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Home Inspectors: 5 Tips to Choosing the Right One
Choosing the wrong Home Inspector can cost you a lot more than the fee you paid. If you choose a home inspector solely on price alone, your headed down a dangerous highway... (read more)

8 Essential Questions to Ask Your Home Inspector
Congratulations! You've decided to purchase a home. We all know that when purchasing a home, every detail is an important one. And choosing a home inspector is no exception... (read more)

New Home Construction - The American Dream or The American Nightmare?
Buying a new home is suppose to be the American Dream. Unfortunately, for many buyers of newly constructed homes it becomes the American Nightmare. Hiring a qualified third party home inspector can increase you chance of a hassle free home... (read more)

What is a Home Inspection?
A home inspection is defined as an objective visual examination of the physical structure and systems of a home, from the roof to the foundation.In layman? terms, having a home inspected is akin to giving it a physical check-up... (read more)

Dead Deals and Recycled Reports
Everyone knows that at the end of a home inspection, a report is generated that outlines the findings of the home inspector... (read more)

Becoming A Home Inspector: What the Home Inspection Schools Dont Want You To Know
Chances are if you?e reading this you?e thought about becoming a home inspector. You may have even seen the ads that say you can make hundreds of dollars a day as a home inspector. Home inspection schools put many of these ads out... (read more)

So You?e Put an Offer on a Home. What? Next?
You?e finally found the home of your dreams, 3 bedrooms, attached garage, great neighborhood. You fix sights on the freshly painted walls, new carpeting, beautiful cabinet and a huge back yard... (read more)

Home Inspection Basics
The Home InspectorWhen you think about it, it is a bit odd. A person hires a stranger to snoop around another stranger? house for a couple hours and report back. It? sounds rather like someone hiring a burglar to case a house for a robbery... (read more)

So youve made an offer on a home Whats next?
You’ve finally found the home of your dreams, 3 bedrooms, attached garage, great neighborhood... (read more)

Peace of Mind for Home Inspections
As sure as the spring flows at The Fountain of Youth, home inspecting provides a stream of knowledge to wash away the fears of home buyers... (read more)

Should Sellers Order a Pre-sale Home Inspection?
One of the main reasons home sale transactions fall apart is inspections. This happens when something unanticipated is discovered during the buyers' inspections of the property, and the buyers and sellers can't agree on a remedy... (read more)

You Wanna Get High With Me?
Being a home inspector is great. It's fun, it's interesting, and I get to meet wonderful people. I know exactly what to do during a home inspection... (read more)

The Cat in the Attic
Strange and unexpected things happen during home inspections. Seldom are they tragic. Often they are humorous. One such occasion recently came to mind.Not long ago, one of our inspectors was performing a new home final walk-through inspection... (read more)

How to Promote Your Home Inspection Business
As a real estate agent I have attended many home inspections. I have found over the years the same few inspectors doing a majority of the inspections. As a realtor I am almost always asked by my buyers "who do you reccomend?"... (read more)

How to Kill More Deals in Less Time!
Deal Killers, Contract Assassins, Home Inspectors! Call them what you will, but the most important thing you can know is WHO to call... (read more)

Buying a Home: The 5 Biggest Mistakes that a Home Buyer Makes
As a Professional Real Estate Inspector I get to see and hear the right and wrong things people do when buying a home. These 5 tips will help you choose the right Real Estate Agent the first time... (read more)

Buying a Home What is a Home Inspection?
Any Sally and Sam Homebuyer can look at a home and decide whether it is attractive... (read more)

Checklist For Buying A Home
I had a client who called saying that his bath tub just fallen through the floor in his new home (new to him). Mold had eaten away the floor from the crawlspace up... (read more)

How to Kill More Deals in Less Time
Deal Killers, Contract Assassins, Home Inspectors! Call them what you will, but the most important thing you can know is WHO to call... (read more)

Selling Your Home: 5 Deal Killers That Are Lurking In Older Homes
You?e listed your home for sale, you have a Buyer and now their Inspector is performing an inspection... (read more)

Checklist for Buying a Home
I had a client who called saying that his bath tub just fallen through the floor in his new home (new to him). Mold had eaten away the floor from the crawlspace up... (read more)

Should You Get a Home Inspection?
It? very important, and in my opinion, mandatory to have a home inspection done before you close on a house. The inspection helps with giving you an objective evaluation of any problems with the home before you move in... (read more)

What is a Home Inspection?
Any Sally and Sam Homebuyer can look at a home and decide whether it is attractive. They might notice it is freshly painted in pleasing colors, has the requisite number of rooms, a cook? kitchen and is located in a location with top schools... (read more)

Real Estate Inspection - Do Your Own
Why should you do your own real estate inspection? To get a better deal. It isn't necessary to learn building codes, and you probably should use a professional inspector in any case. The point of learning what to look for is to have negotiating points... (read more)

Trading Inspectors!
As sure as the spring flows at the Fountain of Youth, a home inspection provides a stream of knowledge to wash away the fears of homebuyers... (read more)