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...
by Lorri Keeney | Apr 3, 2020 | Blog, Home Inspection, Home Safety, News, Newsletter, Problem Solving, Tips, Uncategorized
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...
by Lorri Keeney | Apr 1, 2020 | Blog, Home Inspection, Home Safety, Licensing, Money Matters, News, Newsletter, Problem Solving, Tips, Tools, Uncategorized
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...
by Lorri Keeney | Apr 1, 2020 | Blog, Home Safety, Money Matters, News, Newsletter, Problem Solving, Tips
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...
by Lorri Keeney | Mar 9, 2020 | Blog, Environmental, Home Safety, News, Problem Solving, Tips, Uncategorized
“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...