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home inspection: Foreclosure Sheriff's Auction Flushes Out Bitter ButtHead (Humor) - 11/13/07 09:12 AM
Sebastian Florida
One Saturday morning Bill Quigley and I were talking about Home Inspections on our weekly radio show - this time in conjunction with foreclosures and sheriff's auctions.  We were interviewing our guest and exchanging stories on air about the importance of home inspections prior to sale, when Bill relates the unusual story of a client of his having bought a home at an auction.
Apparently the buyer didn't have the time to pre-inspect the property and apparent was hoping for the best.  He won the bid, but when the lender sent the appraiser to the home, he found a toilet sitting in … (9 comments)

home inspection: Home Inspection Tips and Cautions - The Final Chapter - 08/08/07 12:08 AM
07 August 2007 - Madison, Wisconsin
In MovieLand, if a movie is good, a sequel is better - and a third is ALWAYS better.  Oh sure.  So, with that same fallible logic, I present the third installment of my mini-series on Home Inspections as perceived by me.  Third time's a-charmin'.
In two previous blogs Home Inspection Tips and Cautions and For Your Vexation Get a Home Inspection I discussed my misadventures with the inspection process and invite participants to listen to a real pro from A-Pro.  Now I take the counsel of Kimberly St. Louis of A-Pro Home Inspection Services and add it to my biased opinion and … (5 comments)

home inspection: Home Inspection Tips and Cautions - 07/19/07 02:32 PM
19 July 2007 - Madison, Wisconsin
As exactly five of you may know (my commenting compliment), my home was recently inspected as a sales contingency and I reported my concerns in For Your Vexation Get a Home Inspection.  While everything seems to have been rectified - it's amazing what throwing cash at a problem will accomplish - I still was a bit unsettled by the experience.  In fact, in my own OCD way, I wouldn't let it go and even more questions came up.
Always one to willingly share my problems, I contacted our Friendly Neighborhood Home Inspector - Kimberly St. Louis  - … (1 comments)

home inspection: For Your Vexation Get a Home Inspection - 07/13/07 12:48 AM
12 July 2007 - Madison, Wisconsin
      Can a person paid by one party perform a service involving a third non-paying party be totally objective?
I just don't know about Home Inspectors.  I like them and believe they perform a valuable service, but what if the subject property were MINE and the inspector is hired by my Buyer?
The following is for example purposes only - I'm not saying it happened, Maybe it did, maybe it didn't.  But it's food for thought:
My house is a ranch-style with a walkout basement.  It's 15 years old, but well maintained - or so it seemed.  Here we are sitting pretty with a solid contract, thinking all … (8 comments)

 

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