nashville home inspections: Plumbers Rock... - 11/28/09 06:04 AM
Plumbers Rock...Now this statement can be taken several different ways. Such as in Plumbers Rock! They are cool! Hip beyond belief and all that other raz-ma-taz. Yeah Buddy!!! Or you can say plumbers rock. That pile of stones used to hold up sagging pipes because they were out of plumbers … (7 comments)
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nashville home inspections: Inspecting Older Properties - Common Electrical Issues... - 09/13/09 04:48 PM
In the Nashville real estate market, there are several older properties that need to be inspected as part of the real estate transaction. As with older properties, there are common electrical issues that that need to be detected and revealed by a competent home inspector.One of the things that a … (3 comments)
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nashville home inspections: Inspecting Foreclosures - Part IV - Windows - Part II - 08/26/09 06:08 PM
As I stated in the earlier, window issues cover a wide range. Failed seals in insulated windows probably accounts for the huge portion of items written up in the report. Failed seals can range from a slight discoloration or lack of clarity to the obvious milky calcium stains. More often than not, … (6 comments)
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nashville home inspections: Totally Shocking - Ad-infinitum... - 05/16/09 07:11 AM
What is worse getting shocked once or getting shocked again and again and again? Sometimes when folks do things wrong, the mirroring effect can get quite overwhelming.
While inspecting an experienced property in the west Nashville, TN area yesterday, I came across this shocking scene that had me wondering if … (14 comments)
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nashville home inspections: Loose Hose Bibbs... - 05/12/09 03:56 PM
As a professional home inspector in the Nashville, TN area, one of the things that I see very frequently, are loose hose bibbs. This is often an easy fix that most homeowners neglect to address. As part of deferred or ongoing maintenance, we point these out to prospective buyers as the … (7 comments)
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nashville home inspections: The Little Car that Could... - 05/06/09 05:28 AM
In some of the more rural areas here in Middle TN, it is not unusual to roads run through creeks. Most of the time, these are safe to cross even when the water is running over the roadway. However, we have been experiencing a lot of badly needed rain here … (17 comments)
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nashville home inspections: Inspection Reports I'd Like To Write... - 05/02/09 05:17 AM
I am sure that we have all had them, buyers with delusions of grandeur thinking that they can purchase a 'fixer-upper' for a song and a dance, put a few bucks in it and walk away with loads of dough - Right?
Well how about the home inspector that needs … (27 comments)
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nashville home inspections: Stayin in the Loop... - 04/30/09 07:33 AM
As we all know, the term staying in the loop generally means staying connected or being connected to others. Then too, it may mean hanging around the EL tracks in Chi town, or one of several other meanings not fit for mature audiences here in the Rain. That being said, … (13 comments)
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nashville home inspections: Keying in on Keywords... - 04/18/09 05:02 AM
By now, most folks know the importance of having keywords embedded in their blogs and websites. But how well are these keywords working for you? One simple tool that I use quite frequently for tracking purposes is Google Analytics. This utility has the ability to provide you with a plethora … (9 comments)
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nashville home inspections: Being Flexible... - 04/04/09 06:30 AM
Have you ever seen those folks that can bend, twist and contort their bodies in to positions that many of us can only fantasize doing in our wildest dreams? Man, I am doing to touch my toes. When I see folks do things like that, it kinda makes me want … (14 comments)
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nashville home inspections: Perfect in Every Way... - 12/21/08 05:32 AM
We home inspectors seem to get a bum wrap. We often get rebuked as being too picky, picky, picky and that we are constantly finding fault with stuff (real technical term here), making work much harder for real estate agents. Well, we ain't ALL that picky, there a few houses that … (17 comments)
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nashville home inspections: Just Because Everyone Else Does It, Doesn't Make It Right... - 12/21/08 02:38 AM
Remember when you were a kid and wanted to do something that you kinda sorta knew was wrong, and you went to your parents to ask for permission to do it? Generally, after a disappointing response,"NO!" you often sparked some rebuttal or rebuke of the reply with, "But, all the other … (24 comments)
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nashville home inspections: Photo of the Day... - 12/20/08 05:48 AM
Crawl spaces... The final frontier. These are the adventures of the fearless home inspectors that boldly go were no real estate agent and very few home owners venture. Kinda sounds the beginning of a "Star Trek" episode doesn't it? Well, crawl spaces are the most neglected area of a home and … (10 comments)
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nashville home inspections: Cosmetic Damage or Item of Function? - 11/12/08 06:11 AM
While inspecting a condo in the Vanderbilt area of Nashville, TN yesterday, I wrote up in the report for the current owner to secure the loose paper holders in the bathrooms. The listing agent called me later to complain that I was being too picky and the damage to the paper … (22 comments)
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nashville home inspections: Monday Morning Motivator... - 10/27/08 04:15 AM
Monday Morning Motivator
Good Morning Active|Rain...
"What do you live for?
Life is not how you live, but what you live for
Things that we seek, things that we reap
Love we live for or the hate we die in
Providing love or being provided with … (15 comments)
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nashville home inspections: Monday Morning Motivator... - 10/20/08 05:15 AM
Monday Morning Motivator
Good Morning Active|Rain...
" The contradicting truth... We believe that nobody knows us more than we know ourselves. But in daily life we come across situations where you realize that this is not the "You" that you knew."
~ Unknown ~
This motivational moment has … (15 comments)
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nashville home inspections: Don't Worry, It's Been Inspected by Codes... - 10/18/08 05:22 AM
I was having a discussion with a real estate agent in my area as to why a customer who had placed an order for a home inspection later changed their mind and decided forgo this part of the property transaction. It seemed as if the buyer was talking to the on … (26 comments)
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nashville home inspections: Photo of the Day... - 10/17/08 05:30 AM
In our hurry up, get it done quick society, it is not uncommon to see "tradesmen" take shortcuts when building our new houses. Generally speaking, if something does not look right, it typically isn't. While inspecting a new construction house in Nashville, TN I ran across a wooden block by a … (25 comments)
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nashville home inspections: Sad Signs of the Times... - 10/16/08 06:27 AM
These are really trying times for the real estate industry. With so many real estate agents putting their licenses in retirement, throwing in the towel and calling it quits or working part-time jobs just to make ends meet. Not to mention the other ancillary markets that have been taking it on … (19 comments)
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nashville home inspections: If Walls Could Talk... - 10/14/08 04:12 AM
I like to inspect older experienced houses. They have been around for awhile, and if walls could talk, I am sure that they would have a lot of interesting tales to tell. Tales like how this garage lighting system came about. Were the lights something that the neighbor was throwing away … (17 comments)
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