1. Understand the Purpose of Home Foundations: Learn how foundations support residential structures and why they are essential for stability and longevity.
2. Identify Different Types of Home Foundations: Explore slab-on-grade, basement, and crawl space foundations, including their construction, benefits, drawbacks, and maintenance needs.
3. Gain Insights into Crawl Spaces: Differentiate between ventilated and unventilated crawl spaces, understand their construction, and address common challenges such as moisture control, insulation, and pest prevention.
4. Learn Inspection and Maintenance Techniques: Develop skills in assessing foundation and crawl space conditions, recognizing signs of damage, and implementing effective maintenance strategies.
5. Evaluate Environmental and Regulatory Factors: Understand how climate, soil conditions, and building codes impact foundation integrity and maintenance.
6. Recognize Buyer and Seller Responsibilities: Assess the implications of foundation conditions during property transactions, ensuring informed decisions and regulatory compliance.
7. Encourage Proactive Home Maintenance: Emphasize the importance of regular inspections, moisture management, and early issue detection to preserve a home's structural health.

Quality driven and highly motivated self-starter with 14 years of mechanical manufacturing and service experience. A proactive leader with a background in troubleshooting, planning, initiating and completing job tasks. Extremely safety conscious and attentive to all surrounding environmental conditions. Thrive in group and individual tasks assigned. Began TREC approved, Professional Real Estate Inspector Training through ATI in August 2020. Completed ATI training in November 2020. While training, I was undergoing training through a sponsorship in the I-Go community to become the companies General Manager. I facilitate monthly employee meetings, Employee Reviews, Inspector Field Training and ancillary services. I tested and passed both the National and Texas portions of the Real Estate Inspector exam for my TREC Professional Real Estate Inspector license in December of 2020 and filed my application in January of 2021.

Real Estate Continuing Education (Texas) 
2.00 Real Estate Continuing Education Credit Hours
Category: Elective
Price: FREE (No Fee)

Having fully met the requirements of Texas Real Estate Commission, the following course has been approved for 2.0 continuing education credit hours. Provider Approval: 9980. Course Approval: 29610-RECE.

Education Provider

Preferred Systems, Inc.
5148 Peach St, Suite 516
Erie, PA 16509
Phone: 888.455.7437
info@preferrededucation.com
www.preferrededucation.com

Instructor

Dustin Orlando
1st Rate Inspections
9630 Cannock Chase Dr.
Houston, TX 77065
Phone: 832.567.5791
Dustin@1stRateInspections.com
www.1stRateInspections.com