[Rick Lee]

When I bought my first house when I was 25 and an idiot, I took my realtor's suggestion for a home inspector and it was one of the most expensive, stupid decisions I ever made. They were in cahoots. It only worked because I was totally negligent, in fact, ignorant on the polybutalene pipe issue. It was a huge deal in the DC area and is immediately obvious to anyone who knows about it when they look at the pipes. That probably cost be close to $10k and countless headaches after it was all said and done.