What is with NACHI's endless commercialism?

[Blaine Wiley]

Those emails for drugs aren't coming from NACHI. It sounds more like you have a trojan or worm, and it is using your email and others to spam you.

I had something similar a couple of months ago on two of my email addresses, from two different sites I visit frequently. Turned out I had the sober32 worm, and once removed, it solved the problem.

[bmargiotti]

Originally Posted by jclark1

I agree Bob. Let's spend some of those million$ on pumping up NACHI's image. I just had another (this time loan officer) person ask me if I was an ASHI member. Why? Because ASHI poured money into its branding. It has worked. Granted, very few (agents, etc) ask if I'm an ASHI member, but the fact that some do tells me the campaign must have worked.
I believe NACHI is a much better organization in what it offers HI's (discounts, MB, etc) but if some of our dues was spent on marketing to the people that hire us or refer us, I think we'd all like that.

exactly! im glad a couple people get it. i dont hate NACHI, im unhappy with what the're NOT doing. a message board, buying up hundreds of websites, trade show displays, training events, continuing ed... its great getting my name out there, but what about where 80% of our leads are generated, REALTORS. i have been a member of NACHI over 2 years and have never seen anything with NACHI on it in a realty office (unless its my brochure). some STILL dont even know what NACHI is!! How?!?! (i will admit that this may not be the case in every market)

Originally Posted by chorne

I have been very content with my NACHI membership.
The NACHI dues have not changed in the 4 years that
I have been a member, not one $.

Where else can you spend 300$ tax deductable dollars
and get all of the free stuff, including education (thanks
Gerry!) NACHI is awsome and I can't say enough about them!

the free stuff and education is great, and this message board is awesome. but lets be frank, you can take advantage of a lot that NACHI has to offer without even being a member. so, $300 X all NACHI members = a lot of dough. plus the ad revenue generated in that Head Start Guide and selling my email address to whatever website is pushing the drugs, plus ads on all these NACHI websites (have you seen the ad space on myinspect.com). is any of this money being spent on marketing to national realty companies? ReMax, Keller Williams, Century 21, RealtyOne, etc... if so, PLEASE tell me im out of line. im not whining about how much dough Nick rakes in, thats not my point. he is a GUNIUS for what he started.

when i was only a NACHI member i talked it up constantly to realtors and contacts in the industry, trying to convey that as an organization, was equal to ASHI. sometimes i felt as if i was trying to reinvent the wheel. "why not just join ASHI? i dont need ASHI, i have a good organization." then i started to feel like i was doing ALL THE WORK that NACHI's marketing should be doing. well, finally i just joined ASHI. and guess what, i dont need to beat the NACHI drum any more. i was excited to see the Head Start Guide. i thought, finally something to market to realtors. until it came wrapped with a free garbage bag and has so many ads, you cant even tell where the useful information is. perception is EVERYTHING in marketing and that is JUNK MAIL with NACHI's name all over it how about an ad in the top 50 markets news papers in the Homes section? Direct mail? local chapters providing continuing ed for realtors. NACHI is more of a 'virtual' (web) home inspector organization, the best one realtors never heard of.

[bmargiotti]

oh yea, i had 8 of the$e in my inbox.


A message has been sent to you via www.FindAnInspector.US - a NACHI owned website.

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[ldapkus]

Originally Posted by bwiley

Those emails for drugs aren't coming from NACHI. It sounds more like you have a trojan or worm, and it is using your email and others to spam you.

I had something similar a couple of months ago on two of my email addresses, from two different sites I visit frequently. Turned out I had the sober32 worm, and once removed, it solved the problem.

Yup.. Go to the porn sites and you'll pick up the trogans, No excuses. Bottom line. Stay away from those sites you perv.

[James H. Bushart]

Originally Posted by bmargiotti

the best one realtors never heard of.

So what?

[Steven E. Wiegner]

I Myself, Very Much Enjoy Being A Member Of Nachi

I Have Gotten So Much Out Of It

I Think We Will Soon Be More Well Respected Than The Ashi People

[James H. Bushart]

Originally Posted by ldapkus

Yup.. Go to the porn sites and you'll pick up the trogans,

I get mine at Walgreens.

[Blaine Wiley]

Originally Posted by ldapkus

Yup.. Go to the porn sites and you'll pick up the trogans, No excuses. Bottom line. Stay away from those sites you perv.

Since I didn't see any smiley emoticons there, I'll take it you weren't kidding.

I don't go to those sites, and in fact get very tired of having to remove them as spammers from our foundation message board to the tune of several per day.

Perv, huh? Perhaps you should be careful how you throw names around.

[Darrell B. Hadler]

Bob...I've had 4 or 5 of the same thing just in the last couple of days??? Nothing before that?

[whandley]

It's not your system. It's coming from NACHI. I've been getting them for about two weeks now. They only come through the NACHI referral systems. I'm not sure why some inspectors don't get all this crap, I sure do. Junk email, junk snail mail and weekly phone calls from NACHI vendors trying to sell me more crap. I've had (4) phone calls from Brinks in the last two weeks, (2) automated messages from Pro-Lab in the last two weeks. I even get three or four identical emails from vendors, including NACHI on the same day. It's definitely a big negative benefit of being a NACHI member.