A Home Inspection Is Cheap Insurance?



Where else can you get the value from a $300 -$

400 home inspection?

Think about all of the hidden things that an

untrained eye can miss?

You would be surprised how many times a few

hundred dollar investment has saved a potential

buyer from getting stuck with a lemon of a house

with major structural problems. If they had

bought the place they would be stuck with a home

that couldn't be sold.

Fore example, a few years ago my son bought his

first home. It was a nice little foreclosure...a

handyman special. Best of all the price was just

right.

In fact...the price was a little too good if you

know what I mean.

Wanting to do everything on his own...he made a

common mistake that many first homebuyers make.

He bought it without having it inspected.

First he noticed little things like how the doors

and windows didn't close properly.

Then there were the drafts that could not be

sealed.

Finally there was the old marble on the counter

top test. You would not believe how fast it

rolled down to the other end.

It turns out that the builder was not such a nice

fellow. Instead of dumping all of the

construction debris...he merely buried it under

the front corner of the house.

After a few years the garbage began to decompose &

the house began to settle.

Upon closer examination I found that I could

stick my entire head under the foundation at one

place.

Unfortunately for him it was a very expensive

lesson. A lesson that cost him over $30,000 of

lost equity when it came time to sell. For you

see, the home had major structural problems.

Problems...that could only be fixed by driving (4)

posts into the ground 80 feet deep and jacking

up the entire house.

The estimates came in at about $10,000--

Not including all of the repairs that would be

needed to the drywall & hardwood floors when the

house was leveled.

Worse of all, the law now states that you would

have to disclose such information to any new home

buyers. Now think about it...even after the

problem was fixed-- would you buy this house?

My son decided to not repair it & had to sell the

house for the same price he paid for it 7 years

earlier.

It cost him $30,000 or more in equity that it had

appreciated over the years.

If he only would have asked for a little help. A

home inspection would have turned up all of these

concerns BEFORE he signed on the dotted line.

How many of you would have invested $350 to avoid

losing $30,000 or more?

I can assure you he will never make that mistake

again.

The question is...will you?