Pullman Inspections

In my profile, I mentioned that I am a runner -at least when everything is going well.  Every once in a while, things don't quite go according to my plan.  An example; I trail run, often solo (I know, it's dangerous but I'm careful), and will turn 20 or 30 miles.  Every year, I like to make the t...

Mistake No.7 - Follow Up Service You're buying a house that will cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.  You're spending hundreds of dollars on the inspection.  You will have issues at the end of the inspection that will need to be addressed. By who?  It better not be the inspector.  ASHI standar...

Mistake No.6 - Is Your Inspector Insured? A competent inspector will carry Errors & Omissions insurance.  Errors and Omissions insurance is similar (at least the idea of it) to mal-practice insurance.  If your home inspector misses something big (and something he SHOULD have caught - some things ...

Mistake No.5 - Who Referred Your Inspector Many home inspectors market aggressively to real estate firms.  This is the tried and true form that grows the inspector's business and it's the way I do business myself.  That isn't to say that is my only marketing effort.  I also maintain two websites,...

Mistake No.4 - Picking the First Available Inspector Some Realtors will not provide guidance on which inspector to use (NAR - National Association of Realtor - guidelines state that they should recommend a minimum of three if they refer at all) and I have seen Realtors that photocopy a page from ...

Mistake No. 3 - Bargain Hunting The first problem with bargain hunting is that a dirt cheap home inspector usually means they're the least successful in the marketplace. To give the cheapest price, they usually avoid insurance, quality equipment (there are some tools that every inspector absolute...

Mistake No. 2- All Inspectors are Not Created Equal Every home inspector brings different qualifications and skills to the table.  Some of those inspectors are truly impressive.  But like anything else, you have the other end of the spectrum.  A client of mine summed it up better than I can: "Pau...

Buying a home always includes a steep learning curve. This is true whether you're buying your first home or your sixth investment property.  Every time you enter into a new transaction, the details are different.  No matter how careful or knowledgeable you try to be, mistakes can happen. The role...

I had a client in Lewiston ID recently who closed on a house over by Lewis-Clark State College.  Eric, the dad, was active duty military and had only had a few minutes to spare when we did the inspection.  His wife was also busy plus they had three kids under the age of four.  These were busy, bu...

Inspections often go awry within the first few minutes.  Agents sometimes throw a curve, clients frequently do and the house is always unpredictable. Yesterday I had the pleasure of doing an older Cape Cod that was listed as vacant.  The weather that we have had out here has been challenging (a c...