Hello, everyone.
my name is Ben Gromicko, I'm from InterNACHI
that's the International Association of Certified Home Inspectors
and tonight's webinar is about
free online continuing education
provided to licensed real estate professionals
and InterNACHI is an internationally recognized
course provider for home inspectors
contractors mold testers radon testers
and, oh, and also
licensed real estate professionals. So thanks for joining us tonight.
hope you all can hear me.
um I can't hear you
I can't see you. But you should be able to see me and hear me.
and this is a live webinar so feel free to ask questions at any time
and again my name is Ben Gromicko
from InterNACHI that's the International Association of Certified
Home Inspectors
and tonight is about how
license real estate professionals like salespersons brokers agents
can attain free online continuing education
and the main URL that we're going to visit tonight
is this one nachi.org it's quite long
real estate agent continuing education
with hyphens in between so I'll leave that up for a little bit
but that's the main URL that we're going to
use in tonight's webinar so we'll go to that page
after you type that real long URL in and
and this is the main page. I'm going to tell you how
license real estate agents can attain free online continuing education
and, if you're a home inspector, I'm going to show you how you can promote
your business to real estate agents in your area
and so if you go to that URL
and your real estate agent
the top of this page shows all the areas
that states provinces and countries that Internet she is recognized
as an approved provider for continuing education
to licensed real estate agents um
and we have about twenty seven areas and in the United States
we have about half the country right now in a few months
today is November 18 2014 um
early 2015 we should have the entire country filled
so no matter where you are
if you're less real estate agent you'll be able pro to to
access online continuing education absolutely for free
by contacting your local internet use certified home inspector
so let's say you're in California her license will stage in California
you would click the link a california
now and you go to
a page and you can see the court's approval
on the course is approved by the California Bureau
a real a state and it's worth
four hours it's the home energy efficiency for
for real estate professionals and if you wanted to take the course
you click the link and there's two steps
to take the course any internet recourse one
you have to have an account and the account is free and then you login
to the account to access the course so if you click the lot
the button that says free account create a free account you get to a page
where you enter some basic information a desired username a password
and general contact information well I redid that
so let's see and there's also a short little how-to video
to log into the system
and there are three courses that are
approved that's available to me the first one is
home energy score for real estate professionals
the second one is saving home energy for real estate professionals
and the third one is home energy efficiency for real estate professionals
you see the pattern it's all about home energy
issues buyers/sellers
homeowners are increasingly concerned
about the cost a better G how much does it cost the heat corn operate the home
so we develop some courses for license rules they professionals
to help them learn about home energy efficiency issues
and to help their clients learn about
what they can do to reduce the energy costs
so that's go the home energy score got that course
and this course is a couple hours long you get to see me credit for it
and some states its three so check your state and
its all about teaching roles to be real estate professionals about the
Department of Energy's home energy score
program and it's more than just a number
the score its an opportunity
to described I am the
systems and components of the home and how
um the home inspector the qualified assessor has collected and information
and brought it into a nice little format for your home buyer
or clients home seller to communicate
how um the home performs
and related in relation to Home Energy when compared to other helps
nationwide and that's where the score is and also gives if you have a
a lower score it also give you recommendations on how to get
a higher score an estimated cost to that
so if you go back
and take the next course
I'll show you that you log back in with your username
and password
and we'll take the saving home energy
for real estate professionals
and this course will teach a licensed it isn't
how easy it is to reduce the cost
I love I'm energy in the home the energy guess
some ovett you can do yourself like changing light bulbs right
or um doing some sealant and some insulation in the attic or something
like that
but you get to a certain point where you have to hire a contractor
and they'll come in with a blower door and do a test prior to
the work and after the work show the difference and
that qualified assessor home energy audit our inspector
her with a score on it the score the house prior to
have a low score and then do the work and then scored a house afterwards and
show
how much of a jump they went and the idea is that
all the work that is perfect forms on the home
were actually bring return on investment not only reducing
the utility costs at the home but also increasing comfort
in my home which was built in 1978
the second floor as a different climate zone
than the first
for in the wintertime its all cold is very cold up there
it's an older home it has a it
leaks energy using a stack affected just
all that he'd just the skates into the attic space and
