Staff

at the Georgia Institute For Builders and Home Inspectors

Jim Russell - President

Builder/ Remodeler since 1976.  Licensed Real Estate Agent since 1981. Founded FMG Southern Services Advertising, Marketing, and Public Relations in 1985 for the purpose of promoting Builders, Developers, Real Estate Projects and Real Estate Brokers.  Customers included Johnston Properties, Pulte Homes, Royer Realty, Cornerstone Properties, King and King Attorneys, Servox, Ltd., Peachtree Painting, Applied Foundation Technologies, and Mister Sparky.  Founded The National Academy for Home Inspectors/ Georgia Institute for Builders and Home Inspectors 1997 Founded The Georgia Real Estate Home Inspectors and Mister Home Inspector, Inc. 1998 to recruit, train, develop and promote the best home inspectors in the state of Georgia.  GREI/ Mister Home Inspector, Inc. is now the largest home inspection company in Georgia.

ICC Certified Residential Building Inspector

ICC Professional Member

ASHI Affiliate Member

Peter Shalinski - Director

Peter is a professionally schooled and trained Home Inspector. Peter is Code Certified and is a professional member of ICC. Peter is also a member of GREI (General Real Estate Inspectors). He has a BS in Vocational Education from New York Institute of Technology. He is also a certified electrician and plumber and teaches both subjects in our Professional Home Inspection Training class. Peter is an former Eagle Scout and spends most of his free time raising troubled teens through the Freedom Village program. Peter has been a dedicated professional home inspector since 1985.

Ervin Mitchell, Ed.D - Assistant Director

Ervin is a professionally schooled and trained Home Inspector. Ervin is also a member of GREI (General Real Estate Inspectors). He has a BS in education from Florida A&M and a Doctor of Education from Vanderbilt University. Ervin is also a Lawyer and a former high school principal.

Greg Reichenberg - Structure/ Code/ Stucco

Greg is a professionally schooled and trained Home Inspector. Greg is Code Certified, Stucco Certified, Mold Certified and is a professional member of ICC. Greg worked in Catastrophe Restoration for All State for 22 years. Greg was instrumental in the development of the inspection and repair protocols established by the Stucco Warranty Industry. He is also a member of GREI (General Real Estate Inspectors). He teaches Structure in the Professional Home Inspection Training and all four segments of the Code Training class. Greg has been inspecting residential structures over 20 years.

Michael Nier - Electrical & Plumbing/ Code

Michael is a professionally schooled and trained home inspector. Michael has an AS in Vocational Education, is Code Certified and is a professional member of ICC. Michael also has a certification from the ICC as a Commercial Building Inspector as well as many other ICC Code Certifications. During the week, Michael is a full time municipal inspector. On week-ends, Michael is either inspecting homes or teaching classes at the Georgia Institute for Home Inspectors. Michael is a member of GREI (General Real Estate Inspectors) and teaches all four segments of the Code Training class. Michael has been inspecting residential structures for over ten years.

Paul Syesta - Heating and Air Conditioning/ Mold

Paul is a professionally schooled and trained Home Inspector. Paul is Code Certified and is a professional member of ICC. Paul is also a member of GREI (General Real Estate Inspectors), IESO and American IAQ Council. He is a certified unlimited HVAC technician in Georgia and teaches the HVAC segment of our Professional Home Inspection Training class and our Mold Inspection and Testing class. Paul taught Sears employees HVAC for over 31 years. Paul was the lead facilities inspector for Sears for over six years. Paul has been inspecting residential structures over 25 years.

Myles Russell - Report Writing

Myles is a professionally trained home inspector. Myles is Code Certified and is a professional member of ICC. He is also a member of GREI (General Real Estate Inspectors). Myles worked with software engineers at Hewlett Packard to design report writing software for a pocket PC. He is an accomplished amateur writer, with many published articles on the internet. He is also an aspiring fantasy novelist. Myles teaches our Report Writing segment and has been a dedicated home inspector since 1998.

Sam Young - Electrical and Plumbing

Sam is a dedicated professionally schooled and trained home inspector. Sam is an Eagle Scout, Retired Air Force Captain, has a BS in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Tech, an MBA in Business from Arizona State University, is Code Certified and is a professional member of ICC. He is also a member of GREI (General Real Estate Inspectors). Sam teaches the Electrical and Plumbing sections in our Professional Home Inspection Training class.

G.I.H.I. Advisory Board

Dr. Allen Garner -M.D. Degree-Emory Uni., Internal Med., Specializes in Pulmonary/ Critical Care/ Infectious Diseases of Adults./Home Inspector

Dan Flagg - Structural Engineer, PE-Grad. Georgia Tech / Home Inspector

Jack Brennan - Founder of EIMA( Eifs Industry Manufacturer's Association) Stucco Expert/ Home Inspector

Lou Toback - Pharmacist-Grad. Auburn University./ Investor

William House - Allstate Insurance Agent, CPA, Grad.-Uni. of Georgia, MBA Ga. State./Investor

Jack Eastland - Foundation and Waterproofing Expert/ Home Inspector

Mike Lewis - Builder/ Developer (Certified Builder Member of Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association)/ Investor

Dylan Thompson - Hewlett Packard, MCSE Engineer-Grad. Uni. of Georgia

Carlos Bustamante - Linguist/ Home Inspector