Tag Archives: Charlotte Home Inspector

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Episode 53 Butch Upton

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Butch Upton
Butch Upton

Led by Butch and Kathy Upton, and backed by a one-year written limited repair reimbursement guarantee, HouseMaster has been serving the Charlotte metropolitan area in North Carolina for over ten years. Every inspector in this high-quality team is a member of both the National Association of Certified Home Inspection (NACHI) and the National Institute of Building Inspectors (NIBI), is re-tested and re-certified annually, and is fully licensed to perform home inspections in the state of North Carolina.

Serving nine counties in the Charlotte NC area, HouseMaster offers thorough inspections for everything from new condos to old townhouses, as well as a wide variety of ancillary services. Mold, lead paint, wood-destroying insects, radon, crawlspace moisture — our HouseMaster team will inspect your home with the same high level of thoroughness and quality we�ve used for over a decade, and will provide you with password-protected online access to your home inspection report, making it easy for you to share the report with any friends, family and real estate professionals you may wish to consult. For a guaranteed high-quality home inspection in the Charlotte Metro area, trust HouseMaster. Call Butch and Kathy Upton today at 704-846-7777.

Butch Upton of Housemasters is being interviewed by Preston Sandlin of of Home Inspection Carolina and Ask the Charlotte Inspector

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Episode 50 Jeff Donaldson

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Jeff Donaldson
Jeff Donaldson

My goal is to develop and grow a company that delivers home inspection services with a value several orders of magnitude greater than our fee.

Specialties:Buyer Home Inspections, Pre Marketing Home Inspections for sellers, Builder Warranty Home Inspections, Expert Witness Services, Insurance and Wind Mitigation Inspections

Affiliate

BBSG – Builders Buyer Services Group

December 2008 – Present (6 years 9 months)

BBSG manages new home warranties for builders. We enhance the the builder’s client satisfaction level by setting reasonable expectations and efficiently addressing warranty issues.

President

ACE Preferred Inspections, Inc.

November 2005 – Present (9 years 10 months)

President

Applied Construction Expertise, Inc.

March 1997 – Present (18 years 6 months)

Engineering consultant providing analysis, design and expert witness services on residential and light commercial structures.

Project Engineer

WR Riggs & Associates

June 1991 – March 1997 (5 years 10 months)

Project engineer responsible for coordinating multi discipline design efforts on capital projects at industrial process and manufacturing facilities. Experience includes pulp and paper, metal smelting, chemical processing and beverage industries.

Officer

US Navy

May 1986 – May 1991 (5 years 1 month)

Nuclear trained, engineer qualified, completed six strategic deterrent patrols on board USS Von Steuben (SSBN 632)

Jeff Donaldson is being interviewed by Preston Sandlin of Home Inspection Carolina and Ask the Charlotte Inspector

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Episode 48 Rory Warren

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Rory Warren
Rory Warren

Warren Home Inspections offers residential real estate inspection, home energy auditing and home maintenance consulting services to home owners, buyers and sellers in the metrowest Boston MA area. The company conducts approximately 600 inspections and consultations annually. Warren Home Inspections, our home inspection division, is InterNACHI certified,licensed in MA, NEPMA registered and certified to deliver environmental reports by EDR.
Services may be scheduled directly on our webite at www.warrenhomeinspections.com

Warren Home Inspections is the premier inspection company in Massachusetts with over 25 years of experience in residential Real Estate Inspection.

Your Inspector is licensed and insured and has training that exceeds the standards of both the state andInterNachi.

Our detailed reports are prepared individually for you and are integrated with digital photography to identify any problems referenced in the report. They are delivered electronically within 24 hours of the inspection, eliminating the need for you to wait as they are written on-site. This ensures that you will receive the full attention of your Inspector to perform just what they were hired for, to inspect, and it allows you to get on with your day.

Buying a new home may be the biggest investment you’ll ever make. Although the process is very exciting it quickly becomes overwhelming. While the home you have selected may appear to be just what you’re looking for, how can you be sure there aren’t potentially serious unknown defects which can make your investment in your future a costly one. Having your new home professionally inspected by Warren Home Inspections as early as possible in the buying process can save you thousands of dollars on items which you may be able to have the seller or builder correct.

