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Advantages of Obtaining a Prelisting Inspection

Advantages of  a pre-market inspection:

· The seller can schedule the inspections at the seller's convenience.

· It might alert the seller to any items of immediate concern, such as radon gas or active termite infestation.

· The seller can assist the inspector during the inspection, something normally not done during a buyer's inspection.

· The seller can have the inspector correct any misstatements in the inspection report before it is generated.

· The report can help the seller realistically price the home if problems exist.

· The report can help the seller substantiate a higher asking price if problems don't exist or have been corrected.

· A seller inspection reveals problems ahead of time, which:

· might make the home show better.

· gives the seller time to make repairs and shop for competitive contractors.

· permits the seller to attach repair estimates or paid invoices to the inspection report.

· removes over-inflated buyer-procured estimates from the negotiation table.

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· The report might alert the seller to any immediate safety issues found, before agents and visitors tour the home.

· The report provides a third-party, unbiased opinion to offer to potential buyers.

· A seller inspection permits a clean home inspection report to be used as a marketing tool.

· A seller inspection is the ultimate gesture in forthrightness on the part of the seller.

· The report might relieve a prospective buyer's unfounded suspicions, before they walk away.

· A seller inspection lightens negotiations and 11th-hour re-negotiations.

· The report might encourage the buyer to waive the inspection contingency.

· The deal is less likely to fall apart, the way they often do, when a buyer's inspection unexpectedly reveals a last-minute problem.

The report provides full-disclosure protection from future legal claims.

 

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Preston Sandlin

Home Inspection Carolina

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7 Comments on Why get a Prelisting Inspection

JUL
25
2010
514,441 Points Outside Blog

Preston, sound like good advise to get a pre-inspection (as long as the owner is willing to fix t he items found).
11:52am • #1
192,951 Points 1 Featured Post Localism Sponsor Outside Blog Hit Router Called Shot Master

Like the joke. I tell my sellers the advantages to a prelisting home inspection. It truly does work wonders for the seller. I have one that am getting ready to close, the buyer took the inspections we had and simply decided not to have their own. Home was on the market 17 days. Well worth it for all involved.
11:54am • #2
143,639 Points Called Shot Master

Hey Preseton, I agree with you on a prelisting inspection. I always suggest it to my sellers but it's up to their comfort level. many of my sellers sees the benefit on pre-inspection. Thanks
11:55am • #3
117,378 Points 4 Featured Posts Outside Blog

Yes, I have seen that happen, too,  when the buyer accepts the pre-inspection.  Around here, for a smaller fee, the pre-inspector can give a personalized overview of the home with the new buyers and it is a very good education on the quirks and "personality" of that home. Well worth it!
11:57am • #4
392,071 Points 4 Featured Posts Called Shot Master

I'm in favor of pre-inspections too.  Some inspectors ARE scary, and sometimes they're wrong. Getting a pre-inspection can save the seller from wasting time and money during the under contract phase.
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JUL
26
2010
108,491 Points

That's a pretty cool flyer.  Is that one that you created and/or use?  Thanks for sharing.
7:44am • #6

Hi Preston, great points well made.  I am a big proponent of the pre-listing or seller's inspection.  The seller can really use the information to their advantage.
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