The home inspection can be very tricky in making a sale. 

I am a real estate agent in Sierra Vista, Arizona and have a real estate radio show here. I am interviewing a home inspector this weekend on my show and I am curious if you did your interview and if you have any good questions that you asked or would ask a home inspector. Thanks for any insight.

Brad

Great write up, you have a way with words. For the reasons you mentioned, we advocate a Pre-sale inspection. It tends to lead to a smoother transaction.  

A great post Chris.  I find that with second homes the Buyers tend to be even more picky as they don't want to have to maintain a second home as well as the first one.

That's funny - I've found that 2nd home buyers here have been very easygoing - they see it, they want it, no whining.  Of course the homes and condos have been relatively new, so didn't appear to pose a problem.

I am a home inspector here in SW Utah. Been doing home inspections 4 1/2 years, 1547 inspections to date.  When I finish a home inspection I go through the report on-site with the client. One thing I tell them is the home inspection report is NOT a fix it list for them or the home sellers. That this report is my evaluation of the home. You should next go over this report with your Relator and have him/her coach you with items you should have the sellers take care of. I tell them that I do not get involved with the price of the home and your Realtor may suggest that you take care of some of the items on your own, especially if you got a great deal on the price of the home, in order not to loose the deal.

One thing that I hear now and then about home inspectors is that the home inspector is a deal killer. Well, in some cases non trained inspectors can nick pick a home to death OR they can write up something in a way that is too extreme or harsh. BUT if your clients received a honest home inspection and the home had too many concerns then it is usually a good thing that the deal was broken and the clients went to find another home. The last thing I am sure any good Realtor wants is a phone call about THAT HOME YOU SOLD ME.

check out my website. www.pillarposthomeinspection.com  I serve SouthWest Utah, the cities of Cedar City, St. George, Santa Clara, Ivins, Bloomington, Enterprise, New Harmony and more.

 

The up side is that you got the sellers to do the inspection up front. If things had gone differently and the house passed with a 100% and they got !00% of asking price it would have been a different story.