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NYSAHI DUES POLICY
2025 Dues:
($50 added to support NYS/ASHI Minimum 12 credits of approved CE by Zoom for all Members at no additional charge - Core SOP curriculum to be announced in November)

$25 Late Renewal Service Charge
(Applied to reinstate lapsed Members with dues not paid by January 1st. Lapsed Membership will also result in withdrawal of Member benefits including privilege to claim NYSAHI Membership and use of NYSAHI logo; Loss of Member access to NYSAHI website; No Member-level Bulletins, Head's Up e-mails; Member profile dropped from NYSAHI website Inspector Search; No priority support for issues and problems; No access to free NYSAHI CE, etc. Reinstatement will restore benefits).

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2025 CURRICULUM

JANUARY - Interpreting the NYS Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice
by Keith Oberg

FEBRUARY - (GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING)

MARCH - How to Inspect Zombie Homes (Foreclosed Properties)
by Henrey Jetty, Veteran's Home Inspection

APRIL - Pre-Inspection Contracts & Home Inspection Insurance
by Aaron Menlove, InspectorPro

MAY - (GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING)

JUNE - Garage Safety
by Larry Ames

JULY & AUGUST - SUMMER RECESS

SEPTEMBER - (GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING)

OCTOBER - Home Inspection Safety: Electrical and Ladders
by Michael Reed

NOVEMBER - (GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING)

DECEMBER - Radiant Heating & Control Systems
by Chris Long

While committing to providing six 2-credit NYS & ASHI approved courses in 2025, NYSAHI reserves the right to adjust schedule and make course/instructor changes as necessary to accommodate unforeseen conditions.

NYSAHI SCHOOL 2025 FACULTY

Keith Oberg is a recently retired NYS Home Inspector and life member of ASHI. He has inspected over 11,000 homes and commercial properties in his over 30 years as a professional inspector. He has been President of CNYASHI, the founder and first President of STAHI, a founder and President of NYSAHI and owner of Professional Home Inspection Service in Binghamton, NY, a multi-inspector firm, since 1989 until retirement in 2022. Keith was instrumental in the development of the NYS Professional Home Inspector License Law and helped develop the CNYASHI Septic Dye Test Protocol. His work on septic testing parameters has been cited in Inspectapedia. He has been an approved NYS Home Inspection instructor for over 15 years. Keith has served on several ASHI committees and was Chair of the ASHI Chapter Relations Committee and the Code of Ethics Committee which developed the ASHI Code of Ethics. Keith won the prestigious ASHI Ironman award for his contributions to the profession. Keith also assisted in the development of the NYS Code of Ethics. He has held numerous additional certifications during his career, including for radon, asbestos, and mold testing, and wood destroying insect inspection.

Henrey Jetty (NYS Lic#16000044801) has been a licensed Home Inspector since 2009 and is the owner-operator of Veterans Home Inspection Services Rochester, NY. He is a regional leader working for collegiality in our profession, and for improved understanding and respect between them of the roles and responsibilities of Home Inspectors and Realtors. Henrey has been active in providing State approved continuing education programs applicable to both professions. He is current President of NYSAHI and his dedication, commitment and enthusiasm is to a great extent responsible for the resurgence of our association's influence and impact.

Aaron Menlove, is Executive Broker for InspectorPro/Citadel Insurance Services, protecting Home Inspectors nationwide by helping them find the best insurance policies for their businesses. He makes himself readily available to support Inspectors in navigation of issues that arise and to advocate for them to underwriters. For years he has represented his company from New York to Oregon in trade shows and professional association meetings and he is well known for his very important and informative educational presentations on insurance, contracts and liability. aaronm@inspectorprotect.com

Larry Ames (NYS Lic#16000075469) has served as president of STAHI for 8 years and fostered a robust CE program, the template for NYSAHI's School. NYSAHI Board Director since January 2021 representing the Southern Tier and Secretary since 2022, in 2024 he was appointed Education Director to create the NYSAHI School. Larry is owner/operator of Ames Inspection Services (est'd 2016). He has a science and education background with a BA & MSEd and has taught at every level from 7th grade to College. His background in construction spans a lifetime. It started as a child with family home renovations and construction projects and that theme continues with ongoing extensive and personal rehabilitation of his Civil War era farmhouse. He has wide professional experience ranging from plumber's helper, handyman and apartment maintenance manager, to industrial facilities architectural designer and project engineer, general contractor construction manager, chief administrator overseeing $50M in school construction capital projects, and most recently estimator and project administrator for major earthwork, sitework and underground utilities contracts of an Ivy League university. Much of his career involved construction inspection.

Michael Reed (NYS Lic#16000047644) is also a licensed Mold Assessor. He is CEO and Lead Inspector of multi-inspector, Rochester based, All County Home Inspections, serving the Rochester/Buffalo area. Mike launched All County Home Inspections in 2014 combining his years of experience in management and construction with the goal of meeting all of the Client's inspections needs. Mike worked his way through college as a carpenter and electrician then left the trades and spent 15+ years in non-for-profit management. He returned to construction as a project manager for a local company remodeling 450 town homes and apartments, then as project lead for large national company managing the installation of light commercial and residential solar systems. Mike resides in Irondequoit with his wife and four children ages 28 to 8 years old.

