Thank You to those who have responded!

I wish I could say that this is an isolated insident but in this area of TN it is not.  After working in this area for three years now I would say that we are at about the 50 percent mark in the real estate agent tally.  About half think like the respondents and the other half still down play the need for an inspection or work hard to prevent the inspection by telling their clients it would be a waste of their money.

When I first started in this area I would hear this line about three times a week, "My realtor said I don't need a home inspection since I'm buyin a new home and it comes with a one year builders warranty".  This is particularly ironic since we have no code enforcement in this area.  Are we not all supposed to be offering a service to our clients, working in their best interest?  It is the client that spends the money for the home inspection after all and the vast majority of the time they recieve a huge return on that investment. 

Does anyone have any suggestions on ways to comunicate, in a possitive way, the need for a change in attitude in the real estate comunity in this area?  Thank's for your help, Paul