May. 13, 2007 - Home Inspectors are not licensed in Ohio

Nov. 8, 2007 - RE: Home Inspectors are not licensed in Ohio

Nov. 8, 2007 - RE: Home Inspectors are not licensed in Ohio

Gee thanks for stopping by.   West must be making a day out of sharing his thougths  about licensing of home inspectors.  This comment is more professional and polished  AND a bit less hostile than the email he sent through ActiveRain earlier today (below .)  

Licensing of inspector is not going to be handled by "realty boards."  

I belong to the Columbus Board of Realtor, a trade organization that could be referred to as a "reallty board."  I am licensed by the state of Ohio.  I believe the proposed law is for home inspectors to be licensed by the state of Ohio.  Perhaps the proposed licensing is through the Division of Real Estate which is part of the Ohio Dept of Commerce handle the licensing of home inspectors, hardly a "realty board/" .

The Ohio Association of Realtors (a trade organization) supports legislation for home inspectors to be licensed.  I think the smoke screen for some home inspectors is that because OAR supports it they are trying to control home inspectors.

This entry  was posted back in May,  In  discussing the proposed legislation with some home inspectors they think the proposed legislation is not thorough enough.  To some the proposed legislation does not go far enough to protect consumers from people who are NOT qualified to inspect property.  

The Denny Wests of the world seem to have an issue that licensing would somehow make them answerable to real estate agents, I don't get that.  Smoke screen?  

You've received a contact message from your Contact Form on the ActiveRain network. Message details: From: Denny L West Email: tophomeinsp@verizon.net Subject: Home insp Lisc. As a home inspector for North west Ohio I beleive that forcing Lisc requirements on home inspectors to be over rated .you dont need a Lisc. to build a home only a permitt . The requiremnet for lisc should be designed for every one in the realestate business, builders ,contractors, plumbers, Havc , ect.the insurance that realestate agents suggest a home inspector has is also over rated . A builder and or a contractor onkly needs Liability coverage . Not E & O coverage. point #3 If there is a lisc. law for Ohio it needs to be regulated by inspection standards and not by the reality boards . cause I know alot of Agents that think they know about home inspections when they dont. fees are not to be regulated they should be set by the inspectors as to the over head and training they need and to cover the cost that we have for maintaining our qualifacations . All appointments for inspections should be set up by the client and not by the agent , and final when the inspectors do the job they are supposed to be doing and report the true findings then there will be no problems.

No further response to West's ranting and raving.  I just deleted the email earlier today and wrote it  off as someone with issues but had to dig it out of the trash to see if  it was the same person.