All I have to say is WOW!!!

[Scott Gilligan, CMI]

Check out this CMI's prices.

http://www.hancockhomeinspections.co...?DocumentID=23

[James E. Braun, CMI]

Oh, I have been wanting to tell you, Scott. You are way too cheap on your mold sampling.

[ldapkus]

Look at the CMI listing for Illinois. One of them has his an e-mail listed to a janitorial company. CMI verification does not exist. Anyone can be a CMI, just make up the info and sign an afidavit, send in the money....instant CMI. Even a janitor can be a CMI!!

[David P. Valley]

Originally Posted by sgilligan1

Check out this CMI's prices.

http://www.hancockhomeinspections.co...?DocumentID=23

With the recent HI pricing I've been seeing lately, a lot of desperation (throughout the U.S.) is going on right now.

I will never stoop that low and I will never lower my current pricing.

Good Luck to the low-ballers. You're working too hard for so little money.

[Greg Bell]

Originally Posted by ldapkus

Look at the CMI listing for Illinois. One of them has his an e-mail listed to a janitorial company. CMI verification does not exist. Anyone can be a CMI, just make up the info and sign an affidavit, send in the money....instant CMI. Even a janitor can be a CMI!!

Sounds just like someone that can become a certified home inspector.

[James E. Braun, CMI]

Therer you go again, Greg slamming A$HI again.

[Kevin A. Richardson]

Heck, I've raised my prices twice since the market crashed. I tell all price shoppers to go somewhere else.

Kevin

[mnahrgang]

Wow, A CMI and he charges a third less than I do for a 2500 sq ft house... He must not think much of his own services...

[Scott Gilligan, CMI]

I get more than that for a simple one bedroom condo inspection. I would be working my tail end off at those prices just to meet my business operational costs and personal income requirements.

It amazes me why someone would want to give away their time, education, and experience for peanuts.

[Greg Bell]

Hell there are many that would do that condo for $99 in Florida.

[Joe Farsetta]

Forget the price...

Structural evaluations are preformed in accordance with the guidelines and protocols of the National Association of Certified Home Inspectors. Your structural evaluation report will come to you in a professionally bound easy to read format

Structural evaluations?

We dont perform structural evaluations.

Our SOP does not cover structural EVALUATIONS.

[John McKenna]

Originally Posted by ldapkus

Look at the CMI listing for Illinois. One of them has his an e-mail listed to a janitorial company. CMI verification does not exist. Anyone can be a CMI, just make up the info and sign an afidavit, send in the money....instant CMI. Even a janitor can be a CMI!!

Help me... I can't find what your talking about.

[ldapkus]

http://www.certifiedmasterinspector.org/cmi/il.html
The CMI with Service Master. Service Master is a cleaning company not an inspection company.

[John McKenna]

Originally Posted by ldapkus

http://www.certifiedmasterinspector.org/cmi/il.html
The CMI with Service Master. Service Master is a cleaning company not an inspection company.

The CMI person in question shows his listing as....

"ServiceMaster H.H.K., Inc." which does not look like the same company
as ServiceMaster, as shown on the ServiceMaster.com website.

I might be wrong, but it does not look the same to me. I doubt that
a single individual can list himself as ServiceMaster, since each branch
is a sub-branch of their mult-service company.

"ServiceMaster H.H.K., Inc." appears to be his own company. He is
listed on the internet as an air quality and mold inspector also.

On the other hand.... the other ServiceMaster has many functions...

http://www.servicemaster.com/library...Us/contact.dsp

TruGreen: http://www.trugreen.com/tg/offers/contact.dsp
Terminix: http://www.terminix.com/customer/
Merry Maids: http://www.merrymaids.com/company/contactus.php
ServiceMaster Clean: http://www.servicemasterclean.com/ut/contactus.asp
Furniture Medic: http://www.furnituremedic.com/ut/contact.asp
American Home Shield: http://www.ahscustomer.com/contactUs/ContactUs.ahs
AmeriSpec: http://www.amerispec.com/

One of the branches of ServiceMaster is AMERISPEC which is
a home inspection franchise.... http://www.amerispec.com

ServiceMaster is not just a janitorial service.

Please verify this if you feel that janitors are being accepted as CMI's.

Each applicant has to submit proof of being in the inspection business
for at least 3 years. If a mistake was made, I want to correct it, but
we need to make sure about the facts.

[Joseph Burkeson, CMI]

Originally Posted by jmckenna1

Please verify this if you feel that janitors are being accepted as CMI's.

Each applicant has to submit proof of being in the inspection business
for at least 3 years. If a mistake was made, I want to correct it, but
we need to make sure about the facts.

Expect crickets.