Senator Buford helps InterNACHI.

Senator Tom Buford.

Everyone please help our industry by supporting Senator Tom Buford in his run for U.S. Congress. Senator Buford recently helped InterNACHI by announcing his intentions to put forth an amendment which would require the Kentucky Board of Home Inspectors to include at least one member of InterNACHI. He also wrote the Governor asking that a InterNACHI member be placed on the board.

Some states lack InterNACHI integrity.

Most state licensing boards, like Kentucky’s, are made up of a couple government officials, a REALTOR, a builder, a member of the general public and a couple home inspectors. Invariably the former all follow the lead of the latter (the inspectors) on these inspection boards. This unfortunately puts these boards essentially in the control of a few inspectors. In some egregious cases the inspectors are all members of only one trade association where they misuse their power to restrain free trade which results in harm to the home-buying consumer. This isn’t just an unwarranted fear. It already happened. Most notably in New Jersey where members of a particular trade association got control of licensing, licensed themselves, and then refused to license qualified InterNACHI applicants for over a year claiming "our printer broke." They then went on a mass marketing campaign intended to mislead REALTORs into steering their clients toward only "licensed" inspectors. InterNACHI's lobbyist, the New Jersey InterNACHI Chapter, the Home Inspection Consumer Action Group, NAHI, AHIA, and especially New Jersey Assemblyman Anthony Impreveduto have been successfully working to clean it up.

Not here in Kentucky.

Home buyers and home inspectors can rest easy in Kentucky. Senator Tom Buford is fighting to assure that the home-buying public has access to Kentucky’s best home inspectors. He has taken steps to protect both inspectors and consumers in Kentucky and with a couple well thought-out moves, prevented any corruption before it could begin. Thank goodness for Tom Buford.

Brilliant!

Senator Tom Buford announced his intentions in a recent press-release to put forth an amendment which would require the (currently 10 member) Kentucky Board of Home Inspectors to include at least one member of InterNACHI. Realizing he couldn’t get the bill through until January 2005, he acted quickly and wrote a letter to the Governor asking that InterNACHI member Michael Green be placed on the board. Senator Buford’s actions assure a well-rounded licensing board based on consumer advocacy, not market monopoly.

Buford for U.S. Congress.

Tom Buford is now running for U.S. Congress. For the good of the home-buying public, InterNACHI, and the entire home inspection industry, please join me in supporting him. I know you work hard for your money but Senator Buford worked hard for us. You all know me pretty well. You all know I’m not about the money. I financially support our InterNACHI Foundation (a separate registered charity).  I’ve never drawn a paycheck from InterNACHI. I’ve never made any side deals at InterNACHI. We fully fund all local InterNACHI events. Our exams, quizzes, online tools, message board, listing in FindAnInspector.US, InspectorSEEK.com, marketing tips, and educational products are all free. We never billed you for a InterNACHI branding scheme.  Local InterNACHI Chapters don’t charge dues. All of the benefits of InterNACHI membership are free. We never charged extra for anything. Hell, we don’t even sell as much as a banner ad on our 5.7 million hit/month monster site. Well, now I’m asking for money. Not for me, but for the integrity of our industry.   

Please write a check to "Buford for Congress" and send it to InterNACHI, P.O. Box 987, Valley Forge, PA 19482-0987. Give till it hurts (a little). If you cannot afford to give much… don’t…give what you can. Even $10 would be appreciated very much and it would show your support. Senator Buford needs it, and more importantly… deserves it.

Nick Gromicko
Executive Director

P.S.  I have already given Buford for Congress my personal check for $2,000 (the maximum permitted by law) and I am organizing a fundraiser for Senator Buford.

Visit Buford for Congress.

Senator Buford's recent press-release about InterNACHI.

Nick joins KREIA.