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The world’s largest home inspector association.

10,000 members strong!



Although there is evidence of home inspections as far back

as the mid-1940s, the first home inspector association wasn’t

founded until thirty years later. In 1976, in California, the first state

association was founded, and the first national association was

founded with its headquarters in Ohio.

The mere fact that two associations were founded at the same

time was a precursor to the fragmentation of the home inspection

industry. Since 1976, state and national home inspector associations

have come and gone, with state associations in almost every state,

and seven national associations. Most of them offer few benefits to

their members and few services to the public, and none of them

have had the impact on the industry and the public like that of the

National Association of Certified Home Inspectors (NACHI).

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NACHI was founded in 1990 and seemed to be “just

another” trade association until August 2002. At that time, NACHI

created what has become one of the world’s most active Internet

sites, registering over 16 million hits each month. Knowledge is

power, and NACHI succeeded in bringing real estate and home

inspection knowledge to home inspectors, Realtors, and the public.

With almost 10,000 members, NACHI is now the world’s

largest home inspector association, with three times as many

members as the second largest. NACHI is also one of the world’s

largest trade associations in any industry.




Home Inspectors

NACHI has created the home inspection industry’s largest

and most active Internet Message Board. While NACHI members

are the best home inspectors in the industry, even they don’t know

everything. However, when they come across something that

puzzles them, they can go to the Message Board, post a question or

picture, and have dozens of answers within hours, sometimes

within minutes. NACHI is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,

including all major holidays and sporting events, so Clients of

NACHI members never have to wait for answers about the oldest

or newest technology or construction methods.

Most of the NACHI Message Board is also open to the

public, so anyone can register and post a question and picture, and

get answers from the most knowledgeable people in the home

inspection industry. Simply go to www.nachi.org and click on

Message Board.




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�ACHI membership is a privilege!

Prospective members must demonstrate knowledge about

real estate, construction practices, and home inspections,

as well as knowledge about NACHI’s Standards of Practice

and Code of Ethics.

NACHI also requires its members to complete 24 hours

of continuing education each year. While many trade associations

leave it up to their members to educate themselves, NACHI is

leading the way in building bridges to help its members become

better educated, sometimes even before they do their first

inspection! NACHI has the best online education system in the

industry, with roofing, electrical, and structural courses, and many

more in development. NACHI is leading the way in fully

integrating the Internet into helping its members, Realtors,

governments, and the public.




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Members are encouraged to participate in all aspects of the

home inspection and real estate industries, and NACHI facilitates

that participation by being the world’s largest provider and host of

inspection-related events.

Courses, chapter meetings, conventions, seminars. . . .

NACHI provides it all to its members to ensure that you get

the best home inspectors in the business.

Although NACHI members

don’t have x-ray vision like Superman,

sometimes you’ll think they do.




State governments

State trade associations

Other national trade associations

Buyer pre-purchase inspections

Seller pre-listing inspections

Owner maintenance inspections

Renter move-in/move-out inspections

Specialized inspections and services

Realtors

Real estate attorneys

Home Inspectors

Construction professionals

Repair professionals

Code and enforcement officials

Insurance companies

Other real estate professionals

(appraisers, lenders, etc.)




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Realtors and real estate attorneys are an integral part

of building bridges between home inspectors and the public.

To the extent allowed by law, and as determined by contractual

agreements between home inspectors and their Clients, NACHI

members are building bridges with their willingness to help not

only their home inspection Clients, but real estate agents as well.

The public is better served when everyone works together.

NACHI is leading the way!

Many NACHI members specialize in working specifically

with new real estate agents, helping not only to educate them

as to what a good, thorough home inspection means to everyone

involved, but also helping them understand the complete home

inspection process and their roles in it as real estate agents.

Realtors

Real estate attorneys




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NACHI and its members spend a vast amount of time,

money, and energy building bridges with state and federal

government entities, state trade associations, and other national

trade associations to better serve and educate the public about

good, thorough home inspections.

With its large, active membership, as well as its useful

and dominant web site, NACHI is leading the way in building

bridges between home inspectors, the public, and governments.

State governments

State trade associations

Other national trade associations




Home Inspectors

NACHI members offer inspections on many types of

properties for buyers, sellers, owners, and renters:

� single-family residences;

� duplexes, triplexes, and fourplexes;

� apartment buildings;

� condominiums and public utility developments;

� manufactured homes; and

� commercial properties.

Buyer pre-purchase inspections

Seller pre-listing inspections

Owner maintenance inspections

Renter move-in/move-out inspections

Specialized inspections and services




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NACHI members offer many specialized inspections to meet

the specific needs of their Clients, such as:

� pool, spa, and tennis court inspections;

� inspections for radon, lead, and mold;

� water and air quality, water well, and septic inspections;

� seawall inspections in coastal areas;

� draw and phase inspections on new construction;

� spot inspections on specific repairs;

� safety and ADA inspections;

� FHA and HUD inspections;

� insurance inspections; and

� lease and lender verification inspections.

Check with your local NACHI member for inspections to meet the

specific needs of your Clients.



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Depending on legal requirements, many NACHI members

offer non-traditional types of inspections to meet specific needs of

their Clients, such as investor inspections for buyers who are going

to renovate a property, or “walk” inspections for those not yet in

escrow on a property. Your local NACHI home inspector will

know the legal requirements for home inspections in your area.

Still other NACHI members offer specialized services,

such as:

� recall research on appliances;

� permit history research on individual properties;

� special services as expert witnesses; and

� consulting services for property renovation and

code compliance.

Check with your local NACHI home inspector for the types of

inspections and services available in your area.




Home Inspectors

NACHI and NACHI members are building bridges between

the home inspection industry and other professionals working in

real estate, such as:

� construction professionals;

� plumbers, electricians, and others who provide repairs

or renovations on existing properties;

� municipal building and code inspectors (sometimes

we help them understand their own codes!);

� insurance and claims adjusters; and

� appraisers, lenders, and others who provide specialized

real estate services.

Construction professionals

Repair professionals

Code and enforcement officials

Insurance companies

Other real estate professionals

(appraisers, lenders, etc.)




Home Inspectors

Insurance companies estimate that

NACHI members test, evaluate, operate, and

offer opinions on dozens of systems, hundreds

of components, and thousands of individual

items during the course of a standard home

inspection. Such systems include:




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� foundations, ceilings, floors, walls;

� attics, roofs;

� chimneys, fireplaces;

� electrical systems: panels, lights, outlets,

switches, wiring;

� plumbing systems: bathtubs, showers,

sinks, toilets, septic systems, water wells;

� water heaters;

� heating and air conditioning systems;

� cabinets, doors, drawers, windows;

� landscaping, grading, vegetation;

� pools, spas, tennis courts;

� and more!




Home Inspectors

Building bridges between buyers, sellers, owners,

renters, and home inspectors, as well as many other real

estate professionals, requires experienced, helpful, and

certified professionals—�ACHI members! To find a

NACHI home inspector in your area, simply go to

www.InspectorSeek.com.

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