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Let's Talk About Inspections
 
 
 
Real estate agents were often thought by their clients to have a substantially broader knowledge of homes and buildings than they did.
 
"Is this foundation OK?" a client vack then might ask.  And the agent would probably respond, "It looks fine.  It doesn't appear to be unlevel."
 
Of course the problem was that whether or not the floors appeared to be level, there could easily be a mired of latent structural problems that the agent couldn't see, or perhaps the agent just missed seeing.
 
In other cases, the client would call, say, his Uncle Paul who was a pretty good handyman to inspect the property for them.  Uncle Paul may or may not be able to provide an educated and thorough inspection and opinion.
 
Nevertheless, the buyer took it as credible.
 
After the house closed, held in the middle when things didn't turn out as Uncle Paul and the client thought they should have, was the agent and the designated broker.
 
Finally, the state real estate commissions were pressured by brokers and sales persons into providing a new real estate license category, that of the home inspector.
 
But what has turned into a rather odd and frequent occurrence iis homeowners who will not have their home inspected before listing ... more

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