Ticks lose bid to silence home inspectors
Submitted by James on Fri, 11/09/2007 - 3:14pm
Just when I thought the Realtor Ticks couldn't stoop any lower, I find this story about how they've been pressuring the NC Home Inspector Licensure Board to prevent inspectors from recommending safety improvements to prospective buyers.
Complaints, protests and a stern letter from Gov. Mike Easley were enough to table a proposal backed by real estate agents to alter home inspection reports. The opposition prompted members of the state board that licenses home inspectors to scrap, for now, a rule that would prevent home inspectors from recommending in the summary section of reports any upgrades meant to improve the function, efficiency or safety of a home.
The proposal, which board members had tentatively approved last month, drew ire from home inspectors statewide. A couple of dozen showed up in Raleigh this morning to picket outside of the the N.C. Home Inspector Licensure Board meeting.
The change, they said, would have hampered inspectors' ability to report safety issues to home buyers, who typically pay for inspection services.
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Some opponents had argued that the only motivation behind the change was to streamline home closings, as negative details about homes can sometimes delay or derail sales.
Gotta love those Realtor Ticks and how they're all worried about the well-being of North Carolina homeowners. Yeah, right.
My apologies to the reputable and good Realtors
I know many good folks in the real estate business here in North Carolina, and I don't mean to impugn them with this criticism of their professional organization.
That said, your house is badly in need of cleaning, so to speak.
Someone needs to slap down this organization.
A sternly-worded letter isn't going to do it.
One of the pitfalls of childhood is that one doesn't have to understand something to feel it. - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Jesus Swept ticked me off. Too short. I loved the characters and then POOF it was over.
-me
Check this out:
As I walked up the sidewalk to the lawyer's office on the day we closed on the house I was buying, the selling agent met me outside and convinced me not to mention the recommendations on the inspection I had paid for.
He said it would delay the closing unnecessarily, and he gave me his "personal gurantee" that all the recommended improvements would be taken care of quickly.
As the months went by and nothing was done, my phone calls to his office increased and so did the "he's not here, I'll tell him you called" answers. I finally told one of the girls who answered the phone that her boss would find it very difficult to stay in business without a license, because I was about to start reporting him to the lawyer who was present on closing day, the realtor's licensing board, the state AG's office, etc., etc.
He was up my ass with his checkbook open that same day.
Gee...I hope that didn't hurt too much. :)
Robin Hayes lied. Nobody died, but thousands of folks lost their jobs.
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I'm baaaaaaack
I took a really long, hot shower,
then snuggled into a blanket and watched Lifetime for a couple of hours. :/
Tick, tick, tick
The News and Observer has an in-depth story on the Realtor Ticks this morning . . . more details about their involvement in trying to silence home inspectors.
This is a classic example of over-reaching by the Ticks - and I predict it will come back to haunt them. Through sheer arrogance of power, Tim Kent, the Top Tick, will have single-handedly undermined whatever good will the NCAT has built up over the years. In fact, you can already see the wheels falling off. The Ticks spend $615,000 on legislative candidates and couldn't even get the transfer tax option stopped in General Assembly.