Steve Surette
Father of three girls, Catie 13, Molly 11 & Anna 4. Married
to Cathy for the past 18 years. We live in a 34 yr. old home in
Carmel, IN.
I have spent nearly all of my career self – employed. In
1991, I was offered to take over and run my Dad’s home inspection
business. In 1976 my father began Dave Surette and Associates, Inc.
when I was 14 years old. My younger brothers Scott and Randy also
operate inspection companies in the Indianapolis market place.
I recently served two one year terms as the President of the Indiana
Chapter of the American Society of Home Inspectors (ASHI). In that
position we formed professional relationships with MIBOR, IAR, BAGI and
most recently we finished a five year effort with our State legislatures
to enact a law requiring licensing for professional home inspectors. This
began July 2005. Gibbs Surette Inspect employs full time home inspectors,
each inspecting 300 - 500 homes per year. During the past 8 years we have
inspected over 3000 multi-family HUD apartment properties for REAC. We
also received a contract Feb. 2003, to inspect 1800 single family home
in the Detroit MI city proper during a thirty day period for an investor
group that purchased the properties site unseen, then had us confirm the
condition of those homes. The Detroit report was complied and posted
on the Internet using Excel & Access software with digital photos. I
am nationally certified to teach the 203(k) FHA single family rehab consulting
program and currently work as an Adjunct Faculty instructor at the Indianapolis
campus of Ivy Tech community college teaching a 60 hrs pre-licensing course
since 2004. US Housing Consultants recently hired me to perform
and train inspectors to provide Capital Needs Assessments on multi-family
housing apartment communities in the US. US Housing Consultants
has also asked me to manage the renovation/repair services that these
apartment communities need to pass their annual REAC inspection.
When I am not working, I enjoy traveling in our mini-motor home with
the family. But most of the time I ride bicycles and have competed
in long distance events such as RAIN (Ride Across Indiana). My best ride
this year was the Hilly Hundred with my daughter’s Catie & Molly. We
rode a tandem with a tag along. I seldom had to pedal. I also
started the Indiana Flute Circle for those who play and make Native American
style flutes. We meet at the Eitlejorg Museum monthly and entertain
upon request.
 Josh
Krueger
I graduated from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University
in 2005. There, I obtained Bachelor’s degrees in Finance,
Business Process Management, and Operations Management. After school
I began a career in Logistics for WalMart. I currently manage over
50 people as well as operate and care for multimillion dollar equipment. My
schedule at WalMart has allowed me to pursue a 2nd career.
I knew I wanted to begin a career in real estate. I just didn’t
know where to concentrate. Then I bought my first home in Avon. After
making numerous repairs and upgrades I realized that home repairs and
inspections could be a very rewarding career option. The skills I have
obtained through training and spending time with Steve Surette and Bryan
Gibbs, as well as skills I learned as a Commercial Roofer have allowed
me to thoroughly understand a home and it’s components along with
the Inspection and Home Repair Industries.
Together, my fiancé Emily, and I live east of Avon with our
3 dogs: Layla the Boxer, Trey the Rhodesian, and River the German Shepherd
mix. We have plans to get married in Hawaii this next June.
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