Other Services

Inspectors decisions and precedents.  This unique resource is backed by the only library of audio tapes of the complete meetings of the Kentucky Board of Home Inspectors.  Reading the meeting Minutes is one thing; knowing what was said and why an action was done is something far more useful. Only PLI has a Faculty member at every Kentucky Board of Home Inspectors meeting. Whether the question is how it works and how it should be handled, PLI can supply what no others can.

     Prevention -- Complaints are a percentage of sales in every business.  An ounce of

prevention is worth a pound of cure.  Market leaders succeed in turning complaints into compliments, instead of lawsuits. The most successful complaint management practices, contracting protocols, and concrete dispute resolution steps are not just the subject of regular PLI classes.  They also are the routine work of PLI Faculty outside the classroom.  For a complete check-up on the most current preventive practices, a PLI consultant is at your disposal.    

     Re-inspections & 411 Issues -- Getting a 411 notice of claim triggers "strict deadlines and

procedures" under the law.  Trying to look them up, and dig out whatever decisions there may be, is the long way to handle short deadlines.  How to handle the procedures, and blend them into inspecting contracts, is a regular topic for PLI consultations.

     Report Writing -- The latest software, the latest interpretations of the latest versions of

the Standards of Practice interpretations, tuned just for the situation you're in, gives you one more important way to get ahead and stay there.

     Software --  PLI Faculty helped develop some of the leading home inspection software. 

Requests from programmers continue to come in.  PLI's report writing classes and Newsletter surveys of the software scene help keep everyone up to date.  Where a class ends and a Newsletter address everyone, PLI consulting kicks in for specific situations with the latest in software, equipment and client/business management solutions, custom tailored one to one.  PLI alums always receive discounts on software and services, in addition to access to PLI's 7-day help desk. 
 
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    For Attorneys
       
    Consultations -- In addition to licensed professionals experienced in most fields of home 
        construction and transactions, PLI's Faculty also uniquely includes an experienced attorney also 
        licensed as a home inspector.  
        
        PLI has supplied consulting and expert witnesses to law firms across the size spectrum, from 
        the region's largest, such as Wyatt, Tarrant and Combs and Frost, Brown, Todd, to the 
        smallest firms and solo practitioners.  Given the relatively small number of home inspectors and 
        controversies involving them, the majority of law firms understandably have little or no 
        acquaintance with home inspection law, regulations, and Kentucky Board of Home Inspectors 
        decisions and precedent, or with the three national Standards of Practice adopted in Kentucky 
        and interpretations of them.  Many of the Kentucky Board of Home Inspectors decisions and 
        precedents are unindexed and unreported, or exceptionally difficult to access, as are many of 
        the interpretations of national Standards of Practice.  Yet, as is so often the case, the early 
        steps in litigation can be crucial to the outcome.
    
        Substantial "learning curve" savings, and expanded strategic options, are a phone call away for 
        law firms and attorneys in cases involving home inspectors, real estate professionals, and 
        residential construction issues.

        If it has to do with homes, PLI has an expert on the Faculty.

     Expert Witness- PLI Faculty have testified as expert witness in a wide variety of cases.  The 
        exceptional credentials of PLI expert witnesses typically, though not universally, have 
        been accepted by courts and the parties irrespective of a Daubert examination.

        
        The work of Faculty members teaching these subjects, and grappling routinely with tough 
        questioning by students as well as seminar panels, lends itself to testimony before juries and to 
        bench trials.  These are skilled and experience professionals who have spent years translating 
        technical know-how into plain English for everyday clients and for students entering their fields.

        
        The Faculty's ability to rapidly analyze issues and fact patterns, to prepare thorough reports on 
        deadline, and to illustrate points with photos and teaching slides, in addition to their familiarity 
        with many other experts in the field, all can make invaluable contributions.  

        The majority of engagements have focused on professional standards and duties of care, the 
        soundness of construction, or damages.  Even so, law firms and attorneys are invited to 
        examine PLI Faculty credentials or inquire with respect to specific needs. 

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  For Real Estate Professional

        The experience and technical know-how of PLI's Faculty speeds problem solving and adds 
        safety in transactions and in controversies.

        Assistance from PLI expert witnesses is often useful for real estate professionals in a number of 
        settings.

        Among construction professionals, requested services often the focus centers around the 
        adequacy of construction techniques and applicable standards.  PLI's experts in all of these 
        fields related to housing are a highly efficient and economical one-stop resource.

        Among sales and marketing professionals in residential real estate, the broad range of Faculty 
        expertise, from legal to ethical to regulatory to electrical, lends itself to efficient arms-length 
        problem solving, even when schedules are exceptionally tight.

        PLI invites inquiries of its Faculty to address specific matters in the business of real estate, 
        seven days a week.

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  One Stop Shopping

    If you need it, chances are excellent that PLI has got it.

    The list above helps chart the breadth and depth of PLI Consulting Services and signal some 
    highlights.  Though these are used most often, services available for the specific or individual 
    needs of inspectors, real estate professionals, the construction trades, and attorneys are a PLI 
    specialty. Your inquiry is welcome seven days a week.  

Expert Witness