DESCRIPTION
Annual inspections are an important part of your property’s preventative maintenance. Unreported deficiencies can become costly repairs over time.
Don’t waste time and money on items that will not affect your score! Our 3 hours REAC preparation webinar will increase your knowledge of the inspection protocol and empower your organization for future inspections.
The Real Estate Assessment Center (REAC) levies substantial penalties for violations. Compliance means understanding the REAC inspection process and knowing how to prevent high point-site defects, which property owners and managers need to identify, prioritize and tackle.
This session with public housing expert Hank Vanderbeek covers both broad topics and detailed points to reveal mistakes and misunderstandings in the inspection process. He will share his expertise on training, how to handle failed inspections, the paperwork needed for inspections, details on fire protection, and which defects are cited the most. A dozen case studies will be presented.
This REAC training will cover the latest changes and how REAC Inspectors interpret NIS defect rules and what it expects of properties. Attending this session will help you save money on improper repairs while mitigating high point defects. You will get proper understanding of how to manage REAC inspection of important NIS defects.
Our Three Hours comprehension course provides you with the most in depth and up to date REAC training experience.
Session #1 (60 minutes) 1:00PM to 2:00PM ET – Sound Planning & UPCS Rules Familiarity Equals High REAC Scores
Part A – Planning For And Experiencing A REAC Inspection
- How inspectors are chosen and assigned inspections, supervision, role of supervisors, inspector’s responsibilities (business rules).
- Paperwork needed for an inspection, cancelling/postponing an inspection, effect of in process repair work.
- Choosing units/buildings for inspections, uninspectable units
- The right and wrong way to escort an inspector
- What happened after the inspection, when a score is issued, 20 point rule
- Appealing for a reinspection
Part B - REAC UPCS Compliance
- The Federal Register
- The Dictionary
- The Comp Bulletin
- Memoranda on failed inspections, etc
- QA Conference Calls
- REAC Inspectors Dot Org
- REAC Training
- Consultants’ Training
- Inspection Training
Part C – High Point Site Defects Means Starting With An 85
- REAC defect and points analysis
Part D – Q&A
10-minute Break
Session #2 (60 minutes) 2:10PM to 3:10PM ET – REAC Impossible I Scoring Simplified
Part A – High Point Site Defects Means Starting With An 85, Con’t
- Case Study – Trip in fenced area at MI property
- Case Study – Gopher hole appeal Allowed
Part B – High Point Unit Defect Identification
- Single versus multi building effect on points
- Prioritizing Unit Repairs (remove doors, garbage disposals, sink sprayers, bath heaters, screen doors, etc)
- Unit defect NEVER MISS check list
- Case Study – Misapplied Sink Stopper Rule Costs Property 15 Points
Part C – Fire Protection
- Sprinkler types and function, defects, cleaning versus replacing, scoring
- Fire extinguisher types and function, defects, storing, scoring
- Fire hoses, defects, scoring
- Smoke detector types, scoring
- Case Study – F/E hiding in back room at NW property
- Case Study – A Sprinkler Defect Appeal Allowed
- Case Study – A Fire Extinguisher Appeal Denied
Part D – Q&A
10-minute Break
Session #3 (60 minutes) 3:20PM – 4:20PM ET UPCS Troublesome & NIS Defects Studied
Part A – REAC Inspectors’ difficulty with applying defects
- REAC Impossible - 15 Most Misapplied Deficiencies
- Case Study – Roof Ballast Defect Misapplication in NYC
- Case study – Loose toilets stay loose
- Case study – Reachable Call-for-aid strings
- Case Study – Abandoned Call-for-aid denied
- Door defects are cited most - prioritize
Part B – NIS (Non-Industry Repairs) Blow up Inspection Standards
- NIS Rules, subjectivity, authority, confusion
- Building exteriors (walls, foundations, gutters)
- Inspectors making false statements about defects
- Inspectors making false statements about defects
Part C – Health & Safety Most Important
- Exigent H&S defects and analysis
- Electric misunderstood
- Case study – garbage disposal electrical hazard appealed
- Sewer and drain covers – BIG points!
Part D – Q&A
This webinar includes Conference material, Q & A, and class materials. Class materials include photographs of actual deficiencies, mock inspection exercises, and our inspection preparation checklists.
Who Will Benefit:
- Top management & owners will better understand when and where to make capital improvements
- Property managers - prepare for an inspection to “please” the inspector
- Maintenance supervisors - learn how to identify needed repairs
- Support staff - to better understand everyone’s role in the maintenance process
- Vice-President/President, Director/Supervisors, Owner
