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After two failed home inspections, I showed up for round three.
I always encourage my buyers to have a home inspection. The inspectors who work with me are a very select group that I've hand picked based upon certain criteria in they put in their reports. I've fired a few in the past when they deviated from that criteria, but overall, I'm very thankful for the crew that works with me. Even though I'm a real estate broker, I teach a home inspection course for my state. That came about because I'm also a state contractor with 36 years as a contractor and 46 as a tradesman. I know what I'm doing, and I have zero patience for sloppy error laden home inspections.
Last year, I had a home go under contract twice only to fall apart because of home inspections. In both cases, the home inspectors were wrong, but the buyers believed them. One told the buyers that none of the three chimneys in the house were lined. He estimated it would cost $2800 per chimney to repair. I asked the buyer's agent if the home inspector climbed up on the roof and looked down in the chimneys or did he run a camera through the chimneys, and she said no. I ... more

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