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Originally Posted by tis
That's interesting what you are saying about inspectors. We bid on a house and had an inspection done by an inspector recommended by the realtor. He found about three things wrong with the house. Before we purchased, there was another bidder who had hired an inspector and that inspector found about three PAGES of things wrong with the house. (None of them were major but still---). I don't know if he was realtor recommended or not. But my point is it amazes me that some people are so thorough and obviously, others aren't. It is true with any job, not just inspectors.
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Trust me, if an inspector causes too many problems and wrinkles in the deals, the agents in that firm won't keep him/her around very long.
We had one house that we sold after only owning 15 months. House had every option you could imagine (was in one-builder subdivision where you could only chose from 1 of about 20 house styles) and yet the inspector tried to make a laundry list of about 20 ridiculus items. To say the house was immaculate is an understatement. We rejected EVERY item on the list and went to the next buyer who had told our RE agent to contact them if deal #1 fell through. Closed on the house as-is less than 30 days later and this was in Nov 2007 when the housing market party had already ended.......
People seem to use inspections as a way to back door into a better deal and then they create hard feelings. Inspections should be for big ticket items like mechanical and structural deficiencies. Unfortunately it has become vogue to use inspections as an opportunity to try and squeeze sellers to get something for nothing. Sometimes it works, sometimes it back fires.