.
I’m also pro-the industry and realize that it does take some sacrifice on each of our parts; however, there also needs to be some value provided by being a member of the organization. I’ve always said NACHI provides value. In the past, in my own personal opinion, TAREI had not. So without a voice and without value…No one likes to pitch $300 into the wind.
