InterNACHI

About InterNACHI

InterNACHI, the International Association of Certified Home Inspectors, is the world’s largest inspection trade association. Based in the United States, InterNACHI is both non-profit and federally tax exempt and operates in 44 different countries.
 
InterNACHI is the inspection industry’s largest supplier of education and training. It’s free online courses include such titles as: How to Inspect Stairways, Photo Defect Recognition Tutorial, Roofing, Electrical, Structural, Plumbing, Log Home Inspection, Code of Ethics Obstacle Course, Standards of Practice, Green Building, Vermiculite Insulation, Polybutylene Plumbing, Water Heaters, Emergency Egress, Inspector Safety, and more. Its online exams and quizzes have been taken over 3 million times. InterNACHI recently released advanced online video courses in cooperation with NACHI.TV. InterNACHI is host to over 300 events a year including classroom courses on thermal imaging and commercial building inspections. Online, video, and classroom courses come with certificates of completion and state continuing education approval for licensing purposes.
 
InterNACHI operates the inspection industry’s website, NACHI.org. NACHI.org is a monster, 220,000 page website dedicated to inspection related issues and is host to a 410,000 post message board that enjoys over 1,000 new posts a day. NACHI.org gets over 260 million hits a year and alexa.com, an amazon.com company, gives NACHI.org a traffic ranking that is greater than all other inspection related websites combined.
 
InterNACHI operates nearly all of the internet’s inspection search engines including the mammoth 430 million page North American Inspector Directory, OverSeeIt.com, a site that promotes independent oversight of residential remodeling and repair projects including new construction, InspectorNow.com a site that tracks down and calls the inspector when a consumer needs an inspection, InspectorSEEK.com, CorrectInspect.com, FindanInspector.us, and InspectorLocator.com, a site that allows consumers to search for an inspector based on the services offered such as Chimneys, Commercial Inspections, Energy Loss, Green Certification, IAC2 Certified, Lead, Log Homes, Meth Testing, Mold, New Construction, Pools and Spas, Pre-Listing Inspections, Radon, Septic, Stucco/EIFS, Thermal Imaging, Water Quality, WDO/Insects and WETT Certification. InterNACHI controls more than 4,500 inspection related websites.
 
InterNACHI also co-manages the inspection industry’s free report upload platform, FetchReport. FetchReport is a robust, unified, easy-to-use upload/download system that works with any reporting system or software. Nearly 2,000 inspection reports are uploaded to FetchReport every day.
 
InterNACHI also co-administers the MoveInCertified.com program. MoveInCertified homes have been pre-inspected by InterNACHI certified inspectors and the sellers confirm that there are no major systems in need of immediate repair or replacement and no known safety hazards.  The inspection reports are hosted on FetchReport.com. MoveInCertified also offers Green Certification inspections for home owners and sellers.
 
InterNACHI is home to the International Standards of Practice for Inspecting Commercial Properties at NACHI.org/comsop, a document pack including a commercial inspection agreement, request for documents and persons with knowledge form, outside consultant contract, thermal imaging addendum, and accessibility and green features reporting forms. InterNACHI provides commercial inspection courses throughout the English speaking world.
 
InterNACHI operates a free, online, electronic signature inspection agreement system. InterNACHI's online inspection agreement is signable and legally binding.  It allows the client to read and sign the agreement before the inspection or at least before they view their report online.  InterNACHI's basic contract is included but inspectors can make changes, add their own clauses and/or hide others.  The inspector can notify their clients automatically by email when they create an agreement, check the signed status of your agreements quickly and easily, and receive instant notification by email when their client has signed the agreement.
 
InterNACHI members enjoy free search engine optimized websites and free hosting through InspectorPages.com. InterNACHI members who form their own local chapters also enjoy free chapter websites and hosting. InterNACHI also provides free search engine optimization, site submission, and search engine ranking tracking.
 
InterNACHI members have free access and use of AgentData, a database of 1.5 million U.S. real estate agents owned by InterNACIH, for marketing purposes.
 
InterNACHI members are also automatically made members of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and enjoy chamber member benefits such as discounts on FedEx shipping.
 
InterNACHI also hosts AskNACHI.org, which helps consumers and real estate agents by allowing them to ask InterNACHI certified inspectors about anything and get an answer quickly.  AskNACHI.org is a free service.
 
