ONLINE REPORT CARD: F
ONLINE REPORT CARD: F [0608 2020] Online “learning” just wrapped up its first multi-state, nationwide test. Report cards are in, from across the country. Lots of people will be burning them out by the mailbox, before anyone gets to see...
When It Rains
WHEN IT RAINS… About 6 million properties have major flooding risks that do not show up on federal flood maps. The new maps of flood risk come from homeowner-centered First Street Foundation. They are available – for every home – First Street announced June 30....
“Mansard” roofs
WHERE’D WE GET THAT WORD? “Mansard” roofs It’s basically a mispronunciation. Should've been 'mansart." But builders don't read, as every inspector knows, especially not French. So the "t" turned into a slurred "d." "Mansard." ...
Cashin In
The Feds are raining dollars on America. You heard about $2 trillion the feds decided to helicopter into American pockets. And the $1,200 “stimulus checks.” Maybe it’s just a coincidence it’s an election years and thousands of voters are dying from a...
Lumber Giveaway
Lumber futures prices for May delivery fell to $278.50 per 1,000 board feet Tuesday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, the center for such trading. That is down 41% from a recent high of $468.30 reached on Feb. 20. Why do we...
Three Kinds of Face Masks
The federal government now has turned around and said everyone should wear facemasks. That’s a switch. We’ll hear lots more about it in the weeks ahead. Yet the timeline so far is clear as can be. On Feb. 28 Vice-President Mike Pence, head of the...
RENEWAL REPRIEVE
License renewals got a reprieve from the Ky Bd Of Home Inspectors (KBHI) Wednesday (3/31). In essence, the policy gives KY inspectors “60 days after the Executive Order is lifted to submit information lacking” in a renewal application....
INSPECTOR COVID-19 GUIDELINES
No guidelines for home inspections in the pandemic were adopted by the Ky Bd of Home Inspectors (KBHI) at its special tele-meeting 3/31. All the inspectors on the Board (both of them) said they still are inspecting. They carry “masks and...
3/4 DOWN — BUT NOT OUT, NACHI’S GROMICKO SAYS
About three-fourths of the 30,000 home inspectors in the U.S. and Canada are unwilling to do inspections right now, with all the Covid-19 dangers and orders, NACHI founder Nick Gromicko told The Wall Street Journal (reported April 1, 2020). Gromicko did...
CORONAVIRUS
“Let’s stay safe out there” usually is the last thing a PLI class hears before heading home. That’s easier to say than do with this new coronavirus bug. Partly, that’s because of suspicions the government is not leveling with us. Partly...