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The Listing Inspection For a reasonable fee, usually about half of the inspection cost, we will meet at the seller’s home and do a walk through with the buyer, answering questions about the home and reviewing the report. It is usually best if the buyer pays for this service, then the inspector becomes his home inspector and it will also save him the cost of a complete home inspection. The whole idea is to make the buyer comfortable with the purchase of the home.
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listing inspection is best for sellers that are not sure about hidden
or unknown defects within the home. They want the sale of their
home to go smoothly. Nothing is more disheartening than to have
the buyer’s home inspector come in and find numerous defects within
the home that the seller may or may not have known about. Not only
will this complicate the sale of the home, it could kill the deal
completely. The seller is at a disadvantage when repairs must be
made to close the deal. Sometimes it takes a week or two just to
get some one lined up to do the work and then its usually not how
much is it going to cost, but when can the work be done. Where if
there is an inspection before the home goes on the market the seller
can correct the problems on his own schedule. It will also give
him time to take bids and get the best price. Selling a home is
no easy task, selling a home with serious defects is almost impossible.
Having a listing inspection is an excellent thing to do if you are
selling the home yourself without the help of a realtor. For one
thing it shows good faith. Buyers are very suspicious about homeowners
trying to sell their own homes. Buyers love it when they come to
see your home and you hand them a copy of the inspection report,
as this can be a real ice melter. What you are basically saying
is I have nothing to hide and if there is a problem I’m willing
to fix it. The last thing you want while selling your home is surprises.
There are no surprises when everyone has a copy of the inspection
report. If you are listing with a realtor, the realtor will love
the idea of the listing inspection, and will probably work harder
to sell the home simply because he will know what he is selling.
Quite often realtors will work hard to sell the home only to see
the deal fall apart because the buyer’s inspector found numerous
or serious defects within the home.