home inspection dos and donts: Would You Buy this House? - 11/02/07 02:26 PM
"Would you buy this house?" My client asked me this quite sincerely. Evidently I had gained her trust and she wanted my opinion.
The inspection results so far were not helping her make up her mind. The house she had fallen in love with a few days before when she first saw it with her realtor had a new complexion now after she learned about the need to replace the windows, the roof, and the water heater as well as to address a moderately long list of minor issues. As much as I wanted to help her with her decision, I … (45 comments)
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home inspection dos and donts: On Discipline When Business is Slow - 10/13/07 03:14 PM
I was opening an old electrical panel and my electric drill didn't have the power to turn the screws, so I reached in my bag for my manual screw driver. It wasn't there. I had to improvise, basically using my electric drill as a manual screw driver. No big deal right?
Well I got to thinking about why my screw driver was not in the bag. As I turned that scrutiny on myself which I use in inspections, I didn't like what I saw. I had been sloppy. I had used the screw driver in an inspection two days before and put it … (31 comments)
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home inspection dos and donts: Unwritten Rules #101 & 102 - 10/09/07 07:03 AM
These rules may be covered in real estate training, but they never came up in my home inspection classes. I believe they apply equally to both agents and home inspectors.
"Pretty nice place" I said as I began reviewing the home inspection report with my client. This had become a standard comment, and I had always considered it to be pretty bland. Later I learned that my statement, was construed by the seller who was standing nearby, as a justification for hard negotiating on any concessions. The seller went further to point to my statement as being the reason why not … (5 comments)
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