bellingham: Mold Experts - 04/15/08 12:34 PM
I follow an Indoor Air Quality group on Yahoo. This post came in recently:
On 4/1/08 12:00 PM, "midsouthbuilders" <no_reply@yahoogroup s.com> wrote: I am a builder and as such, no stranger to mold contamination. We just finished a large custom home and within three weeks of occupancy, the new homeowner was … (5 comments)
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bellingham: children and smoke detectors - 03/09/08 01:36 PM
Kids and Smoke Detectors
Don't be so sure that your smoke detectors will wake your sleeping children if there is a fire. Recently there are been several reports that show that sleeping children do not respond to smoke detector alerts. Based on these reports the U.S. Consumer Product Safety … (2 comments)
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bellingham: A new year, a new goal - 01/03/08 01:03 PM
A new year, a new goal. Every January we get to take stock and make a new begining. Some of us are more successful and accomplishing our goals then others. I want to make this year simpler, so I decided to work on one goal. To get there I thought of … (2 comments)
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bellingham: Getting to the top of Google Searches - 01/01/08 11:35 AM
On another post I saw an new inspector set of goal of dominating the web with his site. Thats a great goal but you need to figure out how you want to be found. For example, if I say I want to dominate all searches for "Anacortes Home Inspection" then my … (4 comments)
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bellingham: Furnace and Water Heaters don't last forever!! - 11/12/07 01:33 PM
Why do inspector's say my client's furnace or water heater needs to be replaced when they are working just fine?
Answer:
Most inspector's (like Realtor's) are trying to protect their client from having to deal with expensive component replacement . When we estimate the particular component is at or past its … (3 comments)
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bellingham: Certified - what does it really mean? - 07/12/07 12:06 PM
There has been a lot of discussion lately over the terms we use in the home inspection industry to express an individual’s competency. Certified, Master or in some states, Licensed are terms commonly used. The first two can freely be used to describe anyone while the later is regulated and … (3 comments)
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bellingham: Inspecting for Building Codes? - 07/10/07 11:58 AM
In today's Wall Street Journal - Real Estate Journal site June Fletcher talks about disclosure and how the home inspector should be calling out code violations. Home inspectors do not inspect for code violations. Building Codes are ever changing, no two city codes are the same and variances are granted on a regular … (0 comments)
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bellingham: Inspecting the Neighbors - 07/09/07 05:18 PM
Your Neighbors
Frequently I am surprised that buyers have not checked out the area where they are buying. We have all heard stories about how one bad apple can ruin a neighborhood. What about if that family is right next store? The sellers don't have an obligation to disclosure the real reason … (1 comments)
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bellingham: Should you get an iPhone? - 07/08/07 03:41 PM
The short answer is no. Don't get me wrong I love Apple products and have used their products since the days of the Apple II. I have owned a number of Macs and recently got an iPod but can't recommend the Iphone for several reasons.
1. Bleeding edge technology - I … (5 comments)
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bellingham: Getting Rid of Cigarette Smoke odors - 07/08/07 11:37 AM
If it Smells........
I was inspecting a home that also had a rental cottage. I was informed the rental unit had a long-term tenant, a kindly old gentleman. When I entered the cottage and met the tenant I noticed the walls were harvest gold at the top but light beige … (7 comments)
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bellingham: Would you buy this home? - 07/08/07 10:57 AM
At least twice a week at the completion of an inspection, my client will turn to me and say "Would you buy this Home?" I have my standard politically correct answer but that does provoke the question knowing what I know, what would I look for in a home?
There are basic … (2 comments)
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bellingham: 10 Things You Need to Know about pre-listing inspections before you put your home on the market. - 07/06/07 09:19 PM
10 Things You Need to Know about pre-listing inspections before you put your home on the market.
With the shift to a buyer's market, sellers (and their REALTORS) need to be more aggressive in marketing their homes. One tactic is to have a pre-listing inspection before putting your home … (0 comments)
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bellingham: Forgetting who we work for... the client - 06/24/07 03:08 PM
Got a call from a lender who I know. He explained that his client was unable to close on a home because the underwriter had gotten the full inspection report and was now wanting a bunch of repairs made. "Ok, I didn't do the inspection how can I help." The lender … (6 comments)
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bellingham: Beware of Mold Testing - 06/21/07 11:14 AM
In the real estate industry there is a lot of marketing for mold testing and mold cleanup. However what most consumers don't understand is that there are no standards and regulation of this industry and few states are moving toward regulation include my state Washington which has more natural mold and … (6 comments)
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bellingham: 3 Myths that Web Marketing companies will tell you - 06/10/07 10:04 PM
3 Myths about Website Marketing
1. Instant Results “Our company assures that you will get instant results”. If a salesperson says that they can get you instant results, they are either purposely feeding you incorrect information, thinking you don’t know any better, or they themselves don’t know any better … (0 comments)
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bellingham: Don't skip the final walk-through - 06/08/07 02:46 PM
Home Inspections are not perfect. We can only inspect what we can see, don’t have x-ray glasses and can’t see under rugs or behind bookcases. Frequently we are called on to inspected homes that are stuffed with furnishings. This obscures our view of many areas of the home and may … (2 comments)
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bellingham: Get more Hits on Your Website! - 06/06/07 12:17 PM
So you took the time and expense to setup a website, but you're not seeing much in the way of results, right? Building a website is akin to opening a shop on a busy street. If it's just a plain doorway not many people are going to look in, however, if … (6 comments)
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bellingham: Watch out for flippers - 05/26/07 11:08 AM
Lately I have seen the results of what I call flips gone bad. I got a call from an agent that had seen an inspection report on a HUD repo I did last year. I usually don't like to see my reports passed around but this time I was happy and … (3 comments)
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bellingham: If it Smells, it won't sell - 05/13/07 12:44 PM
Buyers judge a house by many attributes but generally if it smells, it won't sell. Odors that a lot of longtime homeowners have gotten used to can torpedo a sale. It’s been proven in scientific studies that our olfactory senses or smells help us remember a particular time and place. … (3 comments)
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bellingham: Are home inspections worth the cost? - 04/23/07 10:11 AM
Are home inspections worth the cost?
Most clients’ who call our company start the conversation with “how much for your home inspection?” Most clients don’t realize that the home inspection can actually save the client significant money by pointing out defects that layman would not recognize. For example, … (1 comments)
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