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To: Mariner
...And anyone who buys a home without a professional inspection is a fool...

Let me tell you about the last "professional" inspection I had. I was purchasing an investment property, fourplex, two up -- two down.

The inspector wrote up a report, mostly telling me things I already knew about the property and I bought it. Fast forward 10 years and I am installing security cameras, running wires through the attic.

Well, in one side of the attic there are bunch of black plastic bags, I look inside and behold a previous tenant was too cheap to pay for their garbage service, so they just stockpiled bags and bags of garbage in the attic. The inspector completely missed this -- a full-sized 8' bed pickup truck worth of garbage.

How do I know it was there when he inspected? There were prescription bottles with dates on them from 15 years ago.

The only reason to ever get an inspection is to have a convenient club to beat price concessions out of a seller. If I know something is wrong with a property my word on it is useless. When I get an inspection report, a seller will negotiate.

32 posted on 08/21/2024 3:55:34 PM PDT by CurlyDave
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To: CurlyDave

Unprofessional inspector.

A slacker.

Write that review.


51 posted on 08/21/2024 4:46:24 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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