Originally Posted By: gromicko
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On Friday, May 20th, from 12 noon to 5pm, the South Sound Home Inspectors Chapter of the National Association of Certified Home Inspectors (NACHI) is having a lunch meeting. The meeting is open to all. You don?t need to be a member to attend. The lunch meeting is $25.00/person, including the presentation. Spouses welcome.
Virgil Pelton, President of South Sound Home Inspectors Chapter of NACHI will be discussing the chapter's new website: www.psnachi.org. Our guest technical speaker will be Dalton Gittens of Gittens Architects on What home inspectors can learn from architects. Patricia Mannie from Pierce County Chamber of Commerce will be speaking on Home inspectors and the Chamber of Commerce. George J. Sykora from Bug-Off-Pest Elimination will be speaking on Inspecting for termites. Nick Gromicko, former veteran REALTOR, ad agency owner, and NACHI's Director of Operations will be speaking on Marketing your home inspection service directly to home buyers, Raising your prices when your competition charges less, Converting every call into a scheduled inspection, Creating a marketing brochure that works in Washington,Home Inspector Licensing in Washington and Oregon, and Tweaking your website to generate more inspection work. Lorne Steiner, CEO of Porter Valley Software and NACHI's Director at Large will be giving a seminar on Advanced Communications for Home Inspectors which includes: Effective Marketing to increase business, Best Business Practices for the Home Inspection Industry, How to effectively Avoid Litigation.
A nice lunch will be served: Alder smoked salmon, roast beef with burgundy sauce, tossed green salad, oven roasted red potatoes, and desert. Lots of door prizes. There are currently no dues required to join the South Sound Home Inspectors Chapter. You need not join to attend. Place:
La Quinta Inn
142 East 27th Street
Tacoma, WA
(253) 383-2802
http://www.nachi.org/southsoundchapter.htm
On Wednesday, June 1st from 6pm to 9:30pm the Puget Sound Chapter of the National Association of Certified Home Inspectors (NACHI) will be having a dinner meeting. The meeting is open to all. You don?t need to be a member to attend. The dinner meeting is $30.00/person, including the presentation. Spouses welcome.
Guest speaker: Chris Butler of FREA. Chris is flying up from San Diego, California and will be talking and answering questions about Errors and Omission Insurance. Chris will be discussing Real questions to ask your E & O provider, Limiting liability in the inspection business, How does Washington and Oregon differ from other states, The pro and cons of E & O insurance, The advantage of protection of personal assets, Are all providers the same?, What are the advantages of an E & O provider that defends you instead of just settling? How far back does my coverage go? What does an E & O provider cover? (Mold, General liability, Agent Referral Indemnity?.)
Dinner: We will be having a choice of Prime Rib or Lemon Citrus Chicken. Also... door prizes galore! There are currently no dues required to join this Puget Sound NACHI Chapter. You need not join to attend. Place:
Clarion Hotel
3000 S. 176th Street
Seattle, Washinton
(206) 242-0200
www.clarionseattle.com.
From I-5 north or southbound take the Seattle Tacoma International Airport exit at the junction of I-5 and I-405 on to Hwy 518 west and follow the signs to Seattle Tacoma International Airport. Then take the S 170th ST exit. At the stop sign turn left and go to the next stop sign (S 170th) and turn left. Go straight until you get to International Blvd then turn right. Go to S 176th ST and turn left. You will find the hotel one block up on the left.
http://www.nachi.org/pugetsoundchapter3.htm
Hope to see you there!
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