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IT’S TWILIGHT FOR IC – DON’T BUY THAT CAR THIS YEAR
Any other year -- than 2019 -- is a better year to buy a new vehicle.In fact, 2019 may set the record for the worst possible year – EVER – for buying new cars and trucks. Deals on used vehicles are likely to play out at least as badly. You will lose money on any car...
What is more likely to kill you?
What's more likely to kill you? A - Selfie. B - Shark attack. A: Selfies. At least 259 people died while taking a selfie, between Oct., 2011 and Nov., 2017, the latest study (2018) found. It confirmed a 2015 a report from Mashable the said more people died...
PLI Predicts 2019 – Success + More Inspections
The headline is simple: 2019 sales will look a lot like 2018, only a bit better. The market is changing – your way. 2018 was probably the best year for home inspection businesses in the last decade. But there will be an important improvement. You’re reading about it...
Be Heard – New Regulations
Now’s your chance! Got ideas to make home inspector licensing work better, or help the Board of Home Inspectors up its game? There’s no better time than Tuesday, October 23rd to lay them out. Tired of the repetitive paperwork, over and over, from a administration the...
The BHI Olympic Lead Turkey Medal
Pick the Most Idiotic Board Move It’s Oscar Awards season in Hollywood and our athletes are giving their max to bring home Olympic gold. Naturally, that brings to mind the inspiration all home inspectors and home buying stakeholders get from the Board of Home...
The New Tax Bite – Your 2018 PLI Taxpayer GPS
Put Thousands in your Pocket – in 40 Days! Here is our quiz A. Self-employed home inspectors are right in the crosshairs of the new tax law. Not at all. It’s a tax cut. True, but only if they are married filing jointly. True, sorta, if they make...
No Homes Left Behind- 2017 Resolution
NEW YEAR RESOLUTION: NO HOMES LEFT BEHIND Home inspectors are busy. That’s great. But “tunnel vision” can kick in. New Year’s resolutions are the opportunity to step back, look at the “big picture,” and plan for 2017. Spotting...
Legislative Session To Watch For Home Inspectors
This is the legislative session to watch. Miss this one and you'll be playing ketchup for years. In all 10 years of home inspector licensing, there never has been more at stake – more to win, and more to lose. It’s all up for grabs. On one extreme, there's a...
New BD Of Home Inspectors First Meeting
NEW BD OF HOME INSPECTORS FIRST MEETING EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN If you thought the old Kentucky Board of Home Inspectors was clueless before, you should've stopped by the first meeting of the new, recreated Board of Home Inspectors (BHI). (The new name drops the...
Warden Takes Helm Will Lead New KY Real Estate Authority
Kenneth W. Warden, of Fort Thomas, was named the first Executive Director of the new Kentucky Real Estate Authority on Dec. 13. The appointment by David Dickerson, Secretary of the Public Protection Cabinet (PPC), was announced during the first meeting of the new...