It's been long said:
"If you want something screwed up,
let the government handle it"
Selling your home?
It's YOUR turn to get screwed...
OR NOT...
"If you want something screwed up,
let the government handle it"
Selling your home?
It's YOUR turn to get screwed...
OR NOT...
In the beginning, ever since the first Home Buyer felt that he was screwed by a Seller when the Seller failed to tell him about the deficiencies of his home, the government has been looking for a protection method. And they found one... Make it illegal for a Seller to sell his home WITHOUT disclosing all the problems that he is aware of...
Bamm... Done... The Seller simply has to be honest, and everyone is fine... IF the New Owner finds something that the Previous Owner OBVIOUSLY knew about and didn't disclose, the Owners would go to Court and a Judge could decide... THIS is THE WAY America works... We, as Americans, assume that everyone is of good heart, until it is proven otherwise... in other words "Innocent until Proven Guilty"!!!
Besides being "The American Way" it also handled Real Problems... In order to prove the Seller knew, the problem had to be of OBVIOUS... hidden things are to be expected in a "used" home, but things that simply living there would reveal, need to be revealed, so the purchase price can be appropriate... (Base Value minus the Cost Of Repairs equals Real Value)
Unfortunately that wasn't enough for Buyers... In our new feel-good world, anything and everything had to be perfect, or the Judge had to hear about it... most cases, of course, were dismissed as ridiculous, but still, the courts were getting crammed with cases...
Ultimately the courts placed the burden on the Real Estate Agents to have known about the deficiencies...
It didn't take long for the Real Estate Brokers to see what kind of twist was being put in their panties... To hold liability for millions and millions of dollars worth of properties is a HUGE liability... So, like most entities of power... They found a scapegoat:
BUUTTTT they couldn't even get that right... instead of making the Sellers get the inspections, thereby revealing all the problems for disclosure, they wrote it as an "option" for the Buyers, so they can "protect themselves"... This has always been known as "Buyers Beware", and has NEVER been a part of the American Way...
And that's just the beginning…there are no qualifying requirements to be a Home Inspector...
Right here in Orange County you'd be amazed at the number of non-qualified Home Inspectors that are out there taking people's money and creating problems for Home Sellers...
The official organization for Home Inspectors is called C.R.E.I.A, which is the "California Real Estate Inspection Association"... they require that their members obtain continuing education requirements to remain members... these requirements can be filled by simply paying for and attending their monthly "educational" seminars... They also developed a "Standards Of Practice" that is a "suggested" guideline for doing inspections... CREIA Inspectors are taught to "stick to" the Standards, which include many many important exclusions, and don't even meet the State minimum Inspection Standards...
And that's the good news...
Check This Out: CREIA has no minimum qualifying standards of experience or education to qualify as a CREIA Member... Like most Organizations, pay your fees, pass a below-minimum-knowledge-necessary test, and you can wear the CREIA emblem... ANNDDD, after only 5 years, you can become a "MASTER INSPECTOR"!!! In the construction world 5 years moves you from "Apprentice" to "Journeyman" in one small facet of a building's construction... "Journeyman" is where it BEGINS, faarrr from "Mastering"...
And then there is this: Compared to the other Inspection Associations, CREIA is the best at creating good Home Inspectors for California... How scary is that?!?
The majority of their Member's pre-qualifications range from things like Grocery Store Department Managers to Schoolboys Majoring in Marketing... One Inspector has his experience listed as:
But What Does This Mean To YOU? These are the guys that are going to be hired to look at your home and report back to your Buyers and /or their Agents and possibly YOUR Agent (The Spy)...
90% of the time, the report will contain tons of little irrelevant fixes that will amount to a ton of problems in the eyes of the Buyers... they will recommend that the items be re-inspected by expensive specialists, and repaired by expensive "Qualified Licensed Professionals", further scaring the Buyers...
The more scared the Buyer becomes the less he wants the house, unless a major discount is offered... And here's the worse part... If you DON'T sell to that Buyer, the report STILL becomes official documentation that has to be addressed!!!
If YOU didn't address these problems, then someone else... someone official and expensive... will have to address them... OR you have to disclose them and discount abundantly...
NOW FOR THE GOOD NEWS... MEEEEEEEEE... I know what to look for as good as and in most cases better than the Inspector that is going to ream your home, or at least thinks he's going to...
The kind of things they report can range from laughable to stupidly serious...
Things like that streak of black in the edge of your bathroom window... harmless as it may be, Home Inspectors will "suspect" Toxic Black Mold, and recommend that mold samples be taken by a Professional Mold Inspector...
You need to clean that BEFORE it's written; otherwise you just lost $1,000... wiping it off AFTER means "you didn't get rid of the problem, it could still be in the drywall"...