Warren Home Inspections is dedicated to providing you with valuable information about your new home. We thoroughly inspect all major components of the subject property to expose unknown defects and advise you about future maintenance about your home once the purchase is complete. Warren Home Inspections will give you the information you require to make an informed decision.

Providing home inspection services throughout eastern and central Massachusetts.

Rory Warren is being interviewed by Preston Sandlin of Home Inspection Carolina and Ask the Charlotte Inspector.

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Episode 47 Jon Bolton

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Jon Bolton

  • (2) B.S. Building Construction, Univ. of Florida
  • ASHI Certified Members #204955
  • FABI Registered Professional Inspectors RPI0354, RPI0736
  • State Certified Building Contractor CBC056105
  • Certified Level 1 Infrared Thermographers #18752, #18967
  • Certified Residential Thermographer #2014061902
  • ICC Residential Building Inspector #5180744-B1
  • ICC Certified Residential Plumbing Inspector #5180744-P1
  • State Certified Home Inspectors HI171, HI8396 , HI2299
  • State Certified Mold Assessor MRSA1841
  • EPA Certified Renovator RI-8391-10-0022
  • ITA Certified Manufactured Home Inspector #102802f
  • ITA trained Residential Inspection, Pool & Spa, Manufactured Homes
  • PaRR/FEMA Disaster Housing Inspector
  • SBCCI Certified Rehab. Inspector #1993
  • SBCCI Property Maintenance & Housing Inspector #056G
  • SBCCI Housing Rehab. Code Enforcement Officer #414
  • State Certified Radon Measurement Tech R1715
  • Combat veteran, Senior Chief, 26 years United States Navy
  • As heard on Simanton Real Estate show 660WORL, the Fred Allen Real Estate Show 660WORL, The Handyman Hour with Jeff & Debbie Gold 660WORL.
  • As read in The New York Times and CFRI, IRC and FABI Newsletters.

Jon Bolton is interviewed by Preston Sandlin of Home Inspection Carolina and Ask the Charlotte Inspector.

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Episode 46 Delivering Happiness

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Charlotte Home Inspector Preston Sandlin
Charlotte Home Inspector Preston Sandlin

In this episode of the Successful Home Inspection Podcast Preston Sandlin of Home Inspection Carolina and Ask the Charlotte Home Inspector reviews the book “Delivering Happiness” by Tony Hsieh.

Now in trade paperback, the hip, iconoclastic CEO of Zappos shows how a different kind of corporate culture can make a huge difference in achieving remarkable results — by actually creating a company culture that values happiness –and then delivers on it.

  • Pay brand-new employees $2,000 to quit
  • Make customer service the responsibility of the entire company-not just a department
  • Focus on company culture as the #1 priority
  • Apply research from the science of happiness to running a business
  • Help employees grow-both personally and professionally
  • Seek to change the world
  • Oh, and make money too . . .

Sound crazy? It’s all standard operating procedure at Zappos, the online retailer that’s doing over $1 billion in gross merchandise sales annually. After debuting as the highest-ranking newcomer in Fortune magazine’s annual “Best Companies to Work For” list in 2009, Zappos was acquired by Amazon in a deal valued at over $1.2 billion on the day of closing.

In DELIVERING HAPPINESS, Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh shares the different lessons he has learned in business and life, from starting a worm farm to running a pizza business, through LinkExchange, Zappos, and more. Fast-paced and down-to-earth, DELIVERING HAPPINESS shows how a very different kind of corporate culture is a powerful model for achieving success-and how by concentrating on the happiness of those around you, you can dramatically increase your own.

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Episode 45 Chris Thornberry

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Chris Thornberry
Chris Thornberry

Chris Thornberry started Green Sky Media in 2007 after graduating from the Telecommunications program at Ball State University. From the start, his goal has been to bring high production value to Green Sky’s agile team. Aside from being behind the camera, Chris’ other duties include recording voice-overs for various projects, drinking too much coffee, and concept creation for new campaigns.

Outside of work, Chris enjoys traveling across the US and Europe with his fiancée Astrid. He is also an avid runner, and often connects this pastime with giving back. This year, Chris is a member of the Tatum’s Bags of Fun Triathlon Team (visit the TBoF website to learn more about this great cause)

Green Sky Media is a video production firm based out of Carmel, Indiana. With in-house post-production, voice-overs, and a green screen studio, we can be a one stop shop.

