A home inspection conflict of interest can exist where inspectors (or their company) use the inspection report to generate repair work for their company . It's also possible for home inspectors to recommend a different company that happens to have the same owners or they might get a referral fee by …
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Home Inspection Checklist & Finding a Home Inspector
A home inspection checklist helps you interview and select the best home inspector for you and your property. Home inspection aren't just a formality. A home inspection is a very important step in buying a house, or preparing to sell your home. Buyers need the best inspection possible as once you …
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Home Maintenance: Products That Save Time
Homeowners have less free time so they don't want to spend it on home maintenance. That's why new home products and materials that require less home maintenance are becoming so popular, even if they cost more. Home builders are making these products standard in new homes. They're also offering …
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House Information For Your Home Inspector
When buying a home, we research house information online to find homes that match what we want. As you prepare to sell your home, your real estate home professionals will ask you for all sorts of information and now that I'm starting to prepare my sister's condo for sale, I'm gaining a whole new …
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Selling a House: A Plan and Team to Sell My Sister’s Condo
Selling a house takes work! But if you've never sold a house, you might think selling your house is simply a matter of finding a realtor. Sellers pay realtors a lot of money, typically 6% where I live, when you sell a house. Knowing you're going to pay the realtor thousands of dollars, you might …
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Why Curb Appeal is Important
Someone asked me recently, what is curb appeal? Deb continued and guessed correctly, that curb appeal is the attractiveness of a home's exterior. It's a new phrase that became popular during the housing boom in the U.S., and a measure of how appealing a house is to prospective home buyers. We've …