Chris Long (NYS Lic#16000051751) has been a NY & CT licensed Home Inspector since 2009 and is CEO of Longs GCS Corporation, a family multiinspector company located in the Lower Hudson Valley. His 47 years in the plumbing and heating industry include 25 years as Trade Sales & Technical Services Manager of Best Plumbing Supply, 12 years as Manufacturer's Representative for 29 plumbing & heating lines focusing on high end heating products, and many years of installation and troubleshooting. He has special expertise in "wet" radiant heating systems. Chris is a current Board Director of NYSAHI and Board Member of NY Metro ASHI.

NYSAHI is working to prepare the following year Curriculum and seeks domestic NYS schools, experienced NYS Approved Instructors and Technical Experts to provide 2026 courses. Please make contact to offer your services and have you and your company highlighted by NYSAHI in 2026.

Questions, Suggestions, Concerns? Contact: Larry Ames EducationDirector@NYSAHI.org

RULES FOR STUDENT DISTANCE-LEARNING and CE COURSE PARTICIPATION

By attending any NYSAHI School Course, you agree to the following Terms and Conditions:

As a registrant for a particular course, you will personally attend the course and not allow anyone else to attend on your behalf.

You will attend using the Zoom platform and have both audio and video capabilities enabled during the entire course session.

You must follow NYSAHI instructions to create a personal YourCE administration program account and sign-up for the NYSAHI school in that platform. You must also create a Zoom account on the computer device that you will use to attend (free versions of Zoom are currently available). All distance-learning courses will be mediated by YourCE and presented on the Zoom platform. You are responsible for providing the hardware, software and technical/physical arrangements for your access to distance learning courses. NYSAHI may variously assist you, but bears no responsibility for your failure to get access to any course due to issues resulting from your success in providing for such arrangements.

To meet NYSDOS requirements for Distance-Learning, you will have your personal video image visible on Zoom at all times and be visibly engaged and attentive to the instruction offered. A period of up to 5 minutes absence is acceptable for purposes such as bathroom break or other necessity. NYSAHI designated course Monitor(s) may terminate your course participation for what they determine to be lack of attention, improper absence, or disruptive acts. You agree that the decision to terminate is at the Monitor(s) sole discretion. If a student's participation is terminated for any reason, they will not receive credit or a Certificate of Participation for the course.

All course materials presented are the property of the Instructor and/or NYSAHI. You agree that you will not copy, share, disseminate or otherwise take and use course materials or recordings of a course for any purpose unless such is specifically authorized in advance in writing by both the Instructor and NYSAHI.

You acknowledge, that unless Instructors are introduced as such, that they are not attorneys, accountants, or other similar licensed professionals authorized to give legal or financial advice or other advice requiring a license to dispense, and that any advice or recommendations made in NYSAHI courses by Instructors, or others who are not introduced as an attorney, accountant or other similar licensed professional, shall be considered by you to be lay opinion, subject to review and or confirmation by an appropriate professional licensed to provide such advice.

Section 197-3.10 Policies concerning course cancellation and tuition refund.

• Current members of NYSAHI receive our continuing education courses, if they register for such in our CE administration program, as a benefit of Membership and do not pay to participate in distance learning CE regularly offered according to a published Curriculum Schedule. Course offerings and times may be changed and any course that cannot be fully delivered, due to unforeseen technical or other difficulties, will be offered again at a rescheduled time with notice sent in advance to registrants.
• Otherwise, NYSAHI policy is that any person paying for attendance in a NYSAHI CE course will be provided documentation of that payment by the PayPal secure transaction platform used for payments. Paid registrants will have their payment promptly refunded if the paid for course is canceled, or if it is rescheduled to a time when they cannot attend, and they make written notice of such to the Education Director (EducationDirector@NYSAHI.org).

Section 197-3.14 Open to public.

• NYSAHI policy is that any person desirous of attending one of our NYS approved continuing education classes may do so by advising the Education Director (EducationDirector@NYSAHI.org) in writing at least seven (7) calendar days in advance of the day of the course delivery and with advance payment and NYSAHI Treasurer's receipt of twenty five dollars ($25.00) per credithour made with an approved credit card by secure transaction via Paypal. Contact Treasurer to make payment arrangements (Treasurer@NYSAHI.org).

Limitation of Liability and Liquidated Damages: You agree that if you have any claim against NYSAHI related to your enrollment and/or participation in its Continuing Education Program, that the total and exclusive liability of NYSAHI, including its officers, directors, instructors, agents, employees, and service providers, to you, including but not limited to claims for damages, attorney’s fees, court costs and any related expenses, arising out of or related to damage to persons or property, errors, omissions, negligence, breach of contract, or anything else, shall be limited to liquidated damages in an amount of the total of the course fee paid by you to NYSAHI, which for NYSAHI Members whose support of the NYSAHI School is included in their annual dues payment, is stipulated to be 1/6th of the $50 of their annual dues as budgeted and attributable to funding the NYSAHI School. You also hereby waive any claim for consequential, exemplary, special, or incidental damages. If you make a court claim it must be in a small claims court with jurisdiction in East Meadow, NY. However, NYSAHI may elect to just accept your claim and pay the liquidated damage amount upon receipt of a waiver and release agreement that is acceptable to NYSAHI and signed by you.

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