Green Sky has a large portfolio of national brands, while maintaining a strong hold on local video productions as well. Owner Chris Thornberry says, “I like to keep the focus on Green Sky producing corporate videos for companies who need training videos, commercials, and exposure for brand management.” This niche style of video production, however, does not limit Green Sky’s capabilities.

Green Sky is also known for working side by side with local non-profit agencies to increase awareness for the organization through a partnership. Green Sky Media looks to partner with a single organization each year, but does not limit their interaction with non-profits to just one organization. Previous partnerships include Back on My Feet and Team T3 Multisport. Currently, Green Sky is partnering with Tatum’s Bags of Fun for 2014.

Green Sky has recently launched a video library product that provides video content for a specialty industry’s social media and marketing efforts. The companies who purchase the video libraries are provided with their company branded videos on a quarterly basis. Through collaboration with industry professionals, the content of each video has gone through a gamut of editing to ensure accuracy and reliability.

Contact Green Sky Media today about your video needs.

Chris Thornberry of Green Sky Media is being interviewed by Preston Sandlin of Home Inspection Carolina and Ask the Charlotte Inspector.

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Episode 43 Bold

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Preston Sandlin
Preston Sandlin

In this podcast Preston Sandlin reviews “Bold” by Peter Diamondes. Preston recently read this book and thought it would be a great book for home inspectors.

 

From the coauthors of the New York Times bestseller Abundance comes their much anticipated follow-up: Bold—a radical, how-to guide for using exponential technologies, moonshot thinking, and crowd-powered tools to create extraordinary wealth while also positively impacting the lives of billions.

Bold unfolds in three parts. Part One focuses on the exponential technologies that are disrupting today’s Fortune 500 companies and enabling upstart entrepreneurs to go from “I’ve got an idea” to “I run a billion-dollar company” far faster than ever before. The authors provide exceptional insight into the power of 3D printing, artificial intelligence, robotics, networks and sensors, and synthetic biology. Part Two of the book focuses on the Psychology of Bold, drawing on insights from billionaire entrepreneurs Larry Page, Elon Musk, Richard Branson, and Jeff Bezos. In addition, Diamandis reveals his entrepreneurial secrets garnered from building fifteen companies, including such audacious ventures as Singularity University, XPRIZE, Planetary Resources, and Human Longevity, Inc. Finally,Bold closes with a look at the best practices that allow anyone to leverage today’s hyper-connected crowd like never before. Here, the authors teach how to design and use incentive competitions, launch million-dollar crowdfunding campaigns to tap into ten’s of billions of dollars of capital, and finally how to build communities—armies of exponentially enabled individuals willing and able to help today’s entrepreneurs make their boldest dreams come true.

Bold is both a manifesto and a manual. It is today’s exponential entrepreneur’s go-to resource on the use of emerging technologies, thinking at scale, and the awesome power of crowd-powered tools.

Preston Sandlin is the owner of Home Inspection Carolina and Ask the Charlotte Inspector

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Episode 40 Joe Mishak

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Joe Mishak
Joe Mishak

Home Inspector\Pest Control Tech

Aardvark Home Inspectors Inc. \ Aardvark Pest Control Inc.

 – Present (15 years 6 months)

Purchasing a home is an exciting and often busy time. Let the professionals at Aardvark Home Inspectors take the stress out of this experience by performing an objective evaluation of the home. All Aardvark inspectors are professionally trained, licensed, insured, and participate in continuing education classes

Many individuals do not know how to evaluate the condition of a home, and not one homeowner likes unforeseen expensive repairs. Aardvark’s home inspectors are trained to examine and evaluate all the major components of the home. Our professional home inspectors will likely find conditions that the seller or purchaser may not have noticed.

Joe Mishak is being interviewed by Preston Sandlin of Home Inspection Carolina and Ask the Charlotte Inspector.

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Episode 39 Michael Wicklund

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Michael Wicklund
Michael Wicklund

Michael Wicklund is the owner and operator of STERLING Home Inspection Services. Michael began his career in the construction field. He is a third generation carpenter following in his father and grandfather’s footsteps. As a self-employed remolding contractor his focus was on kitchen and bath remodels. With experience in these areas he was continually called upon to bid jobs related to real estate transactions. This work is commonly referred to as real estate work orders, i.e. any item generated from a home inspection or pest inspection.

