Why Get a Home Inspection?
Thinking of Selling Your Home?
Todays home buyer considers 3 things when looking for a home: Price, Conditiion and Location. So if a professional home inspection makes good sense for a buyer, think about what it can mean for you as a seller. USA Today has reported homes for sale with a home inspection sold 33% faster and for several thousand dollars more. A CMA can help with a suggested listing price, but a home inspection can be a very important time and money saving tool to help sell your home. A pre-inspection along with a home warranty will give potential buyers a peace of mind and make it harder for them to say no to your home!
What About Repairs?
The idea of a pre-inspection is to find out what repairs will be found by an inspection and make them now, not when you are stressed out with packing and moving! Imagine trying to not just pack and move out but also repair things in less than a week so you can close!
Homes found to need repairs can use the inspection along with warranties or receipts of the work done to repair any problems found to further reassure the buyer. This will create good faith between the buyer and the seller and increase the possibility of a quick hassle free sale. The bottom line is by eliminating the issues that buyers may want to negotiate create a win-win situation for both the buyer and seller.
On the other hand if the inspection finds your home is not in the greatest of shape, there are still benefits of having an inspection. if you are not inclined to make repairs, the biggest benefit is knowing ahead of time what to expect when the buyer gets their inspection. You can take into consideration the needed repairs when setting the listing price or during negotiations with a potential buyer.
A pre-inspection can minimize, if not eliminate, re-negotiations which often lead to the buyers changing their minds. Historically, buyers will want twice as much as needed to make any repairs! Just think about having to take less for your home after an inspection because of all the needed repairs! By having a pre-inspection, you are in control of the situation. You can present the inspection to potential buyers and state the listing price reflects the repairs needed in the report OR go ahead and repair anything now, at a normal price!
What Does a Home Inspection Typically Inspect?
Mold, mildew, moisture problems and more
If you think there may be any problems such as these, it would be a good idea to get the inspection now and save yourself time, money and alot of headaches. Remember, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure!
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