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Hiring a home inspector

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Real Estate Broker/Owner with Community Partners Realty

How many agents let the buyer convince them they do not need to pay an inspector because they can do it themselves?

Here is a great story about saving 150 on a home inspector and spending 140,000 on lost value.

A general contractor goes to buy his first home and tells his agent I do not need an inspection. I am a licensed General contractor. So the agent agrees and does not explain the benefits to her customer at all.

A few months pass the buyer is going to have air conditioning installed. The A\C company comes out and states that this house is a mobile home and A\C cannot be added because the roof won't support it.

The buyer \ Contractor is now furious he has been duped and why did that agent lie?

Well this is currently in court and did the agent lie?

Should she have known? She works this small town Could she have known?

I know one thing the buyer is now a victim not the brighest contractor around and wants money.

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Ed DeChristopher
Fredericksburg Realty, Inc. - Fredericksburg, VA
CRS Fredericksburg VA

"A general contractor goes to buy his first home and tells his agent I do not need an inspection."

How in the world can this be construed as the agent advising the buyer?

There has to be more to this than what you have written.

Nov 16, 2007 09:10 PM
Peggy K.
Grand Property Virtual Tours - Buffalo Grove, IL
Illinois Virtual Tour Provider and Real Estate Photographer
Unfortunately, this guy didn't do his work.  If he didn't want to hire an inspector, he should have inspected the home himself.  Sounds like he skipped that little detail.
Nov 16, 2007 09:29 PM
Jeff Kessler
Austin Homes, Realtors www.OwnAustin.com - Austin, TX
Broker,CLHMS,GRI

Wow you would think that a GC would want a second opinion.  If I was an expert in that field I would still want a second opinion as my emotions would be screwed up and a third party's advice may bring me down to earth.

J.

 

Nov 16, 2007 10:13 PM
Kevin McGrath
Long & Foster Real Estate Companies- Fredericksburg/Spotsylvania - Fredericksburg, VA
Long & Foster Real Estate Companies

Well - if my client declines a home inspection by a professional inspector, there is a form he signs indicating so. I agree with Ed; there is a page missing.............

 

Nov 16, 2007 11:05 PM
Charlottesville Solutions
Charlottesville Solutions - Charlottesville, VA
In our area of Virginia, I would say that the client made a decision (declining an inspection) so he stuck. Did the title or county records not indicate it was a "Mobile Home" ???
Nov 17, 2007 12:07 AM