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What is NOT included in the home inspection?

ARDELL on 09 13, 2009 | 41 Comments

The other day I presented a request to the seller's agent after a home inspection. The agent said "My home inspector never includes the deficiencies of outbuildings"  It reminded me that many home bu

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Inspection = Yay or Nay

ARDELL on 08 30, 2009 | 30 Comments

Inspection = Yay or Nay

An alternate title for this post might be "The seller doesn't 'have to'...anything". I am writing two offers today and the one MOST IMPORTANT thing to keep in mind when making an offer on a house i

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Why Home Inspection Negotiations Fail

ARDELL on 06 29, 2009 | 75 Comments

Properties "falling out of escrow" due to the home inspection negotiation failing, is on the rise. In many cases this is because the buyer is asking for something the seller can't really say yes to, b

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Home Inspection – psi of water flow

ARDELL on 03 26, 2009 | 4 Comments

Home Inspection - psi of water flow

I'm not spending a whole lot of time wondering where the market "is" over the past few weeks, because any 40 day period when I am juggling issues from 5 different home inspections, suggests the market

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