outside so my home would really benefit from
some work being done by well a qualified
inspector the first inspect the hell and then
a contractor and they would seal up
the attic and add insulation because the homeowner can probably do the other
things like
replacing light bulbs with hi
I'm efficiency by pops like LED's and replacing the thermostat
from a standard thermostat to a program both thermostat those are very
affordable a and they have really high I'm returns
on investment those two things changing light bulbs and thermostat
but the other stuff like the insulation and air sealing
has to be done by a contractor a qualified contractor
I let's take a look at the third
course login it's really that easy
you select what you want out learn and
this course about home energy efficiency
is all about um giving
your homeowner client options
to cut their energy use reduce their carbon footprint
and increase their home's comfort health and safety
and we have videos
we have experts who come into the course I'm we have
intermedia quizzes we have a final exam a certificate of completion
and our system automatically uploads that CE data
to the State Department the real state commission or Bureau
so that you that licensed real estate agent will get that continuing education
credit
and also educate you on
higher the value of hiring a home energy inspector
and internet recertified home energy inspector um
home inspectors we train home inspector certify them
license them I am and we also train them to become
home energy inspectors they stay within the scope of the home inspection
that can perform a home energy inspection essentially at the same time
as a home inspection and within minutes after the home inspection is performed
produce a report for you um
and I'll that educates helps educate your client about
on the cost to the home so there are a few things
the home energy score and the Home Energy Report
and again to get all this information
if your licensed real estate professional and you want free
online continuing education you go to the URL it's a very long URL
matching .org forward slash real estate
agent continuing education with hyphens in between
now what if your are a home inspector
and you want to promote yours
business to real estate agents
but we have that available for you as well so you scroll down the page
and we have marketing cards and they're free
internet she provides a min large tax I have a few here
and on the card which is
what your hand to real estate agents on the card are
instructions on how to access the course
where to go you know they're very long URL
that we just saw well on the card we shorten the URL's
to only about arm 23 7 matters
so it's very easy to answer and then when the license real estate agent
enters their um username a password
they also have to enter the home inspectors
membership ID number there and member been an actually
certified and trained and licensed by internationally
and they have to enter your home inspectors
member ID number doubt
helps you promote your business to the rose agent because
the first slide that they see I'm when the liberal stage a la razón
is the home inspector who provided them
with the cart so what I would do
is our one of the things I would recommend
if you're trying to promote your business to real estate agents is to go
to
the largest real estate office right next to your office
and ask the office manager or broker
I'm for a moment to pass out these cards
and make sure you write your internet she membership ID number
down here because that's how they log n and pass them out and give everybody
free online continuing education
that state approved in their area and promotes
I'm indirectly your business promotes the home energy inspection
Home Energy Report and
I'm helping homeowners save energy which is
a good thing if you wanna become
a certified home energy inspector there's a link here
for home inspectors you click it you get to this page
I'm with a bunch of information including
low-dose certification let us a
video on how to become a home energy inspector
and training all the training
certification and marketing is available
to imagine member home inspectors for free
the online continuing education
for license real estate professionals is online and free
as well and its all related to home energy efficiency issues
so again this is the main URL
go to match you doubt org forward slash
real estate agent continuing education
if you're a licensed real estate agent
and you can't remember where they go here
I'll show you where to go here's why
0 to find your favorite local
internet use certified home inspector you're seeking for
and home inspector well go to inspector seek
dot com inspector seek dot com
and you'll find all the best inspectors there around you
you simply type in the city or state or
postal code and it comes up with a list of
Certified Home Inspectors and you ask them
that's an example USM
if you could schedule home inspection and a home
energy inspection at the same time so if you're seeking
an inspector looking for a home energy inspector
who can produce a home energy report for your clients go to inspectors seek
dot com and ask that inspector
for access to free online continuing education
ask for one of these marketing carts and that is what I wanted to share
so my name is Ben gromyko
I'm from internationally the International Association of Certified
Home Inspectors
and go to this URL or
find a home energy inspector at inspector si dot com
if your license roast a professional you can attain
free online continuing education to renew your license
and if you're a certified home inspector become a certified home energy inspector
and star passing out these cards
to help promote your business to license real estate professionals
are hereby goodbye