Move In Certified in Demand

[Brian A. MacNeish]

Originally Posted by bgromicko

Please read the following: http://www.nachi.org/forum/f62/liabi...pection-31353/

Only read the first 8 or so posts. Bruce King has some interesting info/thoughts. Maybe this is the thread I remember about MIC inspections not being as thorough as a pre-purchase.

[Roy D. Cooke, Sr]

http://www.prelistingreport.com/

http://www.prelistingreport.com/imag...mpleReport.pdf

[Brian A. MacNeish]

Originally Posted by rcooke

http://www.prelistingreport.com/

http://www.prelistingreport.com/imag...mpleReport.pdf

Some select phrases...haven't read it all.....GTG.

"You and your Realtor approve the draft."

There's a marriage made in hell! Can you really say what you want.


"Carson Dunlop and their engineers are totally beyond reproach! I consider them the "Bentley" of Home Inspection Companies"

I have known Alan Carson since 1991 and was quoted in a "Harrowsmith' magazine article with Robert Dunlop in 1986.

From what I know about them and having been one of the first in the business, they should dominate the Toronto market for realtors with high personal integrity that want the best for their clients. CD only hire engineers and then train them for 3-6 months before they are allowed to conduct an inspection by themselves. Homeowners love engineers inspecting their houses.........Is the engineer only HI another marketing gimmick?? Or are they using the engineering association's E&O insurance which used to be/may still be much cheaper than HI E&O?

Anyways, MIC has been tried here by a few...I see some realtors that were using MIC on their signs 6 months ago no longer seem to use it. Living in a small town and having the confidence of people you already personally know, I can see it bringing in some revenue. Is it 10% or more of your business?

Believe it or not, Roy...... In the first year of our company operation into northern NS from NB (1985-6), a local young hotshot office manager of a NS chain of RE offices wanted to have us do pre-sale inspections for his higher end houses that he would pay for. My then partner wanted to; I refused.....we didn't do any. Conflict of interest....I work for the client!!

[Roy D. Cooke, Sr]

[
quote=Brian A. MacNeish;725727] "You and your Realtor approve the draft."

There's a marriage made in hell! Can you really say what you want.


"Carson Dunlop and their engineers are totally beyond reproach! I consider them the "Bentley" of Home Inspection Companies"
From what I know about them and having been one of the first in the business, ("they should dominate the Toronto market for realtors with high personal integrity that want the best for their clients. CD only hire engineers and then train them for 3-6 months before they are allowed to conduct an inspection by themselves. Homeowners love engineers") inspecting their houses.........Is the engineer only HI another marketing gimmick?? Or are they using the engineering association's E&O insurance which used to be/may still be much cheaper than HI E&O?


Believe it or not, Roy

When some one says this to me I get extremely nervous because they usually are going to tell me a lie .

With many of your statements making the hair stand up on my neck I wonder

[/quote]
("they should dominate the Toronto market for realtors with high personal integrity that want the best for their clients. CD only hire engineers and then train them for 3-6 months before they are allowed to conduct an inspection by themselves. Homeowners love engineers ")
C&D does dominate the Toronto Market

("CD only hire engineers and then train them for 3-6 months before they are allowed ")
Wrong again they do hire Inspectors who are not engineers see below.

http://www.boulevardinspection.com/

Why are you so afraid of Marketing gimmicks as you call them .
I do not remember you complaining about the Remax balloon or the pens some give out from perfect pen company .
Brian why not slow down and enjoy life instead of looking for some thing to complain about all the time .
Relax like Mollie is
Merry christmas to you and your family.
From Char and Roy

[ROBERT V. YOUNG]

Roy Cooke
I love your mind. It is sharp and I am jealous. Truly
I wish they had an award for excellent wit and cunning, sharp banter.
You would have a room full of EMMYE'S now. No joke.
Keep it up, it does so makes me truly smile.

To you, your lovely wife and your son.
Merry Christmas and Health and Happiness into the New Year.
May God bless.

[Brian A. MacNeish]

Originally Posted by rcooke

Believe it or not, Roy

When some one says this to me I get extremely nervous because they usually are going to tell me a lie .
With many of your statements making the hair stand up on my neck I wonder
When have you ever caught me in a lie, Roy? You obviously didn't believe me earlier today because YOU couldn't find the scoop on the HI firm with 4 BBB current complaints. In the end, when you finally found it, I was proved not to lie.

BTW, in 1972, I was called Diogenes by a university prof and then again, about 10 years, by a student of the Classics.

Diogenes - "The Cynic"
(BC, c412-323)
Diogenes was chief among the school known as the cynics, though possibly not representative of it [Diogenes "carried the principles of the sect to an extreme of asceticism." (OED.)]. It was said of Diogenes that throughout his life he "searched with a lantern in the daylight for an honest man." And though Diogenes apparently did not find an honest man, he had, in the process, "exposed the vanity and selfishness of man." (Chambers.)

