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Originally Posted by Drummer
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Originally Posted by Drummer
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You pay fees and take home study courses, and then pay more fees to take multiple choice exams. Then you can be licensed. Literally anyone can do it, as long as you've got about $1000 and can read/memorize well enough to pass some multiple choice tests.
I'd way rather have an experienced home construction or home renovation person do a walk through with me. In my case I have that at home so it's a bit easier to dismiss home inspectors. But yeah. I bought several homes before I met my husband and the home inspection was useless. Like what $100,000 problem is the inspector going to identify that hasn't already been identified and disclosed by the seller and/or sellers agent. Which leads to another idea, hire a competent realtor.
"Home constructed in the 50's? Beware, it may have asbestos." Awesome, thanks. Totally worth $500. Old homes may have asbestos and the home inspector can't confirm or deny the presence of asbestos anyways. Or Radon.
Honestly, who is walking away from home purchases over a home inspectors advice? If you're worried about Radon, get a Radon specialist out. If you're worried about asbestos, get an asbestos specialist. If you're worried about the roof, get a roofer out. If you're worried abiut the foundation, get a foundation specialist out. Look at the age of the furnace and hot water tank yourself. Check that permits have been pulled for any renovations. I dunno. I get that houses come with risk but I don't think home inspectors genuinely mitigate any of that risk for a home buyer because they are so busy covering their own butts to ensure they never have go actually use that insurance policy they carry. And they aren't specialists at anything. At best they are a competent generalist and at worst they are some person who passed a few multiple choice exams and has no actual home construction knowledge.
ANYWAYS. Good luck with the walk through Green Lantern. Apologies for the thread jack.
