This guide will help you know exactly what questions you should be asking when you are looking for a home inspector that will inspect your potential new home. By choosing the right home inspector, you will be providing you and your family with a high level of comfort by allowing yourselves to know if there […]
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Knowledge Is Important When Buying A Home
When you are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars for a home, you need to make sure that what you are getting is well worth it. No home is absolutely perfect. You can always expect to have to spend something on your new home. The average is $6,000 within the first six months, according to […]
The Value Of Construction Inspections
Buyers of re-sale homes almost always have their homes inspected by a professional inspector. Buyers of new homes, however, often do not take this important step. There are several reasons for this: The buyer is getting a brand new home, and thinks that the inspection is an unnecessary added cost. The buyer feels that they […]
What Is A Home Inspection
Any Sally and Sam Homebuyer can look at a home and decide whether it is attractive. They might notice it is freshly painted in pleasing colors, has the requisite number of rooms, a cook’s kitchen and is located in a location with top schools. But what about less obvious parts of the house? It takes […]
Saved By A Home Inspector
Hiring an inspector is not just one of the buying a home processes. It is one of the most important parts of buying a home. You, as a home buyer, need to pay for an inspection which means the inspector works for you! The inspector will find problems of the real estate you are about […]
Real Estate Buying And Selling Tips
In purchasing a property, an interested buyer should consider the time he intends to stay in the place, since selling a house too soon would probably not be a profitable move, especially if there is instability in the market. Make sure that you stick with your price range and to minimize lower depreciation for your […]
The Home Inspection Process
When Home Inspection is required?
Pre Purchase Inspection
Should you do your own pre-purchase inspection? Yes and no. Yes, you should inspect a house before you write an offer on it. Then you should put an inspection contingency clause in the offer, and hire a professional inspector. Why do both? Doing your own inspection can help you get a better deal. Each cracked […]
Real Estate Inspection Do Your Own
Why should you do your own real estate inspection? To get a better deal. It isn’t necessary to learn building codes, and you probably should use a professional inspector in any case. The point of learning what to look for is to have negotiating points. Home Inspection Checklist With a good inspection checklist, you won’t […]
Home Inspections Getting Your Home Ready For The Inspection
Many times I go to do a home to complete an inspection for a potential buyer, only to find the home not ready for an inspection. The home not being prepared then makes the buyer suspicious that there are areas that the inspector could not access causing them to back out of the deal. Completing […]
Buying A New Home Then Hire A Home Inspector
Why? Well, large scale homebuilders profits rise in direct proprotion to speed of which their homes are completed. Generally speaking, homebuilders incent sub-contractors to finish on-time and penalize them when they do not. Corners are cut in an effort to maintain the all important schedule. Unfortunately, the builder cannot watch every sub-contractor at every single […]
Finding A Qualified Home Inspector
As you should already know, a home inspection is a key part of the real estate process. Of course, your home inspection is only as good as your home inspector. Finding a Qualified Home Inspector If you are considering buying a property, you absolutely must get a home inspection. What most people don’t realize, however, […]
How To Become A Qualified Domestic Energy Assessor
A UK energy inspector must take a series of lectures, workshops and hands-on training to pass the testing and earn the diploma as domestic energy assessor. For those who have not had any practical training as an energy inspector, one of the course packages offered by the NHER sets aside the classroom lecture method and […]
Corporations Failing To Claim Amt Exemption Overpay Taxes By 11 000
Does your incorporated business pay alternative minimum tax [“AMT]? If so, there is a 93% chance you have been overpaying your taxes by an average of $11,000 a year according to the Treasury Inspector General. The Office of the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration was created in 1999 to oversee the IRS. One of […]
Cheap North Carolina Home Owner S Insurance Helping You Do Your Homework
If you’re purchasing a home in North Carolina, you’re undoubtedly going to want to purchase a home owner’s insurance policy to protect you, your belongings, and your investment. Yet, there are many questions that must first be answered before you should purchase a home owner’s insurance policy, and many of those questions deal with your […]
How To Prepare For Your California Home Inspection
Some people think California home inspections are a pretty cut and dry process compared to home inspections in other parts of the country where weather causes more home damage. Actually, California home inspections take just as long as any other home inspection, and can even take longer based on the size and condition of the […]
The Importance Of A Pest Inspection
The excitement of buying a new home and the desire to save money can lead the potential homeowner down a dark, crumbling drywall road. Some people think that a pest inspection is an unnecessary and costly step in the home buying process, especially if neighboring houses don’t have a problem or the owner swears upon […]
What Does A Home Inspector Do
Congratulations! You purchased a home. The next step is to get your home inspected. A home inspection ensures the integrity of your home. A general home home inspection inspector performs a visible inspection of the home’s internal and external systems. A general home home inspection inspector inspects: – Building Interior: walls, floors, ceilings, doorways, etc […]