An interesting story is the one where the young Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) met Diogenes, then a very old man. The powerful young conqueror, being solicitous of the old philosopher, asked what, if anything he could do for him. Diogenes replied, "Stand out of my sunshine"; to which he added, as Alexander took his leave, "If I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes."


("CD only hire engineers and then train them for 3-6 months before they are allowed ")
Wrong again they do hire Inspectors who are not engineers see below.
http://www.boulevardinspection.com/

Boulevard is a subsidiary company that I have known of for at least 6-7 years. Here's the Boulevard storey: http://www.boulevardinspection.com/whoweare/index.htm
CD hires only engineers. Why would they quote a realtor with this line?......

"Carson Dunlop and their engineers are totally beyond reproach! I consider them the "Bentley" of Home Inspection Companies"

Why are you so afraid of Marketing gimmicks as you call them .
I do not remember you complaining about the Remax balloon or the pens some give out from perfect pen company .
It's obvious I'll have to explain the difference between straight above board advertising and using "gimmicks". With the balloon and pens, is there any underlying, hidden or misleading aspects?......NO! It's plain, pure and simple advertising!

gim·mick
–noun
1. an ingenious or novel device, scheme, or stratagem, esp. one designed to attract attention or increase appeal.

2. a concealed, usually devious aspect or feature of something, as a plan or deal: .....a little off track but IMHO.....This would be claiming that HI's with as little as 3 years experience are truly "masters" of the HI profession.

3. a hidden mechanical device by which a magician works a trick or a gambler controls a game of chance.

4. Electronics Informal . a capacitor formed by intertwining two insulated wires.

–verb (used with object)
5. to equip or embellish with unnecessary features, esp. in order to increase salability, acceptance, etc. (often fol. by up ): to gimmick up a sports car with chrome and racing stripes.
Why would they want to train engineers to inspect houses? Is it necessary to have engineers as regular home inspectors?.......No! Can only engineers do a good job of a house inspection?......... No! These folks have trained for 5 hard years in university at a cost of $50-$100,000 to do what.....inspect houses...give me a break!! It appears to be a marketing gimmick.

BTW, Roy. You should straighten these poor deluded engineers out before they spend the BIG $$$$$. They could have gotten it all here for a paltry $289!!


–verb (used without object)
6. to resort to gimmickry, esp. habitually.
This last one is NIck to a "T"

Good Night and have a good XMAS.

[Roy D. Cooke, Sr]

OH! OK thanks Brian

[ROBERT V. YOUNG]

Brian MacN.
You are looking at the WHOLE industry with jaded eye's.
Not all residential building are built as you wish. Followed to the manufactures instructions and directions. MOST are not. ( sorry )
Not all associations are regulated and licensed by the government. Most in Canada are not. ( sorry again mate ) thank God !!
Look at BC. HA HA HA
They are all being run by simple human beings that can sometimes makes mistakes in life. ( sorry )
But most are in it honestly, and truly helping the industry move forward.
In the New age of learning.
Internet.
Not Carson D's way, through books that are over priced for value . ( they are good reading but are not made of gold. ) $ 4,000.00 and made when?what year, any reference to the internet or the future?
ADD CAHPI'S to the mix, another one that can and should be investigated.
Yes it has structure again at what cost $$$$$$$$$$$
Any ties to banking and mortgaging in Canada should be looked at. ( to me )
The ones you keep complaining about are the ones you should be helping and parsing, and aiding them grow there efforts in weeding out those big money grabbers like CAHPI that have ties to mortgage system's.( to me)
I caught the CMHC advertisements to new home owners.
The REAL mills only interested in fee's MONEY.
I can name then but will stop short.
Roy C. knows them.
Yet you shrug his knowlage off also?
They( real mills Brian ) do a purpose but at what expense to the industry? .
You are smug, arrogant, very bothersome, ignorant man that thinks your way is the best way.
You create an imposable scenario to everything you view.
I feel sorry for you.
Brian again " you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar."
May some thought for the upcoming new year.

[Roy D. Cooke, Sr]

Getting Your House Sold in 2011


http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204336704576042361014302734.html
If your New Year's resolution involves selling a home in 2011, you've got some work to do: There's lots of inventory out there. And in a buyer's market like this one, getting an offer on a home can be challenging.
Still, for the committed seller willing to do some prep work and come to terms with the current value of his or her home, locking in a buyer isn't impossible.



