Real Estate Advice

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Do not allow your agent (if you have one ) line up for the home inspector. The reason I'm saying this is because the Realtor wants to close on the home and if they use a picky inspector it will only delay or void the deal. Find one of your own that is working for your interest and not the realtors. I'm in the insurance business and I have seen too many times when the inspector from the realtor let way too much stuff slide. Insurance Co. may do a quick inspection of a home and I have had several policies rejected due to roofs, siding, and other stuff that the inspector did not list. One that comes to mind is a closing that my inspector rejected due to an old roof with curled shingles. The buyer said that could not be the case as the inspector listed that the roof was only around five years old. I went to check out the roof and it was in bad shape with a few shingles broken off lying in the gutters. Now there was about a 10x10 section that was about five years old but the rest of the home's shingles had no life left. I think that the termite inspection is manditory for most loans but are only around $150.00.