InterNACHI

About InterNACHI

InterNACHI, the International Association of Certified Home Inspectors, is the world’s largest inspection trade association. Based in the United States, InterNACHI is both non-profit and federally tax exempt and operates in 44 different countries. 
InterNACHI is the inspection industry’s largest supplier of education and training. It’s free online courses include such titles as: How to Inspect Stairways, Thermography, Photo Defect Recognition Tutorial, Roofing, Electrical, Structural, Plumbing, Log Home Inspection, Code of Ethics Obstacle Course, Standards of Practice, Green Building, Vermiculite Insulation, Polybutylene Plumbing, Water Heaters, Emergency Egress, Inspector Safety, and more. Its online exams and quizzes have been taken over 3 million times. InterNACHI recently released advanced online video courses in cooperation with NACHI.TV. InterNACHI hosts over 300 events a year, including classroom courses on thermal imaging and commercial building inspections. Online, video, and classroom courses come with certificates of completion and state continuing education approval for licensing purposes.
InterNACHI operates the inspection industry’s most comprehensive website, NACHI.org. NACHI.org is a monster; 220,000 page website dedicated to inspection related issues and hosts a 500,000 post message board that receives over 1,000 new posts a day. NACHI.org gets over 260 million hits a year and alexa.com, an amazon.com company, gives NACHI.org a traffic ranking that is greater than all other inspection related websites combined.
InterNACHI operates nearly all of the internet’s inspection search engines, which include the mammoth 430 million page North American Inspector Directory, OverSeeIt.com, a site that promotes independent oversight of residential remodeling and repair projects including new construction, InspectorNow.com, a site that tracks down and calls the inspector when a consumer needs an inspection, InspectorSEEK.com, CorrectInspect.com, FindanInspector.us, and InspectorLocator.com, a site that allows consumers to search for an inspector based on the services offered such as chimneys, commercial inspections, energy loss, green certification, IAC2 Certified, lead, log homes, meth testing, mold, new construction, pools and spas, pre-listing inspections, radon, septic, stucco/EIFS, thermal imaging, water quality, WDO/insects and WETT Certification. InterNACHI controls more than 4,500 inspection related websites.
InterNACHI also co-manages the inspection industry’s free report upload platform, FetchReport. FetchReport.com is a robust, unified, easy-to-use upload/download system that works with any reporting system or software. Nearly 2,000 inspection reports are uploaded to FetchReport every day.
InterNACHI also co-administers the MoveInCertified.com program. MoveInCertified homes have been pre-inspected by InterNACHI certified inspectors, and the sellers confirm that there are no major systems in need of immediate repair or replacement and no known safety hazards. The inspection reports are hosted on FetchReport.com. MoveInCertified also offers Green Certification inspections for home owners and sellers.
InterNACHI is home to the International Standards of Practice for Inspecting Commercial Properties at NACHI.org/comsop, a document pack including a commercial inspection agreement, request for documents and persons with knowledge form, outside consultant contract, thermal imaging addendum, and accessibility and green features reporting forms. InterNACHI provides commercial inspection courses online and throughout the English-speaking world.
InterNACHI operates a free, online, electronic signature inspection agreement system. InterNACHI’s online inspection agreement is signable and legally binding. It allows the client to read and sign the agreement before the inspection or before they view their report online. InterNACHI’s basic contract is included but inspectors can make changes, add their own clauses and/or hide others. The inspector can notify their clients automatically by email when they create an agreement, check the signed status of the agreements quickly and easily, and receive instant notification by email when their client has signed the agreement.
InterNACHI members enjoy free search engine optimized websites and free hosting through InspectorPages.com. InterNACHI members who form their own local chapters also enjoy free chapter websites and hosting. InterNACHI also provides free search engine optimization, site submission, and search engine rank tracking.
InterNACHI members have free access and use of AgentData, an InterNACHI owned database of 1.5 million U.S. real estate agents for marketing purposes.
InterNACHI members are also automatically made members of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and enjoy Chamber member benefits, such as discounts on FedEx shipping.
InterNACHI also hosts AskNACHI.org, which helps consumers and real estate agents by allowing them to ask InterNACHI certified inspectors about anything and get an answer quickly. AskNACHI.org is a free service.
InterNACHI operates the Citizen Information Center where consumers can find information on asbestos, building a home, child safety, choosing the right home inspector, constructed wetlands, electrical safety, electromagnetic fields, elderly safety, energy conservation, energy efficiency, foundation insulation, green certification, hazards, high-performance buildings, holiday safety, home buyer mistakes, home insurance, indoor air, lead, log homes, manufactured homes, and mold, the MoveInCertified program, plumbing, pollutants in the home, pool safety, private water wells, radon gas, rehab a home, roofs, thermal imaging, sellers inspections, septic systems, settlement costs, ten tips to speed up your inspection, termites, water damage, water quality, what really matters on an inspection and wildlife.
InterNACHI is partners with many other great inspection related organizations such as PRO-LAB, Inspector’s Quarterly, Real Property Times, InspectorBOOST.com, International Association of Certified Indoor Air Consultants (IAC2), and NACHI.TV.
InterNACHI provides its members with over $50,000.00 worth of free membership benefits including free, online courses, quizzes and exams,  free environmental  books, free customized websites, free hosting, free state-approved continuing education, free license plate covers, free access and use of InterNACHI’s image library, InterNACHI’s no annual fee credit card, free daily door prizes, the Alternate Dispute Resolution Service, free trademarked inspection tag lines, free custom Consumer Verification Seals, free radon inspection agreements, a free e-newsletter system, free decals, free emblems, free helpline, free exam prep tools, free company name search tool, free client satisfaction surveys, free mold waivers, free log home disclaimers, free microwave oven leak detectors, free online searchable glossary, free real estate presentations, insurance discounts, website of the week, free photo gallery, free photo ID, free brochures, free report review, free link exchange, free profile editor, free video and book library, free chat room, free e-mail accounts, free authorization to pay at closing forms, free tutorials, free avoiding litigation CDs, free electrical inspection checklists, free hold harmless agreements, free inspection newsletter, free trade show banners and tablecloths, membership in IAC2, free Infrared Certified certification, free mold inspection agreements, free infrared addendums, free General Liability insurance, free Death and Accident insurance, free InterNACHI pins, and free custom online video commercials to promote your inspection business.
 InterNACHI’s next big project in cooperation with NACHI.TV is the ultimate inspection training facility, “The InterNACHI House of Horrors.” The project is designed to provide inspectors with very real hands-on training using an actual home intentionally built to contain over 1,000 real defects. 

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