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The Importance of a Main Sewer Line Inspection
 
I  had a Buyer who was extremely upset that I was insisting that he have a Private Home inspection. This was a mid-50’s brick ranch, pretty well cared for in a nice neighborhood, but vacant and no one had lived there for a long time. The inspector that I referred to him was going to cost $375. I also insisted that he have the sewer line inspected (this is the MAIN line that goes from your home to the sewer, and when it goes, it goes without warning and you could be ankle deep in raw sewage!)  That inspection was to cost him another $125. 
We had found the home pretty quickly. We’d only seen maybe 5 homes prior to writing and getting an accepted offer. Being aware of how most people feel about real estate agents, besides getting his offer accepted, I really hadn’t done much to make him trust me. I could truly understand his balking at this price, and he later admitted that he felt maybe I was getting some kind of kick-back from these third parties. 
The day of the inspection came and he was still brewing. The Private Inspection took about 3 hours to complete, ... more

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