It is a very rare occurrence that a home is purchased without a home inspection done first. Even if the seller is adveryising their home “as is” this doesn’t mean that you can not get it inspected. If you are interested in a house that the bank owned you must be sure that a home inspection is followed through before you buy. Sometimes this is typical with conditional inspections. The reason for this is because the banks do not give any disclosures, and they do not know of any problems because these will have to be found all by yourself.

There are many people that have adveryisements as home inspectors. Unfortunately you may not get the best references for a home inspection form your agent either. Agents are scared that you may find a problem that will turn you away from the deal if you have a good inspector, like conditional inspections occassionally. These are very tough times and all agents should be very loyal to all their customers.

Do not go for an inspector that is just going to give you a visual inspection, looks like and has are two different things. All good inspections include; temperature check of all appliances, furnace and air cooling system checked, the hot water tank needs to be checked for the water pressure, outside lighting and wiring needs to be checked, lights and fixtures have to be checked, full inspection of the foundation for any cracks, they will need to get up onto the roof, climb through the attic, check the garage along with all of the storage spaces.. This is just the beginning of a good inspection, and home inspections. When the home inspection is done you will get a report of everywhere and everything that has been followed through with, and from that you should be able to make a well informed decision.

An agent’s best way to not get any phone calls that they do not want is to advise the buyer fist and to be sure that they have the home inspected before they buy.