trec: TREC posts proposed Commentary for comments - 11/25/09 04:46 PM
Commentaries on the Standards of Practice, drafted by the Standards of Practice Subcommittee of the Texas Real Estate Inspector Committee, have been posted on the TREC website. There is an email link for you to send them comments, observations or just share your thoughts about these commentaries.
Input from everyone - … (1 comments)
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trec: Attorney General's Opinion - 11/24/09 01:53 PM
In June, TREC requested an opinion from the state Attorney General as to whether TREC has jurisdiction over inspectors who perform inspections for someone other than a Buyer or Seller of real property. The AG handed down his opinion today and the simple answer is No:
S U M M A … (5 comments)
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trec: TREC IAC Std of Practice Sub-committee teleconference - 11/21/09 11:09 AM
The TREC-IAC Standard of Practice Sub-committee has scheduled a teleconference for Tuesday, 12/1. If possible, I'll 'attend' this teleconference meeting and report my notes here after the meeting.
The agenda is:
* Call to order
* Discussion and possible action to recommend to the Inspector Advisory Committee on whether work will … (4 comments)
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trec: TREC SOP Commentary - Oct '09 - 10/06/09 01:04 PM
The TREC Inspectors Advisory Committee SOP sub-committee met Tuesday, Oct 6th via teleconference to discuss the status of the proposed SOP Commentary that has been on-hold for the last several months. Shown below are links to my minutes from that meeting with my notes in blue, italics as usual. Also shown … (4 comments)
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trec: New TREC Administrator - 08/23/09 11:26 AM
The Texas Real Estate Commission has named Texas REALTOR® Doug Oldmixon as its new administrator. Oldmixon, an attorney and founding broker of Spillar Oldmixon Advisors Realty, formerly served as deputy commissioner of the Texas Veterans Land Board.
Oldmixon replaces Loretta DeHay who has been acting in the Administrator's position since Tim … (5 comments)
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trec: TREC Commentary is dead...long live the Commentary! - 05/07/09 05:07 PM
OK, I admit to taking a little literary license with the subject line of this thread. My hyperbole is overstated somewhat (can that be done?) but not by much I don’t think. You can view or download today's meeting notes here and, as usual, my personal notes are in bold, blue … (3 comments)
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trec: TREC SOP Commentary - Draft - 04/16/09 03:28 PM
You can download and review the new TREC SOP Commentary here. This April '09 draft version covers the Scope/Definitions and Structural sections of the new SOP. Other sections will be added in the next couple of months.
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trec: TREC Commission Meeting 2/23/09 - 02/23/09 09:02 PM
Here are my notes from today's Texas Real Estate Commission meeting. As usual, my notes are in bold, blue, italic font. Try not to doze off....see: http://www.divshare.com/download/6639720-80a .
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trec: TREC SOP Commentary working session on 2/11/09 - 02/12/09 08:44 AM
Here are my notes from the Feb 11th TREC SOP Commentary Sub-Committee meeting:
The TREC Inspectors Advisory Committee SOP sub-committee met by teleconference on 2/11/09 to continue work on and drafting of a Commentary to the new 2009 TREC Inspector's SOP. All four of the sub-committee members were in attendance along … (9 comments)
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trec: Bond Tester - 02/01/09 09:28 PM
Texas Inspectors,
The new, 2009 Texas Real Estate Commission Standards of Practice for Home Inspectors states that the inspector shall “Report as deficient…appliances and metal pipes that are not bonded or grounded”. This can be accomplished in several methods. One, the electrical junction box at all appliances like the stove, microwave, … (2 comments)
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trec: New TREC SOP Commentary - 01/29/09 09:53 PM
The TREC Inspectors Committee has been promising to develop a Commentary to explain in more detail what the rational is for many of the new SOP line items. Here is a 1st pass, very rough draft of a Commentary for your review. Please post your thoughts here about it.
Rough Draft Commentary
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trec: New TREC SOP Commentary - 12/09/08 02:26 PM
The Inspector Advisory Committee's SOP Sub-committee met via teleconference on 12/9 to begin the discussions and process of writing a Commentary for the new Inspection Standards of Practice that is due to go into effect 2/1/09. The Commentary will expand upon the language in the SOP, clarify the thinking and intent … (3 comments)
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trec: New Texas Inspection Stds of Practice - 11/10/08 10:01 AM
The new TREC Inspection SOP has been adopted as many well know. Here is a short presentation, in pdf format, that I developed to use to familiarize other inspectors and even Realtors and agents on the more significant changes. This is a draft version at this time and subject to change.
Click … (5 comments)
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trec: TREC Commissioners Meeting Oct 27, 2008 - 10/27/08 12:52 PM
Here are my notes from the October 27th Texas Real Estate Commission meeting in Austin. As usual, my personal notes are in bold, blue font for easy identification. Bottom line is that the new, proposed SOP was accepted as expected. The Inspector Committee recommends waiting until the promulgated 7A-1 form and new … (7 comments)
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trec: Interesting trivia - 10/16/08 02:23 PM
The official August TREC staff reports show a 7.1% decline in the total number of inspectors in Texas from March '08 thru Aug '08. There are now 4,018 inspectors in the state and with the economy, housing market and other influences that number will likely fall to around 3,800 by year's … (5 comments)
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trec: Oct 10th TREC Inspectors Committee Meeting - 10/11/08 04:32 PM
I was only able to attend a couple of hours of the Oct. 10th Inspectors Committee meeting so I doubt that I will publish any extensive notes from the meeting.
One topic of interest was that I did talk to one of the TREC staff attorneys offline a little about the … (3 comments)
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