A lot of the worst, most costly "suspicions" that an Inspector writes, could have been eliminated with a good cleaning...
Other things take a little maintenance, but again, once it's caught, a SPECIALIST has to sign off on it...
Do the work BEFORE the Inspection, and nothing can be said...
Even the big things we find, are better handled BEFORE the Inspection...
YOU can hire one of many inexpensive "handymen" or even do it yourself BEFORE the inspection...
But why hire me, when you can simply hire an Inspector and a Handyman...
If you hire an Inspector, he has to produce a report which has to become part of your disclosure... and you have to pay him... Handymen don't have the experience and knowledge to find what needs to be found and fixed, they need to be supervised, and you have to pay them also...
Click and Read: I can find and fix most problems and assist you in finding out the important issues, so we can handle them prior to selling, less expensively and confidentially...
WE handle the things we find, in the manner YOU feel works the best for everyone...
I spent my life building buildings, I spent 12 years in school learning about all the stuff I already spent my life doing, I was certified by more organizations than most "Inspectors" ever heard of, I was even a CREIA member for 5 years, until I realized what was going on... I Still attend a variety of seminars, from a variety of organizations, just for the fun of it... I know more about buildings than even the Builders know... I know that because I am one... With me "Finding and Fixing" the issues around and through your home, we will find everything most Home Inspectors will flag… Inspectors don't "Pass" or "Fail" homes, they "find and document things that appear to be issues"… the fewer "issues they find and document", the better for YOU…
When this makes sense to you, or if you just have questions, fill out and submit the following form, and I will be in touch as soon as possible to answer your questions and /or arrange a time when you and I can privately look at your home to see what we can do to make it a highly profitable piece of real estate…
Bamm... Done... The Seller simply has to be honest, and everyone is fine... IF the New Owner finds something that the Previous Owner OBVIOUSLY knew about and didn't disclose, the Owners would go to Court and a Judge could decide... THIS is THE WAY America works... We, as Americans, assume that everyone is of good heart, until it is proven otherwise... in other words "Innocent until Proven Guilty"!!!
Besides being "The American Way" it also handled Real Problems... In order to prove the Seller knew, the problem had to be of OBVIOUS... hidden things are to be expected in a "used" home, but things that simply living there would reveal, need to be revealed, so the purchase price can be appropriate... (Base Value minus the Cost Of Repairs equals Real Value)
"AS IS" is not "AS IS" until After The Inspection
Unfortunately that wasn't enough for Buyers... In our new feel-good world, anything and everything had to be perfect, or the Judge had to hear about it... most cases, of course, were dismissed as ridiculous, but still, the courts were getting crammed with cases...
Ultimately the courts placed the burden on the Real Estate Agents to have known about the deficiencies...
It didn't take long for the Real Estate Brokers to see what kind of twist was being put in their panties... To hold liability for millions and millions of dollars worth of properties is a HUGE liability... So, like most entities of power... They found a scapegoat:
HOME INSPECTORS
BUUTTTT they couldn't even get that right... instead of making the Sellers get the inspections, thereby revealing all the problems for disclosure, they wrote it as an "option" for the Buyers, so they can "protect themselves"... This has always been known as "Buyers Beware", and has NEVER been a part of the American Way...
And that's just the beginning…there are no qualifying requirements to be a Home Inspector...
Right here in Orange County you'd be amazed at the number of non-qualified Home Inspectors that are out there taking people's money and creating problems for Home Sellers...
The official organization for Home Inspectors is called C.R.E.I.A, which is the "California Real Estate Inspection Association"... they require that their members obtain continuing education requirements to remain members... these requirements can be filled by simply paying for and attending their monthly "educational" seminars... They also developed a "Standards Of Practice" that is a "suggested" guideline for doing inspections... CREIA Inspectors are taught to "stick to" the Standards, which include many many important exclusions, and don't even meet the State minimum Inspection Standards...
And that's the good news...
Check This Out: CREIA has no minimum qualifying standards of experience or education to qualify as a CREIA Member... Like most Organizations, pay your fees, pass a below-minimum-knowledge-necessary test, and you can wear the CREIA emblem... ANNDDD, after only 5 years, you can become a "MASTER INSPECTOR"!!! In the construction world 5 years moves you from "Apprentice" to "Journeyman" in one small facet of a building's construction... "Journeyman" is where it BEGINS, faarrr from "Mastering"...
And then there is this: Compared to the other Inspection Associations, CREIA is the best at creating good Home Inspectors for California... How scary is that?!?
The majority of their Member's pre-qualifications range from things like Grocery Store Department Managers to Schoolboys Majoring in Marketing... One Inspector has his experience listed as:
"Supervisor of Home Remodeling Construction"...
(HE WATCHED HIS ROOM ADDITION BEING BUILT!!!)
Most others don't even have that much experience...
