HomeGauge NewsWire July, 2008

Partnership with American Home Warranty

American Home Warranty Company and HomeGauge® have started a partnership to make it easy for inspectors to assign limited home warranties to uploaded reports, with just a couple of easy clicks. This partnership has allowed inspectors to increase their marketability by adding a valuable product to their service, while also helping to reduce their liability. For more information about AHW, please visit their website www.ahomewarranty.com.

About HomeGauge (SHGI Corporation)
HomeGauge® provides home inspectors across the US the software and internet tools they need to best serve their clients (home buyers, home sellers, and real estate professionals). Using our software and internet tools, home inspectors are able to provide their clients with comprehensive information on the condition of the inspected property by printing a report onsite or by our online secure report delivery and validation process through HomeGauge.com. We continue to grow steadily and add new partnerships with companies like HouseMaster® (leading home inspection franchise), LandAmerica® Property Inspection Services (a Fortune 500 company) and NACA (leader in housing services).

HomeGauge NewsWire June, 2008

HomeGauge Upgrades Office

HomeGauge has moved to a 4000 square foot office in downtown Asheville. This extra space includes a large training room that easily fits 25 people. Expect some extra training offers for all types of classes in the future. It also has an outdoor courtyard that will be great for food and HG events. More info can be found in our July 2008 News Alert. See our updated contact info.

HomeGauge NewsWire January, 2008

Bruce Marks of NACA is “The Bostonian of the Year” and is in the news everywhere and the media is finally giving him the attention he deserves! With more than 10 Billion dollars NACA the advocate for victims of predatory lending practices provides loans for people with the best rates in the country while at the same time fights the big banks for change! Read the Boston Globe’s story on Bruce Marks and NACA. (Read the article.)

HomeGauge is the exclusive inspection software provider for every NACA loan. All loans require a home inspection and the standard is HomeGauge. Inspectors can use a free version of HomeGauge software exclusively provided by NACA and can sign up with NACA at one of the many offices nationwide. HomeGauge is proud to be an integral part of the NACA program.

Read about HomeGauge and NACA See NACA's Website

See if you are near one of their offices: See NACA's Website

HomeGauge NewsWire January, 2008

HouseMaster® and HomeGauge meet to discuss their HouseMaster® HomeGauge version 4 release due out in March. HomeGauge has just returned from the Corporate HQ for HouseMaster® in NJ where we finished up on the revised list of special tweaks unique to HouseMaster®. HouseMaster® has a wonderful team of successful individuals and a full training facility where new inspectors and experienced inspectors can make the transition to one of the most experienced inspector franchise companies today. Their special marketing and training give the inspector advantages in his local market. HomeGauge strongly recommends any home inspector who wants to start off at the top should contact HouseMaster®.

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HouseMaster

Above: HomeGauge President Russell Buchanan
shown with HouseMaster® CEO Kathleen Kuhn

HouseMaster® is a registered trademark of HMA Franchise Systems, Inc.

HomeGauge NewsWire January, 2008

HomeGauge is the Premium sponsor of the ASHI Inspection World 2008 national convention in New Orleans! To be a sponsor of an event is nice, but to be the main sponsor of such a renowned event, such as the ASHI national convention, is an honor. “This just shows how far HomeGauge has come since it began in 2001,” says Russell Buchanan, President of HomeGauge. With over 5000 licenses to home inspectors, Partners like LAPIS (Land America Property Inspectors), HouseMaster® Franchise, and NACA.com, to receive the main sponsorship at the ASHI convention is part of the plan to spread the HomeGauge theme “Market Your Ability”. Some of the benefits of the ASHI main sponsorship was a formal introduction on stage at the awards ceremony luncheon where Russell Buchanan delivered a thank you and told of how HomeGauge was born. Russell also shared a 3 minute video to 500 inspectors and their spouses informing them how HomeGauge can help “Market Your Ability” as was the theme for HomeGauge. (Watch the video here)

ASHI

Above: HomeGauge President Russell Buchanan being recognized as the main sponsor at the ASHI Inspection World 2008 National Convention (500 attendees)