InterNACHI operates the Citizen Information Center where consumers can find information on asbestos, building a home, child safety, choosing the right home inspector, constructed wetlands, electrical safety, electromagnetic fields, elderly safety, energy conservation, energy efficiency, foundation insulation, green certification, hazards, high-performance buildings, holiday safety, home buyer mistakes, home insurance, indoor air, lead, log homes, manufactured homes, mold, MoveInCertified program, plumbing, pollutants in the home, pool safety, private water wells, radon gas, rehab a home, roofs, thermal imaging, sellers inspections, septic systems, settlement costs, ten tips to speed up your inspection, termites, water damage, water quality, what really matters on an inspection and wildlife.
 
InterNACHI manages InspectorMALL.com where over 600 inspection industry vendors such as Hertz, Avis and Staples offer exclusive InterNACHI deals and discounts that you won't find anywhere else, not even directly from the vendor.  Many of the products and services in the mall are totally free.
 
InterNACHI is partners with many other great inspection related organizations such as PRO-LAB, Inspector’s Quarterly, Real Property Times, InspectorBOOST.com, IAC2, the International Association of Certified Indoor Air Consultants, and NACHI.TV.
 
InterNACHI provides its members with over $50,000.00 worth of free membership benefits including free, online courses, quizzes and exams, free Environmental Concerns book, free customized websites, free hosting, free state approved continuing education, free license plate covers, free access and use of InterNACHI’s image library, InterNACHI’s no annual fee credit card, free daily door prizes, the Alternate Dispute Resolution Service, free trademarked inspection tag lines, free custom Consumer Verification Seals, free radon inspection agreement, free e-newsletter system, free decals, free emblems, free helpline, free exam prep tools, free company name search tool, free client satisfaction surveys, free mold waivers, free log home disclaimers, free microwave oven leak detectors, free online searchable glossary, free real estate presentations, insurance discounts, website of the week, free photo gallery, free photo ID, free brochures, free report review, free link exchange, free profile editor, free video and book library, free chat room, free e-mail accounts, free authorization to pay at closing forms, free tutorials, free avoiding litigation CDs, free electrical inspection checklists, free hold harmless agreements, free inspection newsletter, free trade show banners and tablecloths, membership in IAC2, free Infrared Certified certification, free mold inspection agreements, free infrared addendums, free General Liability insurance, free Death and Accident insurance, free InterNACHI pins, and free custom online video commercials to promote your inspection business.
 
InterNACHI’s next big project in cooperation with NACHI.TV is the ultimate inspection training facility, "The InterNACHI House of Horrors." The project is designed to provide inspectors with very real hands-on training using an actual home intentionally built to contain hundreds of real defects.  The full-size mock house is being built indoors inside a NACHI.TV studio and will be used to produce advanced online video training courses.   An online inspector obstacle course using the House of Horrors is also being developed and will include a video game-style, virtual exam to test defect recognition skills. InterNACHI and NACHI.TV have already teamed up and created next-generation online education using NACHI.TV video technology and InterNACHI’s state-of-the-art online education and testing systems.   Each course includes: free, downloadable course materials, inexpensive online video classes, free online, final exams, free printable certificate of completion, InterNACHI, MICB, IAC2 and state continuing education approval. The House of Horrors will be intentionally modified to include, improperly wired outlets, plumbing code violations, an electrical service full of violations, 6 different sidings & stucco exterior finishes, a dozen different roofing systems, cut-away drywall to expose framing members, environmental hazards, various insulations of various R-values, improper gutter/downspout systems, heating systems with defects, green building features, over 40 different safety concerns, and a glass floor that allows students to see structure. The House of Horrors will also have a set of stairs with a deck for visiting inspectors to access the roof and chimney, and will even have a sprinkler to simulate rain.  Various inspection tools and meters will be available for use.  Because the house will have many times the defects found in a typical inspection, visiting inspectors will be provided with an experience superior to ride-a-longs, online aids, classroom training or correspondence courses.  The house will also include defects commonly found on commercial inspections and new construction.  The specially dedicated NACHI.TV studio, host to the House of Horrors, will also have an indoor classroom and an industry vendor display room. The training facility will be available to ALL home inspection schools, community colleges, seminars, field trips, vocational schools and of course InterNACHI events.  And like all of InterNACHI’s existing education, courses developed using the House of Horrors be submitted for state continuing education approval.  A wax dummy of a real estate agent has yet to be procured.
 
 

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