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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...
PLI’S TAX TIPS 2020
Tax savings are not impossible. Here are 5 of the top ways home inspectors can make sure to save. Tip 1. Hire a CPA (a Certified Professional Accountant). It will save you more than it costs, unless your income in under $90,000. PS – Don’t think...
OHIO LICENSES
They’ve done it again! They've done it again! The date for getting home inspector licenses in Ohio got pushed back again. Now, July 1, 2020 is the new deadline. As the Ohio Department of Commerce pointed out (in its deep...
MONEY MATTERS
Money needs a place to park. So you can think of this column as an AI Parking Assistant. We’ll be working together to slide into the best parking spots with minimal effort, above average safety, and optimum results. But, unlike driver...
3 Days Left To Grandfather In Ohio
Nov. 1 is the deadline for getting grandfathered into an Ohio home inspector license. Ohio’s grandfathering window was limited to 120 days. It closes just days from now. Most Kentucky inspectors should be eligible. Starting Nov. 1, 2019,...
Agents Earn ……
The median real estate agent earned $48,690 in 2018, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. "The high commissions haven't made most real estate agents rich," The New York Times commented. "Instead, the commissions have created a bloated and unproductive sector. ...
FACEBOOK REDFACED OVER REDLINING
Facebook has been breaking the federal Fair Housing Act for years, HUD claimed in a lawsuit it filed against the “social network” Thursday (3/28/19). Facebook was “redlining” in two big ways, said HUD (the U.S. Department of Housing and...
Personal Intelligence: “THERE’S A.I. AND THEN THERE’S P.I.”
95 Mbps. That’s the average fixed U.S. internet connection speed today. U there? It matters. You can check yours with Speedtest. It will measure download speed, upload speed, and latency, thee three key performance metrics for connecting computers. Starting...
Tiny Tidbits Making Megatrends
Existing home sales jumped up 11.8% in February (2019). Interest rates on the basic 30-year fixed mortgage drifted down to 4.28% by the time the sales numbers came out in late March, 2019. That took mortgage costs back down to where they were in the last week of...
NEW REGS, NEW LAWS -SAVE A C-NOTE
Pocket An Extra $100, on renewing. Sale starts now. It's not really a "sale," of course, It's more like reality therapy. For years, the KBHI soaked inspectors for hundreds of thousands of dollars...
