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Don't Skimp on Your Home Inspection - Russel Ray is a Shining Example of a GREAT Home Inspector!
I have some buyers that just went into escrow about a week ago.  Hooray! We found the home, now on to mounds of paperwork, inspections, disclosures, appraisal and so on.  There is so much to do in escrow!
During the course of the inspection, it was noted that there was a crack on the stem wall of the foundation noticeable from the garage.  It is an older home with a raised foundation and it was one of those "borderline" cracks.  Not too big but big enough for the inspector to recommend it get looked at by a "contractor".  This was not an inspector that I had used before and said,  "Don't just pick one out of the paper" he said, "get someone you trust". 
Well, I sure know a lot of people but a contractor to check a crack?  It hardly seemed worth mentioning and I must admit, I was at a bit of a loss.  So were my buyers.  I asked my broker, some fellow agents, my husband, everyone I could think of that would know who to go to to check it out.  Some suggested a Geological Inspector but no one really had anyone to speak of.
Then I remembered ... more

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