Thread: Home Inspections

Most of the ones who think that they can do all the inspecting of the houses themselves are those hard core DIYers. But unless you yourself is a certified home inspector you better leave the inspecting to the professionals. Only they can spot otherwise small things that have the biggest possibility of devaluing your property when it comes time to sell it.

Home inspection is essential to find out all the problems possible with the home before actually moving in. Hiring qualified inspectors will somehow give you unbiased inspection results.

There are 2 kinds of home inspection:
1. The owner/landlord engages in inspection (either directly or via a property manager) to take care of his/her property and inspect periodically.
2. The prospective buyer looks for an inspector to check the condition of the property before he/she buys it.

I think you are referring to #2 above. The need for such an analysis is obvious due to the expertise that the inspector can possess. Hence, be selective when you choose one.

-Sarah
rentchord

Well Shara after reading post it looks exactly like #2 option from your provided.

Here in our Minnesota real estate market, we highly encourage buyers to get a home inspection with a professional home inspector.

Even a die hard rehabber of do it yourself buyer will not have the skillset and experienced eye of an outstanding home inspector.

Whether a small home for sale on the MLS (low price point) or an expensive MN MLS listing, we say: hire that inspector

The $300 the buyer will spend is nothing compared to the long term problems with the home that an inspector may find.

If they Know what to look for I wouldnt mind if they did the inspection themselvs. If they didnt want to get one just to save $300 then I would say they need to have one done.

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Originally Posted by homeprobuyersguide

[FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]Some home buyers question the need to hire a home inspection company to check out their prospective home purchase; they suppose they can do it themselves.

You can DIY for home inspection ,but there are certain things that only a duly licensed home inspector could do in doing a home inspection.

You might save a lot of money, but choosing the right home inspector for you would be the best deal you can than just doing it yourself. Of course, you can ask a home inspector to what are the thing that you can do yourself, but there are things that you should be leaving it to them.

Having moved around in 3 different states, my experience is: hire an inspector.

I'm surprised no one has mentioned it but the inspector will know the local and state Building Requirements/laws. Most DIY people will not know the ins-and-outs of these ever-changing laws.

For example, you DIY the home inspection and find everything to be OK for the most part. Then X years later you want to sell and a home inspector comes in and finds that an addition to the house didn't follow Code and now you're out the money to bring the house into code, when you could have avoided the whole thing from the beginning.

just my two cents.