CMI logo been used in websites Illegal???

[John M. Acaron]

There are folks in our area using the CMI logo as well as the InterNACHI check logo without been a member of either associations. Do we have a CMI police....

Check this guy: http://www.hourglasshomeinspections.com/

Any inspection: $250.00 it does not matter how big is the house or where it is (75M radious). How about that. You need Infra Red you go it is free. He is also Infra Red certified.

[Bob Elliott]

That is funny.
He has click to verify he is not a member but has all NACHI logos then answers this question.......

Will you fix the problems you find during the Inspection?

No. The code of ethics of The American Society of Home Inspectors (ASHI) prohibits its members from doing repair work on properties they inspect.

[Dennis J. Bonner]

thats effed up!

[Eric C. Van De Ven]

Originally Posted by jacaron

There are folks in our area using the CMI logo as well as the InterNACHI check logo without been a member of either associations. Do we have a CMI police....

Check this guy: http://www.hourglasshomeinspections.com/

Any inspection: $250.00 it does not matter how big is the house or where it is (75M radious). How about that. You need Infra Red you go it is free. He is also Infra Red certified.

Hey, give him credit. He just celebrated one year in business!

http://sunbiz.org/pdf/40786834.pdf

[James E. Braun, CMI]

Lisa@internachi.org has always handled this for me.

[Eric C. Van De Ven]

Originally Posted by jbraun

Lisa@internachi.org has always handled this for me.

This would work as well:

https://www.myfloridalicense.com/complaintlist.asp?SID=

I think the State might want to know about false advertising.

[John M. Acaron]

Maybe we can have Nick take action...
Nick this is a good one for you. Get him!

[James E. Braun, CMI]

That would defiantly work better. Nick has Lisa doing too many things at a time anyway.

[Linas Dapkus]

What's the difference if he has 1 year experience or 10 years. We have grocery clerks here that are instant CMI's. It's just a gimmick anyway.

[Christopher Currins]

*Master* inspectors copying the CMI logo is nationwide. Apparently not much is being done about it.

Everyone has access.

[Eric C. Van De Ven]

Originally Posted by ldapkus1

What's the difference if he has 1 year experience or 10 years. We have grocery clerks here that are instant CMI's. It's just a gimmick anyway.

Hey Linus, why don't you jump in the Delorean and fast forward to this century? Or, are you going to continue to bring up something that happened 35 years ago? Grow up.

It is also pretty rich coming from someone who has been in business for all of 5 years.


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[Nick Gromicko]

Linas, you are wrong again. You have to prove that you have 3 years experience by submitting evidence such as:

a. a copy of your government-issued inspector's license demonstrating that you were an inspector as of three or more years ago; or

b. a copy of your business license demonstrating that you were an inspector as of three or more years ago; or

c. evidence that demonstrates that you were a member of an inspection association as of three or more years ago; or

d. a copy of the first page of your inspection business federal tax return from three or more years ago; or

e. a copy of a DBA document demonstrating that you were an inspector as of three or more years ago; or

f. three signed letters from business people or past clients stating that you were an inspector as of three or more years ago.

Read: http://www.certifiedmasterinspector.org/cmi/app.html

[Jeffrey R. Jonas]

Originally Posted by gromicko

f. three signed letters from business people or past clients stating that you were an inspector as of three or more years ago.

So any part-time, no, make that hobbyist inspector that played around three or more years ago, passes this requirement to become a CMI. Awesome!

[Eric C. Van De Ven]

Originally Posted by jjonas

So any part-time, no, make that hobbyist inspector that played around three or more years ago, passes this requirement to become a CMI. Awesome!

And.....

Complete 1,000 fee-paid inspections and/or hours of inspection-related Continuing Education (combined) in your lifetime at the time of your application.

And...

Agree to submit to a criminal background check.

There are other things as well, but, why bother reading the whole document?

[Bob Elliott]

The part about related continuing education is a big problem for believing the requirements as real.
Seems like a phony workaround and should be turned into 1,000 period.

Should also require 5 years and not three.
Just too easy to circumvent for the logo to have any real value.