By putting your house on the market in early January, you might be able to catch some of those early birds who start browsing in the winter so that they can find a new home before school starts in the fall, says Louis Cammarosano, general manager of HomeGain.com, a real-estate website.
Many buyers tend to start their searches online right after Christmas, and continue looking throughout January and February, he says.
"If you hit the ground running and you're a fresh listing that has done everything right, you've got the best shot," says Mr. Cammarosano.
Consider the following tips to give your home the best chance to get noticed -- and sold -- in 2011.
Price it right from the start. Many sellers suffer from attachment bias, says Tara-Nicholle Nelson, consumer educator for real-estate website Trulia.com. They believe that their home is worth more than what they would pay for it in another context.
While it's always a bad idea to overprice a home, it's especially dangerous in times like this because there is so much competing inventory in many local markets.
Ms. Nelson's advice: Give yourself a reality check by looking inside comparable homes during open houses. That can help you get a clearer idea of your home's value.
You might even consider interviewing a few real-estate agents to get more than one take on how the home should be priced, Mr. Cammarosano says.
The longer something sits on the market, the more price reductions you might have to make and the more potential buyers will assume that there's something wrong with the home, he says. So more often than not, it's best not to try testing the waters with a higher price, he adds.
Don't be afraid to advertise in the listing and marketing materials that it's not a foreclosure or short sale, Ms. Nelson says. In markets where distressed sales are plentiful, there are buyers who simply don't want to deal with the extra hassle and uncertainty of a short sale or bank-owned property, she adds.
Get the house ready. Most sellers know they need to declutter, paint in neutral colors and generally stage the home as best as they can to help buyers envision themselves in the home. Often, this is done on the advice of a real-estate agent or professional stager.
The closer you can get your home to looking like a photo from a Pottery Barn catalog, the better off you will be, says Beth Jaworski, a real-estate agent in the Milwaukee area.
And make sure that your cabinets and refrigerator are cleaned out and decluttered, too. "You want to have a minimum of 'stuff' in the house," she says. "The less stuff you have, the larger the closets, basement and garage will look."
Ms. Jaworski also recommends having a home inspection done a month before putting the home on the market to identify any major defects that need to be corrected.
Provide as much information as possible. Have energy bills and a list of updates available for buyers to see, Ms. Jaworski says.
"Buyers are always curious what the utility bills are, how old the roof is, how many layers it has, how old the major mechanicals are and when that addition was added," she says. "The more information you can provide on the house, the better."
Consider providing a floor plan with listings as well, Mr. Cammarosano says. That way the prospective buyers don't have to keep making return visits to determine how their furniture will fit in the space -- they'll have the dimensions in hand.
Make it easy to show. The more available you can make your home for showings, the better, says David Welch, a broker/associate in Orlando, Fla.
Make it easy for your real-estate agent to access the property and keep the place clean.
"You want your home to be easy to show because you don't know if you will get a second chance," Mr. Welch says.
"Trust me, the buyer wants to like your house. Keep it in show-ready condition," he says, so they aren't turned off by a first impression.
Be flexible. Buyers are in the driver's seat these days, and they know they can make all sorts of unusual requests without risking the deal. Be ready.
"Buyer wants to see the house at 7 a.m. on Tuesday, OK," Ms. Jaworski says. "Buyer wants to bring 10 family members and an inspector to check out the house for three hours this weekend, OK. Buyer wants you to include the kitchen table and chairs, the painting over the fireplace and your snow blower, OK."
"The more flexible you are," she says, "the better off you will be."

[ROBERT V. YOUNG]

I am going to put that on my web page Roy. Not verbatim but close.
You once offered a listings link to the interNACHI MB months back.
All homes for sale in Canada or your area if I am not mistaken.
Can you post it again. I lost everything on my PC including backups months back, except for what I had on dicks.
Thanks Roy.C

[Roy D. Cooke, Sr]

is this it... Roy

http://www.realtor.ca/map.

[ROBERT V. YOUNG]

Originally Posted by rcooke

is this it... Roy

http://www.realtor.ca/map.

It does not look the same, but again everything changes so fast.
You did not have to place the criteria ( price, rooms, fireplace,etc.) of the home that you were looking for as this one does.
Once it was opened everything that was for sale was there.
That being said Roy, this is fine and you are more than helpful.
This is a good starting point for referencing my MIC and homes I need to find location for when working with an agent.

[David Hays]

Originally Posted by dhays

I just got some feed back from the realtor.
The home is under contract. I asked her if the pre-listing inspection helped.

"Yes it did – in fact, they did not order their own inspection, they are basing their decision from you inspection. They are also ok with the structural report"

Yesterday I was contacted by the Realtor. The sellers of this property want a buyers inspection on another house, we are scheduled for this Saturday.

This is how MIC, Sellers Inspections, Pre-Listing Inspections work. Multiple inspections with the same client.

[ROBERT V. YOUNG]

Good for you Mr.hays.
Its a bear of an idea.