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HOME INSPECTORS - GENUINE INTEGRITY?

By
Real Estate Agent with RE/MAX Real Estate Associates

I recieved a notice from ERBY CROFUTT - B4U CLOSE HOME INSPECTIONS that he would be attending a conference here in Western Kentucky on January 10, 2009 and wanted to know if we wanted to meet in person. You see, I'm a newby here at ActiveRain and my first postings were only listings. Erby was the first one to post a comment to me. He said:

"C'mon Ron.  You gotta post something besides listings.  Hard for me to retun comments when all you got are listings.

Tell us a good story about Benton!"

Well that was the kick in the butt I needed to try to post something about our local area, Benton, Gilbertsville and the Kentucky Lake area of Western Kentucky. I'm reading with great interest others blogs and comments to come up with ideas and in the meantime I've learned so much more about real estate and even life in general. Who would have thunk? So I think I'm beginning to understand now what it's like to be in the "Rain". This is truly a wonderful community.

Ok, so back to Erby. Erby and I met over supper at Catfish Kitchen and I was blown away by his sincerity and knowledge of the inspection process and it's relationship with the real estate industry. I could tell he takes his business very seriously and therefore conducts a very thorough investigation of the property he has been hired to inspect. But you see, the inspector is also an instructor and teacher and although most of us already know that, I could tell Erby is really good at it. He encourages the buyers to be present through the entire inspection process so nothing is missed - or misunderstood.

If you are purchasing a home in Central Kentucky and the Lexington area please consider talking with Erby.

And if you are a real estate agent or broker in his area I think you will be very pleased with his knowlege and integrity.

Erby Crofutt - B4U Close Home Inspections

Comments (2)

Anonymous
Roger Stratton

Ron,  Where was this guy when we had our inspection?  You need to tell everyone what can happen when you get a bad inspector.  Don't be afraid to name names.

Jan 20, 2009 01:22 PM
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Ron Spanton
RE/MAX Real Estate Associates - Gilbertsville, KY
Kentucky Lake Area

Roger, I appreciate your frustration but I didn't know about Erby until a few weeks ago after having met him here on Active Rain. Although he'll do inspections anywhere, his area is really central Kentucky near the Lexington area.

Also, keep in mind it's the Buyer who hires the inspector in our state. Although as Sellers and your Sellers agent we have the right to approve or disapprove of the Buyers choice of inspector. Knowing what we do now (because hindsight is 20/20), we'll approve or disapprove of the next one.

The bottom line though is for Buyers hiring a Home Inspector, they need to read all of the report and then offer questions of the Inspector if anything is in doubt. Also, the Seller and the Seller's agent can offer explanations of the findings and/or negotiate remedies.

The really neat thing about Erby is he encourages the Buyers to be present during the entire inspection. If anything is of question they can explore it at that time.

Jan 20, 2009 03:14 PM