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12 Comments on Some tips or observations I notice during a Home Inspection
Great info Tim! My husband is a home inspector in MD (all american home svcs.) and I know exactly what you are talking about.
Thanks for the comment! I hope we're all staying busy. I'm writing some reports as we speak :-)
Tim
I always try and be at all my inspections just in-case there are any problems..
Just perusing some blogs... Good insights to home inspections...
Does the InterNACHI membership agree with its own general counsel, Joseph Ferry, who said this in response to a discussion on LinkedIn's Notre Dame group relating to an anti-gay cartoon published in the Notre Dame newspaper this past week:
"Okay, everyone, take a deep cleansing breath and get a grip. It's not like they insulted the Prophet Mohammed, who would be totally down with the sentiment expressed in the cartoon, by the way.
And gays are not the only population that should take offense at the cartoon. Anyone who has been in a nursing home knows that being in a vegetative state is nothing to be lampooned.
The suggested "discipline" strikes me as over the top. This is really a very bad joke - and not exactly side-busting, at that - that some post-teen, bereft of the wisdom that age imparts [sometimes] and blissfully unaware of its wider implications passed on for reasons that would elude pretty much the entire constituency that reads these threads.
Still the offense does call for exemplary consequences. May I suggest removal from the staff of the Observer and a month of dinners in the South Dining Hall?"
Ah yes, those gay bashers at Notre Dame - ranked first in The Princeton Review's list of the most unwelcoming campuses for gay and lesbian students - make them eat dining hall food as punishment, apparently not because they got caught publishing gay bashing cartoons, but because they weren't "exactly side-busting", though maybe the key insight here is that apparently he believes it would have been okay from a Moslem point of view as well and between the Christians and the Moslems he feels good that he's got a pretty strong caucus of multiple religions behind it, so I guess in that light it must not be that bad then in his eyes.
He posted this specifically identifying himself as the General Counsel of InterNACHI, so apparently in his capacity as such this is his public platform.
I certainly don't think I plan on ever using an InterNACHI inspector as long as bigotry is okay as a matter of public statements of its own head legal counsel. I suggest anyone that doesn't support gay bashing and other bigotry should seriously rethink who they work with for home inspections, especially for any LGBT clientelle, who I am quite certain would not appreciate paying someone that pays dues to support this guy's salary. If InterNACHI members don't agree with this I suggest a rather rapid response to the InterNACHI board expressing that perhaps this isn't a broadly supported position by its membership.
Hi Gabriel,
As you could likely guess, it's the first I've heard of this.
I can only say that his comments and view are his own.
But Gabriel, saying that one would not hire an InterNachi member based on a comment like this is a broad statement. I think we all realize that our own personal views are diverse and different.
Gabriel, I welcome your comments, but think that this could have been handled differently. Directing broad comments like this on one's own personal blog is really a bit unfair. If I am misreading your intent, I do apologize.
Tim Spargo
Good post Tim. Makes a lot of sense, I hope your post helps others either respond and take your advise, or pass it on to someone who may need the advise.
Dale Duffy
Scottsdale, Arizona
Hello Tim - Great post. These comments could really help some sellers out there!
Dear Mr. Spargo,
Please ignore Mr. Silverstein's #5 comment. He should take his "bone" to pick up with Mr. Ferry and not polute your blog.
Your advice is solid, by the way.
Hi, Tim.
I find it difficult to believe that professionals in any field, even real estate sales, can be naive enough to think that all 8,000 members of an international association for home inspectors share the same views toward ANYTHING to do with issues outside of the mechanics of our job.
It makes as much sense to say that all of the real estate salesmen who work for the same franchise as Gabriel are all homosexuals....or are rooting for the Cowboys to win the Super Bowl....or anything else.
I think that, like many people who have made personal choices that they are personally uncomfortable with and must seek acceptance from others in order to feel right, Gabriel wants to use your blog to justify himself. Do us all a favor and delete any more of his diatribe as being "off topic".
Thanks Jim, Dale, Andy and others for your positive input, it's much appreciated and professional. Most of us in this and the RE profession in general are just that, professional.
Have a great day everyone!
I'm going to Lancaster/Palmdale area with my investor today. Seems there are a lot of newer houses. Are the houses in that area any different from LA? Any advice or suggestions what to look for?