Housing Inspection Foundation

[rwand1]

http://www.iami.org/HIF/requirements.cfm

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Why Join HIF?

The real estate industry has a growing need for Registered Home Inspectors. Many people are being asked to perform Home Inspections without proper training, certification, or guidelines. Even many Real Estate professionals are not aware of all that makes up a quality Home Inspection.

Home buyers, sellers, lenders, employee relocation companies and governmental agencies, etc., are seeking full and total service from a Home Inspector. Buyers use Home Inspectors to know the condition of the home. Sellers use Home Inspectors to avoid liability and lenders require a Home Inspection before approving a loan.

Available Designations

RHI - Registered Home Inspector
One of the primary objectives of the Housing Inspection Foundation is to provide a network through which its members may establish reliable contacts throughout the country. As a Registered Home Inspector your contact information will go into our national database system helping to network and also allowing potential clients access to your information.

CHC - Certified Housing Consultant
Allows the Home Inspector the opportunity to advise clients on all matters pertaining to home inspections.

CHI - Certified Home Inspector
The Housing Inspection Foundation offers the Certified Home Inspector designation for all Home Inspectors who wish to become certified. Many states, cities, counties, government ordinances as well as many lending institutions require that a home inspector be certified. Additionally, as more and more states enact home inspection regulations, certification for the home inspector plays a critical part toward meeting both current and future state requirements.

It is important, therefore, that every inspector be certified. Being certified is the best way to gain the confidence, experience and qualifications that are demanded of today's home inspector. The Housing Inspection Foundation’s Certified Home Inspector exam is only $65.00. Call the Housing Inspection Foundation today, at 320-763-6350, for more information about becoming a Certified Home Inspector.
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Oh oh.... I can see trouble brewing on the horizon....

[phinsperger]

Requirements

1. Applicant must have Experience in the field of Home Inspections or Education.
2. Applicant must submit an Application Form listing Experience or Education.
3. Applicant must submit membership dues of $195.00 (check or credit card charge) with Application Form.
To Join

If you would like to become a member of the Housing Inspection Foundation simply send in a completed Application Form along with the first years membership dues where our Board of Directors will carefully look over it. If you are approved we will then send you your start-up packet (usually received within two weeks) which includes your frameable membership certificate, membership identification card, great deals on membership discounts and much more!
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humm.. $195 just to apply !

[rwand1]

..... Application Form along with the first years membership dues where our Board of Directors will carefully look over it.

That should be your first clue!

[phinsperger]

Almost makes me think someone from OAHI has moved to Alexandria, Minnesota and started a new organization.

[rcooke]

Originally Posted by phinsperger

Almost makes me think someone from OAHI has moved to Alexandria, Minnesota and started a new organization.

Paul that is not nice , Funny as hell but not nice . Gee but how I love it .
Roy Cooke RHI.. CAHPI-ON

[Erby Crofutt]

Get a grip! HIF has been around for at least six or seven years or more.

Ain't nothing changed.

[Mario A. Kyriacou, CHI]

Paul

Have you visted members list? there is a guy from Orangeville!! he is listed as RHI you might know him.In total 5 RHI members from ONTARIO.

mario

[phinsperger]

Roy, It just seemed like a familiar M.O.

Erby, Arthitis acting up in this weather. Less of a grip these days.

Mario, I'm not sure what your getting at

[Mario A. Kyriacou, CHI]

Paul

If you go to H.I.F. website and look under members you will see a guy from Orangeville,Ontario his name is Mike Lepore RHI.He is a member of HIF and and i don't think he is OAHI RHI

mario

[rrichards2]

...and OAHI is getting all bent out of shape about those of us who are/were using CHI? If this guy is not an OAHI RHI, they will have him drawn and quartered, probably without even having a hearing.

[phinsperger]

Originally Posted by mkyriacou

Paul

If you go to H.I.F. website and look under members you will see a guy from Orangeville,Ontario his name is Mike Lepore RHI.He is a member of HIF and and i don't think he is OAHI RHI

mario

Ahh. Now I understand . I don't know him personally but I think he is a contractor that is doing inspections on the side.

Originally Posted by rrichards2

...and OAHI is getting all bent out of shape about those of us who are/were using CHI? If this guy is not an OAHI RHI, they will have him drawn and quartered, probably without even having a hearing.

None of the guys from this HIF organization with RHI designations that I saw are OAHI RHI's. Oh... Raymond is gonna love this

From what I could see there are only 5 Canadians with HIF memberships.

[rwand1]

If that person is not in the Registry of OAHI then this is what PR 158 says...

(2) Any person in Ontario who, not being a
registered member of the Association, takes or
uses the designation “Registered Home Inspector”
or “R.H.I.“, alone or in combination with
any other word, name, title, initial or description,
or implies, suggests or holds out that that
person is a registered home inspector is guilty
of an offence.
(3) On conviction of an offence under subsection
(2), a person is liable to a fine of not
more than $5,000.

And I know for a fact that OAHI has prosecuted one former member who continued to use RHI and was successful and was fined $1500 by a Divisional Court. It cost OAHI a lot of money to prosecute. By the way the fine collected by the act does not go to OAHI! It goes to the crown. OAHI does not receive any of the fine whatsoever!

Roy you are right OAHI DPPC has it priorites screwed up. They should focus on other important issues not Witch hunts.

But I am not going to be the one that reports him. We all know OAHI management reads these posts so they can figure it out and take appropriate action, hopefully they will investigate and render a guilty verdict all within 10 days!

[rwand1]

Get a grip! HIF has been around for at least six or seven years or more.

Ain't nothing changed.

Thanks Erby that was really enlightening!

[rwand1]

From what I could see there are only 5 Canadians with HIF memberships.

I wonder if these 5 inspectors were included in the oft quoted 5,000 home inspectors in Canada who will be certified by 2007?

[Erby Crofutt]

In January of 2004, when I did research for Kentucky Licensing, all of these associations had members in Kentucky. There were more national associations (so they call themselves) but didn't have members in Kentucky so I didn't keep their information.

National Association of Home Inspectors, Inc.
4248 Park Glen Road
Minneapolis, MN 55416
Phone: (952) 928-4641 or (800) 448-3942
Fax: (952) 929-1318
Website: www.nahi.org

National Association of Certified Home Inspectors
1220 Valley Forge Road, Building #47
P.O. Box 987
Valley Forge, PA 19482-0987
Phone: (610) 933-4241 (Valley Forge, PA)
Fax: (650) 429-2057 (Silicon Valley, CA)
Website: www.nachi.org

American Society of Home Inspectors
932 Lee Street, Suite 101
Des Plaines, IL 60016
Phone: (847) 739-2820
Fax: (847) 739-1620
Website: www.ashi.com

Association of Construction Inspectors
1224 North Nokomis NE
Alexandria,Minnesota 56308
Phone: (320)763-7525
Fax: (320)763-9290
Website: http://www.iami.org/aci/

American Association of Home Inspectors
P. O. Box 64309
Lubbock, Tx. 79464-4309
Phone 806-794-1190
Website: www.aahi.com

Housing Inspection Foundation
1224 North Nokomis NE
Alexandria,Minnesota 56308
Phone: (320)763-6350
Fax: (320)763-9290
Website: http://www.iami.org/hif.cfm

American Inspectors Society
P. O. Box 429
Maysville, GA 30558
Phone: (770)416-9877
Website: http://homeinspectortraining.com/