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Covid is NOT over.
Covid is not over. But people are so over it. It’s still killing us. But the chance to kill it is long gone. Over One Million Americans already are dead and buried from Covid. That is more than all the Americans killed on all the battlefields in all of our...
New Name. New Home.
It’s incredible! The Professional Learning Institute celebrates its 15th anniversary this July as the first and oldest Kentucky Pre-Licensing educator. We’ll have to have a party. We also took a look back – and ahead. What makes our day? What...
MASK OLYMPICS
Not an inspector. But do we have your attention? Gaiters Wayre Face masks have become essential. Like home inspectors. At first, there were practically none to be found. This led to more than a...
NO RENEWAL FEES? Opportunity missed!
It’s deja vu all over again! Shed a tear! You could have had a free license this year. Instead, kiss about $150,000 bye-bye. That’s about how much home inspectors could have saved if 2020 fees had been waived. That was...
DAZED, BAFFLED AND BEWILDERED
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...
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...
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...