St. Louis Metro-East Chapter of InterNACHI meeting August 13th, 2005.
Update: Lightning knocked out the power just before the event started. Pictured
below, Nick trying to quickly learn his cheat sheets. Pic by InterNACHI member Jim
Bushart.
You are cordially invited to the next meeting of the St. Louis Metro-East Chapter
of the International Association of Certified Home Inspectors (InterNACHI), Saturday, August 13th, 2005 from 6pm to 9pm. The meeting is open to all. You don’t need to be a member to attend. The dinner
meeting is $25/person, including the presentation. Dress casual, bring your spouses,
and come hungry! Everyone is welcome.
Please RSVP to nick.gromicko@nachi.org if you plan to attend.
Our introductory speaker will be David James, President of St. Louis Metro-East Chapter of InterNACHI on the chapter's new website: http://www.stlouisnachi.org
Our Guest speaker will be Carol Reuter, ABR, GRI, and President of the Belleville
Area Association of REALTORs on:
- What REALTORs want from a home inspector.
Our other speaker will be Nick Gromicko, InterNACHI's janitor, ad agency owner, and
former veteran REALTOR on:
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Marketing your home inspection service directly to home buyers.
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Raising your prices when your competition in Missouri and Illinois charges less.
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Converting every call into a scheduled inspection.
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Tips for tweaking your website so that it sells.
Other speaker: Keith Swift of Porter Valley Software. Keith will be giving a seminar on "Advanced
Communications for Home Inspectors" which includes:
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Effective Marketing to increase business.
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Best Business Practices for the Home Inspection Industry.
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How to effectively Avoid Litigation.
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Tales from the trenches.
Other speaker: Dennis DeMarco of GoSmallBiz.com on:
- Great business ideas for home inspectors.
Technical speaker to be announced.
A good dinner ($25), drinks and desserts and free stuff:
- InterNACHI ADRS http://www.nachiadrs.org memberships.
- Homegauge: http://www.homegauge.com Demo software, pens & flashlights.
- EyeCandy reporting: http://www.homeinspectingsoftware.com 2 free copies of their system.
- Toolexperts: http://www.toolexperts.com Catalogues, tools, and door prizes.
- Professional Equipment: http://www.professionalequipment.com Catalogues and gift certificates and a prize.
- ITA: http://www.learn2inspect.com Inspection books by ITA.
- The Taunton Press: http://www.taunton.com Code Check books.
- Dan Jones: http://www.homeinspectionsuccessbook.com Home Inspection Success book and DVD.
Dues: There are currently no dues required to join the St. Louis Metro-East Chapter. You need not join to attend.
Place:
Schiappas in O'Fallon, IL1050 Eastgate Drive
O'Fallon, Illinois(618) 624-2033
Everyone is welcome to attend this open-door home inspection event.
This Chapter and meeting were put together by volunteer members:
David JamesPresident, St. Louis Metro-East Chapter of InterNACHIFirst Call Home InspectionsLebanon, Illinois(618) 537-6702 Cell: (618) 410-3085
djames@1calll.com
Attendance counts as 1 hour toward InterNACHI member continuing education.
https://www.nachi.org/benefits.htm Membership benefits.
https://www.nachi.org/inspectionexcellence.htm Inspection Excellence.
https://www.nachi.org/events.htm Other InterNACHI events.
https://www.nachi.org/brutal.htm Inspection website tips.
