Reggie got his start in residential construction in 1971. His knowledge of older homes was obtained by working for a small construction company in Andover Massachusetts that remodeled and restored houses that were built early in New England's history. Upon moving to Virginia in 1977 Reggie worked for a builder who built predominately, large custom homes, small commercial projects, and churches in Washington DC metro area.

He owned and operated Marston contracting from 1979-1983, a construction company that specialized in new additions, remodeling, restorations, framing and roofing of tract housing projects for builders such as Ryan, NV Homes and Centex. Reggie has personally been involved with the construction, design and management of over 7500 houses.
Reggie was a construction supervisor, field production manager, specification writer and national construction trainer for one of the nations largest residential builders and still conducts training seminars for residential construction supervisors and subcontractors in the metropolitan Washington DC area. Reggie has produced construction training videos and manuals. In the mid 90's Reggie worked closely with OSHA and the National Association of Homebuilders in the rewriting and implementation of the Federal guidelines for fall protection in residential and light commercial construction. He has also been a part time instructor of construction training at Howard Community College in Columbia Maryland.

During that same time frame, Reggie managed to obtain a degree in broadcasting from Northeast School of Broadcasting in Boston, Ma., took numerous architectural courses and attended various specialty classes and seminars in the fields of communication, and training methods at the University of Richmond. He is a graduate of the Professional Home Inspectors Institute in Falls Church, VA.

Reggie has been a speaker at numerous VHDA and FHA 1st time homebuyer seminars on the subject of home inspections. He has also conducted numerous training courses on HUD's 203K rehabilitation loan endorsement program for realtors, organizations, and investor clubs in the Washington DC area. Reggie is presently a listed 203K rehab consultant with the Department of Housing and Urban Development and has successfully completed approximately 150, 203k rehabs.

Reggie has been interviewed by both local and national TV news programs on construction issues and can also be seen regularly on HGTV's "The House Detective" series performing actual home inspections.

Reggie Marston has been certified to perform radon testing by the National Radon Safety Board.

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