Sneak Peek of New InspectorSeek.com Web Site

[RAY THOROMAN]

I used to get lead/calls from NACHI's directories a few years ago..... in the past few years however I have not had any. I had up to 4 guys working for me at one time, all listed, same results.... no calls.

Many people listed are not even inspectors, dead links and so on. I even offered to help clean the list up at one time. I use to submit the non working links but not much done of it.

This is why you need to be listed in several other quality directories for just home inspectors.

Oh and that's another thing ''Find an Inspector'' lists all ''members'' not just ''home inspectors''.

[Nick Gromicko]

Nope. Every single person listed has paid dues within the last 12 months.

Deadwood project has been completely caught up. Only exception would be if they went out of business in the past 12 months.

We just have a lot of due paying members.

[David P. Valley]

Originally Posted by gromicko

Nope. Every single person listed has paid dues within the last 12 months.

Deadwood project has been completely caught up. Only exception would be if they went out of business in the past 12 months.

We just have a lot of due paying members.

Nick,

Would you please tell me why there are double listings of some inspectors?

Here's a small sample...

Go HERE and you will see that #7 & 10 are the same individual and #11 & 12 are also the same individual. Did they pay double on their annual dues?

And this is just one page... What about the rest of the zip codes?

[Nick Gromicko]

David, read Ray's post. Double listings isn't his complaint. He is claiming that

Many people listed are not even inspectors

This is false. Everyone who comes up on any www.InspectorSEEK.com has paid dues to InterNACHI within the past 12 months. It is true that some vendors want to be visible like inspectors but there are only a small hanful of them, and they are very much alive and well.

When we saw Ray's post we cross checked the deadwood project using accounts paid and found not a single inspector in our entire database who hadn't either joined or renewed in the past twelve months. Not one.

Ray, can you substantiate your claim? As far as we can tell the www.InspectorSEEK.com data base is clean of deadwood.

[Dominic J. Maricic]

Originally Posted by dvalley

Nick,

Would you please tell me why there are double listings of some inspectors?

Here's a small sample...

Go HERE and you will see that #7 & 10 are the same individual and #11 & 12 are also the same individual. Did they pay double on their annual dues?

And this is just one page... What about the rest of the zip codes?

It looks like those duplicates must have 2 addresses in the system as both of them have different distances listed. Might be something to investigate.

[RAY THOROMAN]

Hey Nick,

I took at look at my immediate area and searched by zip code 30506

The way I look at it is there is 3 issues that need to be addressed, being addressed, or have been addressed:

1. Duplicate or repeated listings some even 3,4,5 times. (David mentioned)
2. Dead links
3. Vendors or non home inspectors listed in your ''Find an Inspector'' directory

Let me say if I am being honest I stand semi-corrected, as of today, from my search and what I could see in my immediate area, you are doing MUCH better as far as cleaning the list up! I know it is a tedious task, but you must admit it got almost out of control the last few years. I have many old emails I sent in showing you my findings of the 3 mentioned issues above.

Now I do not know about other areas, and I encourage other inspectors to look in their immediate areas and run though the list to see if there are duplicate listings, dead links, or non home inspectors listed. Keep up the good work Nick!

So I guesstimate the % of my findings are:

1. Duplicate listings 15%
2. Dead links 1%
3. Non home inspectors 5%

MUCH IMPROVED! Always room for improvement!



Non home inspectors-

http://www.therosecompany.net/ - Cleaning and Maintenance Co.

http://ahearnconstruction.net/ Construction Co.

Jon D. Quinn
Real Time Appraisal Service
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Lavon Jones
LVJ Appraisal Management Company, LLC
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Links that did not work -

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[RAY THOROMAN]

Just did another random test in Houston TX. I would say my % estimates of the 3 main issues left to try and correct as much as possible with InspectorSeek are spot on.

Look how many duplicates show here, this was the bottom of a search of Houston, TX

So out of let's say 100 positions or available spots, the same 3 guys show up 7 times a piece, accounting for 21 of the 100 positions which increase their exposure by ?, then inspectors only with 1 listing it decreases their exposure by ?

Tim Gregory, TREC 5969
Precision Property Inspections
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Terry L. Acra, TREC #8952
T.O.C. Home Inspections
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Terry L. Acna
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James A. Lybolt, TREC LIC 8044
Advantage Property Inspections
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Terry L. Acra, TREC #8952
T.O.C. Home Inspections
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Terry L. Acna
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James W. Hale, TREC #6735
Detailed Inspections ,LLC
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Tim Gregory, TREC 5969
Precision Property Inspections
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Richard W. Washington, TREC#7238
RW Home Inspections-----rwhomeinspections.com
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Samuel C. Smith

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Sam Smith

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[Nick Gromicko]

I just checked everyone on that list and I just don't see "many listed who are not even inspectors"

Actually, I don't see any.

They are all members.

[David P. Valley]

Originally Posted by gromicko

David, read Ray's post. Double listings isn't his complaint

No, Double listings is not his complaint. It's my complaint.

I see names listed two times in my area codes.

WHY?

[Nick Gromicko]

Which one in your list are you saying isn't a member?

[Nick Gromicko]

David writes

No, Double listings is not his complaint. It's my complaint.

I know, I want to handle them in order.

Anyway, I just checked that entire list you posted Ray and every one of them is a member who has joined or renewed this year.

[Nick Gromicko]

Do you have reason to believe someone on that list (or any list for that matter) isn't a member?

[RAY THOROMAN]

Hey Nick,


I see your ''point'' each person listed is a ''member'' of InterNACHI. But let's agree that some are not inspectors ok? And if ''InspectorSeek'' is a directory for consumers to find ''inspectors'' then we would not be giving them what the are looking for 100% right?

Now I could be wrong in my understand of how or what InspectorSeek is and it's purpose, and if I am, please let me know.

It's like Google and their search engine, their not perfect but if a user types in ''home inspector Atlanta, GA'' what results do you think will come up on the first few pages?

David, I brought the duplicate listing issue up several times in the past. It's not so much a complaint... but rather I am trying to be helpful and bring issues that I see to Nick's or the proper persons attention.... so we can make InterNACHI and InspectorSeek better for everyone.

[Nick Gromicko]

No. Out of thousands in our database, only 14 are vendors or staff who don't want to be invisible. A few of those have "not an inspector" in their profile.

Evidence that your claim that "many are not even inspectors" is false... is that you have yet to give us many examples... actually you haven't given any.

[Nick Gromicko]

This false rumor has been passed around for years and was started by a non-member who didn't believe our large membership claims. So every time I find someone repeating the false rumor, I ask them to list all these many individuals who should not be listed.

Every now and then they find a vendor who insists on being visible or a guy who died or sold his company or went out of business, but even those former members had been legitimate members in the past 12 months (we just had no way of knowing they died last week) and they only left the industry recently.

I see no evidence for the claim that many aren't even inspectors.