How a Bad Home Inspector Can Jeopardize Your Sale

The unknown factor in most real estate transactions is what the home inspection will reveal. That's why it's often a good idea for the seller to obtain a home inspection before putting the home on the market. A pre-inspection gives the seller time to fix things that could kill the deal before getting an offer.

But most sellers don't want to spend the money. Besides, the buyer will be advised to obtain a home inspection regardless of the information provided by the seller. While I offer the suggestion to my sellers, I don't beat my head into a wall over it.

However, if the buyer unwittingly hires a bad home inspector, nobody can rely on the report. Because there are good home inspectors and lousy ones. So how can you be relatively assured that your inspector is qualified? You start by hiring a reputable inspector . . .

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_{At the time of writing, Elizabeth Weintraub, DRE # 00697006, is a Broker-Associate at Lyon Real Estate in Sacramento, California.}