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Originally Posted by Weitz
Home inspections are basically opinions though. There isn’t any real investigative work done so would you have to share an opinion? Can they tell some things? For sure.
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Depends on what it is. Some things are more objective than others. For example, if a window is leaking, it's leaking. That's not an opinion. Also, if a professional inspector discloses specific issues to you, it's pretty hard to later deny you did not know about them. It's no different than hiring a tradesman and them telling you there's a major problem. That most certainly counts as having knowledge of the problem.
You're correct though, there is some grey area there. Once again, inspectors are quite limited in what they can actually find. IMO you really need a good real estate agent, who will suss out the major issues in the property and negotiate a sales contract that protects you.
I bought my house no inspection, but my real estate agent also made sure that all the warranties the other agent made were written into the contract in plain language. For example, it was an older place, and there were potential
issues with knob and tube wiring. He wrote into the contract that the other side guarantees there is no knob and tube wiring in the house. We later found out one room had knob and tube, and the sellers are now paying to pull that wiring out.