Topic:

What To Look For When Buying a Home

Speaker:

Patrick Vollbrecht, Certified Home Inspections

Program Chair:

Tim Boorom

Biography:

Patrick Vollbrecht has been a professional firefighter in Waterloo for over 30 years. He also teaches arson investigation. Pat inspects rental property for minimum life safety code enforcement and commercial property for code enforcement. He averages 100 to 130 inspections per year at the Fire Department. Pat owns his own inspection company, Certified Home Inspections, which he has operated since 1992 doing an average of 120 inspections per year. These inspections are done primarily as a prepurchase inspection at the request of the buyer. His company has been certified through the Home Inspection Institute of America.

Program:

Pat will describe what to look for when buying a home for yourself, a relative, or a friend. He will also show you how to inspect your current home to ensure that it is safe. In addition, Pat will point-out how to determine the remaining life expectancy of various items in a house.

Time:

Social period: 6:00 P.M. Dinner: 6:30 P.M. at Greenstreets Restaurant, 5826 University Ave., Cedar Falls.

Price:

$10.50 per person (includes tax, tip & room rent.)

Reservations:

Telephone Tim Boorom (319)266-7085, by noon on Monday, May 10th, 1999. Leave message on answering machine. Guests are welcome if they make a reservation. Please state if special dinner preparations are necessary.

Ballot:

Please bring the completed enclosed ballot and program suggestion form with you to this meeting or mail it prior to this meeting as described on that sheet.

Dues:

1999-2000 Dues of $10.00 may be sent to the Treasurer, Dick Michael, 2628 West 3rd St., Cedar Falls, IA 50613 or may be paid at the meeting.