Adding home inspection

Seeknfind wrote: ↑ Any chance that you can still buy with wanting a home inspection in today’s market?

Depends on the property and competition. Properties sitting on the market (I e. not attractive for most people, location, priced too high) you might be th only bid so can throw in whatever clause you want.

Desireable, well priced and marketed properties more likely to have more buyers so almost no chance to be picky about your conditions as a bidder.

Isn’t it wise to go with builders so can see A-Z process ( even though they will do shoddy job)

Seeknfind wrote: ↑ Any chance that you can still buy with wanting a home inspection in today’s market?

If you truly love the house, do a pre-inspection.

Seeknfind wrote: ↑ Any chance that you can still buy with wanting a home inspection in today’s market?

I'd say if the listing is under 10 days new, then no. 11 to 21..maybe. North of 3 weeks, sure. But there's probably a reason those houses aren't sold...build quality might be why, but it's generally price or location.

Really, if you like the house after a showing, just book another one and bring an inspector... 100 percent success rate, lol.

But if you are one of those types who just use an inspection as a tool to jerk around the price after acceptance...you have to go back into the hole you've been hiding in since March 2020, hehe...we aren't back to those days yet.

Ask your realtor how many offers the listing has gotten on presentation day. If it's less than 3 then I can see an inspection as a condition being an OK risk to take in the bidding process.

Maybe I'm just nice, but I would do an inspection as a seller, and tack the price onto the cost of the house, and make the report available to any of the bidders.

It is wildly irresponsible to buy a house without an inspection to know where the deficiencies lie. Imagine buying a house for $1M only to find out that the foundation is sinking after the fact and you need to spend another 100k to fix that? That would be evil.

danfromwaterloo wrote: ↑ Maybe I'm just nice, but I would do an inspection as a seller, and tack the price onto the cost of the house, and make the report available to any of the bidders.

I don't think you even have to be "nice". Even if you're totally self-interested, this is a good idea. Inspections aren't very expensive (compared to other costs of selling) and having it available encourages buyers to make their highest possible offer, rather than having to 'discount' the value of the home to account for unknown problems. I got one as a seller even though it was just a condo!

Yes, it's true that the inspector doesn't work for the buyer. Yes, it's true that an inspector could (conceivably) collude with the seller to provide a rosy picture. But it's a lot better than nothing.