July | 2015 ASHI Membership Renewals - July First... · July | 2015 ASHI Membership Renewals Upcoming Classes July & August 120-Hour Des Plaines, IL - July 6-17 Leesburg, VA - July

July|2015

ASHIMembershipRenewals

UpcomingClassesJuly&August120-Hour

DesPlaines,IL-July6-17

Leesburg,VA-July13-24

Cincinnati,OH-July20-31

CreveCouer,MO-July20-31

Cumming,GA-July20-31

Tampa,FL-July20-31

Cypress,CA-Aug.24-Sept

4

80-HourVeteranClass

DesPlaines,IL-July6-17

InYourEmailThisMonday

OnMonday,July6th(can'tbelieveit'sJulyalready!)youwill

receiveyourASHIMembershipRenewalviaemail.Ifyouhaveoptedoutofemails,papercopieswillbemailedoutapproximatelytwoweekslater.

Wealsorecentlyunveiledthemonthlypaymentplanonyouranniversarydate.Soifyourenewwithyourcreditcard,wecanjustchargeitmonthlyandtaketheworryofrenewingawaybychargingyourcardeachmonthinsteadofalumpsumatthistimeofyear.MoreinformationwillbeintheemailyoureceiveonMonday(orbyUSPSinacoupleofweeks).

HomeInspection

Survey

"Areyoulookingforwaystoexpandyoursources

Upcoming2-DayCoursesarefilling

fast!NextClass:

Leesburg,VA-Jul31-Aug1

JoinusthisSeptemberforthe2ndlargesthomeinspectionconferenceandexpo:SoutheasternHomeInspector

ofrevenueandgenerateadditionalincomeasahomeinspector?Thereisagrowingneedforinspectorswhohavebeenproperlytrainedtoconductsitevisitsinsupportofenvironmentalsiteassessments.

WhilehomeinspectorsmaynotqualifyasanenvironmentalprofessionalbytheEPAdefinition,theycan,withtraining,becomeproficientinperformingthesesitevisits.Thissurveyisintendedtodeterminetheinterestinacoursethatwouldnotonlytrainthehomeinspectorinperformingthesesitevisits,butalsoawardhomeinspectorassociationrequiredcontinuingeducationcredits(CEUs).

Thefirst25tocompletethesurveywillbeawardedfreeaccesstothecourse.Pleasefollowthislinktoaccessthesurvey:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/HomeInspectorSurvey

Thankyouforyourparticipation."

AQuickTip

fromMr.Fix-It

Tip#56:QuietThatSqueakyDoorHinge

Whileasqueeeekydoormayhaveafewadvantages–youcantellwhenthekidscomeandgo–ingeneral,asqueakydoorisanannoyance.Andifyouignoreasqueakydoortoolong,friction

Conference!Withover25coursestochoosefromtaughtbythemoversandshakersoftheindustryto,suchas:MichaelCasey,MikeCrow,CatherineHall,ShannonCory,BillFabian,MattHendrick,KennyHartandsomanymore.Buttheonlywaytoseeandhearthemspeakistoattendtheconference.RegistertodaytoreserveyourplaceattheFall'sbesthomeinspectionconference!

Clickhereorontheimageabovetoseethemostup-to-dateFloorPlanforIW2016SanDiego(no,we'renotinthegarage!)ToregisterorsponsoratIW2016SanDiego,clickheretodownloadtheform.Oncefilledout,sendintodavek@ashi.org

canwearthehingepinexcessivelyandmakethedoorhardtooperate.Thefixissimple.Purchaselightlubricatingoilinasmallcanwithadripspout.Thisallowsyouto

applyjustafewdropsatatime.Theoilmaybecalled3-in-1oilorsewingmachineoil.Withasmallragorpapertowelhandy,placefewdropsofoilatopthetighthorizontalpinjointatthehinge.Theoilwillbedrawnintothejoints,andyoucancatchanyexcessiveoilwiththeragbywipingthehinge.Repeatonallhinges.Openandclosethedoorcompletelyafewtimestodistributetheoil,andtakeonelastwipeatthehingetoensurethatnooildripsonthefloor.Youshouldlubricatethehingesabouteverytwoyears.Iliketousetheoilinasmallcanbecauseit’snotmessylikeaspraylubricant.

ExhibitorRegistrationforIW2016toSenton

Monday

ThosethatreservedboothspaceduringtheEarlyBirdSpecialhavealreadyselectedtheirbooths.Don'tbeleftoutofthelargestandbestattendedhome

inspectionconferenceinNorthAmerica!

EverycompanythatexhibitedatInspectionWorld2015PhiladelphiareceivedtheEarlyBirdspecial.Iftheypaidattheshow,orinthefewweekspost-

orviamailtoDaveKogan'sattention.Pleaseselectboothsyou'dlike.Theyellow'dinboothswerethosewhotookpartintheEarlyBirdSpecial.

TherearetwomonthsleftinthisfiscalyeartoadvertiseinFirstThing(August&November).Ifyouhaveaspecial

show,theyreceivedpriorityselectionoftheirboothspaceforInspectionWorld2016SanDiego.ThoseboothshaveallbeenselectedandtheattachedFloorPlanshowswhatboothsarestillavailable.Boothsinyellowhavealreadybeenreservedbytheseearlybirdvendors.Registerforyourbooth(s)nowforthelargesthomeinspectionconferenceandexpoinNorthAmerica!

HaveYouVisitedTheASHIStoreRecently?

Ifyouhaven'tvisitedtheASHIStoreyet,now'stheperfecttimetodoso.WearerunningourSummerClearanceonitemsthatyouknowyouneedbuthaven'tyetordered...andcangetthemforlessmoney!Doyouneedlogo'ditemsforyourbusiness?TheASHIStorecanhelp.NeedASHIlogo'dmerchandise?TheASHIStorehaswhatyouneed.Checkusouttodayandmakesureyou'vegottheproperapparelandgoodsforthosehomeinspectionsandleavebehinds.

Don'tJust"Like"It

messagethatyou'dliketogettothemasses,thenFirstThingisthefastestwaytogettoourmembers'inboxes.Downloadthe2014-2015MediaKit,fillouttheinsertionformandsendinwithyourartworkbythe25thofthemonthforinclusion.

ContactDaveKoganatdavek@ashi.orgformoreinformation.

Iamanaviduserofsocialmedia.IhaveaFacebookaccount,aTwitteraccount,Pinterestpage,YouTubeaccount,Google+page,aFacebbokbusinesspage,

LinkedInaccount,Yammeraccount,WordPressBlog,FourSquareaccountandmanagethemallprettywell.Ipostonallofmyaccounts,“Like”someposts,but“Like”and“Comment”and“Share”otherposts.Iamimmersedinsocialmediaeverydayasitismyjobandapassion.However,ithascometomyattentionrecentlywithaFacebookcontestthatsomemaynottotallyunderstandthedifferencebetween“Liking”apostand“Commenting”onapost.Let’sdiscussthedifferencebetween“Liking”apage/postand“Commenting”onapage/post...READMORE

SeeYouInSanDiego!

ThereisnotimelikethepresenttogearupforInspectionWorld2016SanDiego.ASHIandCREIAwillbecelebratingtheircollective40thAnniversariessothiswill

bethemustattendeventof2016!ReserveyourroomnowattheTown&CountryResortandConventionCentertodayandasmoreinformationbecomesavailable,we'llpostthattoo!

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