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Larry Dominus
Reavis renovated his first building in 1962. He began doing home inspections
when, after receiving his Ph.D. (Ohio State, 1967), he and the Director
of Southern Methodist University’s Institute of Urban Studies signed a
contract with the Dallas Dept. of Housing and Urban Rehabilitation to
design and direct a survey of 10,000 Dallas homes. After eight years at
SMU, he began renovating houses full-time in the mid-1970s. Formerly licensed
as a master electrician, plumber, and Class-A building contractor (Virginia
licenses), he has taught many training seminars for home inspectors. He
also has produced articles, books, software, videos and CD-ROMs for the
profession.
EARLY INTEREST IN HOUSES

Just after his fifth birthday, a major wind passed through his family’s
town. When he heard the postman say that the wind took off the roof of
a house not far away, he pestered his parents to see it with such vigor
that they finally gave in (see photograph).
INTEREST
IN ELECTRONICS
 
His interest in electronics began at age 10 when an uncle gave him a crystal
set kit. By age 12 he had passed the license test to become a “ham” radio
operator. During his teens and early 20s he built more than 40 transmitters
(about half of which he designed himself), in addition to single-sideband
exciters, receivers, and other equipment. Beginning with his second year
of college, he designed and built apparatus for research in psychology
at four institutions of higher learning. In recent years, he designed
and built logic circuits for automating factory machinery.
Joie Dominus Reavis ,
Administrator, with a B.A. in English literature and pre-med, was accepted
into medical school in 1977. Fortunately for Homexam she decided not to
pursue medicine. She
also has a certificate in secondary education.
Ananda Dominique Reavis ,
Assistant to the Administrator, is useful useful useful! (it
used to read “as a teenager can get” but she complained so
much; anyway, now she's an old lady - not a teenager). She was accepting
responsibility for an increasing portion of the Homexam workload, and
still helps on a regular basis even though employed full-time in Los Angeles.
She graduated from UCLA in 2003.
Also, Cari Xochitl Reavis-Geiss and Martin Netzahualcoyotal
Reavis provide assistance as needed.
 
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