by Lorri Keeney | Aug 22, 2020 | Blog, Home Inspection, Licensing, Money Matters, News, Newsletter, Problem Solving, Tips, Tools, Uncategorized
DEC 31 DEADLINE. MFD BY BOARD IS DEAD IN THE WATER Are you scratching your head over a Ky Board of Home Inspectors (KBHI) email that showed up out of the blue? You’re not alone. PLI’s phones are ringing! “What’s this nutty 2 page...
by Lorri Keeney | Jul 5, 2020 | Blog, Home Inspection, Home Safety, Money Matters, News, Newsletter, Problem Solving, Uncategorized
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...
by Lorri Keeney | Jul 4, 2020 | Blog, Environmental, Home Inspection, Home Safety, News, Newsletter, Problem Solving, Tips
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....
by Lorri Keeney | Jul 4, 2020 | Blog, Home Inspection, Home Safety, Newsletter, Problem Solving
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...
by Lorri Keeney | Apr 3, 2020 | Blog, Home Inspection, Home Safety, Licensing, Money Matters, News, Newsletter, Problem Solving, Tips, Uncategorized
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...
by Lorri Keeney | Apr 3, 2020 | Blog, Home Inspection, Money Matters, News, Problem Solving, Tips, Uncategorized
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...