After seventeen years of remodeling and repairs from other inspector’s reports, and feeling the need for a career change the natural path was for him to become a home inspector himself. With his past construction experience he decided to attend home inspection school, he chose Inspection Training Associates ITA because of their high quality of training in the inspection industry. There he received certification allowing him to become a well-rounded home inspector. In addition, he acquired the necessary licensing from the Washington State Department of Agriculture, which allows him to perform structural pest inspections (WDO inspections). Education is a high priority to Michael; he frequently attends continuing education classes, so he can stay up to date on the most current building practices.

Michael finds great satisfaction as a full time home inspector educating perspective homebuyers.

ITAHome Inspection Training

Inspection Training Associates ITA

Home Inspection Certification

Michael Wicklund was certified as a Master Inspector by the American Institute of Inspectors – A.I.I.™

Home inspectors are NOT created equal! States require little or no educational requirements for home inspection companies. You should choose your inspector carefully.

Michael Wicklund was formally trained and certified by Inspection Training Associates (ITA), a leader in the home inspection training field. Meth SamplerHe is also licensed by the Washington State Department of Agriculture to perform structural home inspections.

Michael Wicklund was trained by Michael Leavitt & Co to safely collect surface wipe samples for the presence of methamphetamine residue in both residential and commercial structures.

Michael Wicklund is being interviewed by Preston Sandlin of Home Inspection Carolina and Ask the Charlotte Inspector.
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Episode 37 Jennifer McMurdy

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Jennifer McMurdy
Jennifer McMurdy

Owner

Capitol Home Inspections

 – Present (11 years 4 months)Richmond, Virginia Area

Capitol Home Inspections is locally owned & family operated, serving clients since 2004. We are a full service home inspection company and will guide you through every aspect of your inspection, from scheduling your inspection to answering questions about your report after the inspection is complete.

We are your home consultants for life and will do everything we can to provide excellent customer service!

We offer:

  • A professional inspection by a State and ASHI Certified Home Inspector
  • Immediate, on-site, home inspection reports and digital photos in FULL COLOR
  • Estimated cost of repairs or replacements
  • Convenient appointments to fit your schedule, including weekends and evenings
  • FREE, follow-up consultations by phone, for as long as you own the home
  • Fully licensed, bonded and insured with general and professional liability

Professional affiliations:

  • Certified Inspector with American Society of Home Inspectors (ASHI)
  • Virginia Certified Home Inspector #3380 000321
  • Member of the Central Virginia Chapter of ASHI
  • 2013-2014 Currently serves as Past President for Central Virginia ASHI
  • 2012-2013 Served as President for Central Virginia ASHI
  • 2011-2012 Served as Vice President for Central Virginia ASHI
  • 2010-2011 Served as Secretary for Central Virginia ASHI
  • 2008-2010 Served as Treasurer for Central Virginia ASHI
  • Sponsor of Habitat for Humanity

Do your homework when hiring a home inspector!!!

State licensing and certification is VOLUNTARY in the state of Virginia…anyone can start a home inspection business and claim to be a Home Inspector!

Be sure to ask several questions when hiring someone to inspect your home:

  1. Are you state certified and fully licensed through the state of Virginia? ALL STATE CERTIFIED INSPECTORS CAN BE FOUND ON DPOR website.
  2. Are you affiliated with a professional organization, such as ASHI? (Please note: There are different certification levels in professional organizations. For example, in order to be a CERTIFIED INSPECTOR for ASHI, an inspector must have completed a minimum number of inspections and passed their exam.)
  3. Can I see a copy of your home inspection report?
  4. Is inspecting homes your full-time job?
  5. Are you insured with professional and general liability?
  6. Do you carry Errors & Omissions insurance?
  7. Do you provide a computer generated inspection report with digital pictures?
  8. Do you provide online access to inspection report with ability to forward report to others?
  9. Will you provide us with an estimated cost of repairs or replacements?

These are a few sample questions to ask when hiring a home inspector. The more informed you are, the better choice you can make when hiring an inspector to meet your needs.

Jennifer McMurdy of Capitol Home Inspections is being interviewed by Preston Sandlin of Home Inspection Carolina and Ask the Charlotte Inspector