(HE WATCHED HIS ROOM ADDITION BEING BUILT!!!)
Most others don't even have that much experience...
But What Does This Mean To YOU? These are the guys that are going to be hired to look at your home and report back to your Buyers and /or their Agents and possibly YOUR Agent (The Spy)...
Click and Read:
This will be done IN WRITING, creating an official document about your home…
Click and Read: AND MOST OF THEM HAVE NO REAL IDEA WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING AT!!!
YOU HAVE TO BE PREPARED BEFORE THIS HAPPENS
Click and Read: AND MOST OF THEM HAVE NO REAL IDEA WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING AT!!!
YOU HAVE TO BE PREPARED BEFORE THIS HAPPENS
90% of the time, the report will contain tons of little irrelevant fixes that will amount to a ton of problems in the eyes of the Buyers... they will recommend that the items be re-inspected by expensive specialists, and repaired by expensive "Qualified Licensed Professionals", further scaring the Buyers...
"AS IS" is not "AS IS" until After The Inspection
The more scared the Buyer becomes the less he wants the house, unless a major discount is offered... And here's the worse part... If you DON'T sell to that Buyer, the report STILL becomes official documentation that has to be addressed!!!
YOU HAVE TO BE PREPARED BEFORE THIS HAPPENS
If YOU didn't address these problems, then someone else... someone official and expensive... will have to address them... OR you have to disclose them and discount abundantly...
IT'S EXTORTION... BUT IT'S PERFECTLY LEGAL!!!
NOW FOR THE GOOD NEWS... MEEEEEEEEE... I know what to look for as good as and in most cases better than the Inspector that is going to ream your home, or at least thinks he's going to...
The kind of things they report can range from laughable to stupidly serious...
Things like that streak of black in the edge of your bathroom window... harmless as it may be, Home Inspectors will "suspect" Toxic Black Mold, and recommend that mold samples be taken by a Professional Mold Inspector...
CHA - CHING!!!
You need to clean that BEFORE it's written; otherwise you just lost $1,000... wiping it off AFTER means "you didn't get rid of the problem, it could still be in the drywall"...
A lot of the worst, most costly "suspicions" that an Inspector writes, could have been eliminated with a good cleaning...
Other things take a little maintenance, but again, once it's caught, a SPECIALIST has to sign off on it...
Do the work BEFORE the Inspection, and nothing can be said...
Even the big things we find, are better handled BEFORE the Inspection...
YOU can hire one of many inexpensive "handymen" or even do it yourself BEFORE the inspection...
AFTERWARD...
A SPECIALIST has to sign it off...
A SPECIALIST has to sign it off...
But why hire me, when you can simply hire an Inspector and a Handyman...
Cost, Documentation and Knowledge...
If you hire an Inspector, he has to produce a report which has to become part of your disclosure... and you have to pay him... Handymen don't have the experience and knowledge to find what needs to be found and fixed, they need to be supervised, and you have to pay them also...
Click and Read: I can find and fix most problems and assist you in finding out the important issues, so we can handle them prior to selling, less expensively and confidentially...
No Inspection, No Report, No Disclosure...
WE handle the things we find, in the manner YOU feel works the best for everyone...
I spent my life building buildings, I spent 12 years in school learning about all the stuff I already spent my life doing, I was certified by more organizations than most "Inspectors" ever heard of, I was even a CREIA member for 5 years, until I realized what was going on... I Still attend a variety of seminars, from a variety of organizations, just for the fun of it... I know more about buildings than even the Builders know... I know that because I am one... With me "Finding and Fixing" the issues around and through your home, we will find everything most Home Inspectors will flag… Inspectors don't "Pass" or "Fail" homes, they "find and document things that appear to be issues"… the fewer "issues they find and document", the better for YOU…
Imagine how excited a Buyer would be if his Home Inspector found NOTHING wrong with your house
PRE-INSPECTION ASSISTANCE
Click and Read: Find It and Fix It, Before The Inspector Can Show It To The World
When this makes sense to you, or if you just have questions, fill out and submit the following form, and I will be in touch as soon as possible to answer your questions and /or arrange a time when you and I can privately look at your home to see what we can do to make it a highly profitable piece of real estate…
This is a private, non-public site, you were invited to view it because you are in the area of my marketing efforts. I don't travel to places beyond my marketing area. And I don't do inspections. If your replacement home is within 100 miles, I can provide you with the name of the best Inspector available, to inspect your new home prior to YOU buying. He's not cheap, he takes the necessary amount of time and he finds everything, and he does NOT make issues out of the little stuff. After HIS inspection you will know everything you need to know about your purchase to make sure that you are getting what you are paying for… 95% of his Clients buy the home, and, negotiate a major discount to bring the cost down to the true value… Like me, he is an investment, not an expense…
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