QuickTips Index

How a Bad Home Inspector Can Jeopardize Your Sale
How to avoid hiring a bad home inspector. How to recognize clueless home inspectors. How to determine if your home inspector is qualified and credentialed. Questions to ask a home inspector. How much do home inspectors charge?

Home Inspection Checklist
Home inspection checklist items to look for when getting a home inspection. How to tell if your home inspector checked the essentials. Major and minor repair concerns.

Title Insurance Policies
Title insurance policies as they pertain to real estate: owners and lenders title policies, terms of coverage, liability and protection. Title commitments and preliminary title reports prior to issuance of title insurance policies.

Repair Requests on Home Buying and Selling
Requesting repairs after a home inspection is common. Here is how to make repair requests that are acceptable and why sellers may reject unreasonable repair requests. Alternatives to making repairs that keep sellers and buyers happy.

Sewer Inspections for Older Homes
How to do a sewer inspection as part of the home buying process during the home inspection phase. Reasons to do a sewer inspection. How to handle sewer line problems or, worst case, replace the sewer line.

Wet Basements - How to Spot a Wet Basement
Should you buy a house with a wet basement? What types of problems are present in wet basements? Solutions to fixing wet basements. What causes spalling and efflorescence? How can you tell if water has leaked into a basement?

Roof Certifications and Roof Inspections
What is a roof certification? How roof certifications and inspections help to sell homes. Why home buyers should ask for a roof certification.

Doing the Final Home Inspection Walk-Through
What's involved in the final home inspection walk-through? What happens if repairs aren't made as promised or something else is wrong? What rights do home buyers have? When does the walk-through take place. All these answers and more.