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Chairman's Message — The Best Idea Ever! It is not often that a new idea has the power to change how people see us as inspectors. CREIA now has a new idea approaching completion that has that kind of power. It is called Ask.CREIA.org and, once in place, promises to change how the real estate community views inspectors in general and CREIA inspectors in particular. Here’s how it will work.
What makes this so impressive is the legwork that has been done on this ambitious project to this point. Since the initial idea discussion in late November, to now, volunteers from all different areas of CREIA have worked from initial concept to question and answer development, then to acquiring the web address and finally to selecting an independent webmaster to set up and run the site. More than 100 seeded questions will be in place when Ask.CREIA.org opens its website doors this month and all of those questions will be edited for content, spelling and, of course, correct answer content.
The benefits to all CREIA members of this website, obviously starts with our members. By promoting and, in effect, advertising the Ask.CREIA.org website, CREIA members will be viewed as the “go-to source” for questions relating to inspections. Each member who refers the site is providing an additional free-of-charge service to buyers, sellers and real estate agents. Each member who refers the site will be seen as more professional than non-CREIA members. After a very short period of time, CREIA members will be perceived as the “inspector of choice” by buyers, sellers and REALTORS over other non-CREIA members. In addition, by directing internet traffic to the Ask.CREIA.org site through the CREIA website, CREIA will gain in the number of “hits” its site receives and that will raise the CREIA website on the internet search engines. The more exposure a website receives and the higher it sits on the search engines, the more likely someone looking for an inspector will find that inspector on our website. It will truly be a “Win-Win” for everyone.
The initial response from REALTORS and clients polled is unaniminously “How soon will it be available?” The Ask.CREIA.org website should be up and running by the middle of February and no later than the 28th. As soon as the site goes “live”, an e-mail blast will be sent to every CREIA member with a valid e-mail address. The old saying goes: Lead, follow or get out of the way! Let’s get CREIA out in front and lead! A Special Thanks to the following CREIA Chapters for their donations to support Ask.CREIA.org.
As always, if you as CREIA members have any comments on how to improve our Association, please contact your Chapter President, Regional Director or simply e-mail the Board of Directors through the CREIA website. Michael Foschaar, MCI
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Q: If I am major owner in a National Franchise Real Estate Company Office, is it proper for me to do home inspections for the agents in my office? A: I see a problem in that as a major owner of the real estate company you have a financial interest in the sales of the homes by the agents in your office. This creates a conflict of interest. The CREIA Code of Ethics states an inspector shall not “Inspect for a fee any property in which the inspector, or the inspector’s company, has any financial interest or any interest in the transfer of the property.” The California Business and Professions Code (Section 7197) says “It is an unfair business practice for an home inspector, a company that employs the inspector, or a company that is controlled by a company that also has a financial interest in a company employing a home inspector, to” …. “Inspect for a fee any property in which the inspector, or the inspector’s company, has any financial interest or any interest in the transfer of the property.” There are other sections of the Code of Ethics and Business and Professions Code dealing with delivering compensation to a broker or agent for the “referral of any business to the inspector or the inspection company” which also have a bearing on the question. From my perspective, it would not be proper. Thank you for your question. Submitted byDavid Pace, Ethics Chair, CREIA MCI
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