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Buying A Home From The Home Inspectors Perspective

If you are considering buying a home, you will soon discover that there are an overwhelming number of companies out there clamoring for your attention. Everyone in the real estate industry has something to sell or something to profit from regarding your interest in purchasing real estate. For homeowners wanting to sell, to banks wanting to unload REO properties, to agents wanting to help you find the perfect home (which does not exist), ...

Realtor Top Criticisms of Home Inspection Companies – Part 4

#4.) Home Inspection Recommendations Are Not Clear

When preparing the home inspection report and reviewing the report with a client, it is important to make sure that the inspectors recommendations for correcting any deficiencies (items in need of repair) are clear. “Recommendations Are Not Clear” is often reported as one of the top criticisms of home inspectors.

In Texas, home inspectors perform ...

Realtor Top Criticisms of Home Inspection Companies – Part 3

There is a very simple fix for the third top criticism Realtors have of home inspectors. Leave it like you found it. If it was closed, close it when you are done. If it was locked, lock it when you leave. If it was on, leave it on when you leave. You get the idea.

When I was a boy scout leader, we had a motto, “Leave No Trace”. When we went camping, is was our belief that after we left, there should be no ...

Realtor Top Criticisms of Home Inspection Companies – Part 2

Professional Realtors advise prospective homeowners to have a thorough home inspection done by a professional home inspector before purchasing property. Quality home inspections protect buyers from incurring costs after their property purchase. And, quality home inspections for sellers are sure to help sell a property faster and, for more money.

Exceptional service does not have to come at an extravagant price. ...

Selling a Home at a Busy Intersection...
By Loren Keim

(Excerpt from Loren Keim's Book - "Life Lessons... from the back seat of my car")

Some of the unwise things that home owners say when they're trying to sell their home constantly amaze me. Sellers, being emotionally invested in their property, are often their own worst enemy, making statements that absolutely cost them a sale.

As an example, a few years ago, I had a young couple ...