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When we bought a house for the in-laws to move near us we used the inspector recommended by the RE agent. MAJOR mistake. This guy must have a seeing eye dog. I was so angry. I dawned on me after the fact that he had a vested interest in not seeing things and wasn't going to kill a deal for the RE agent and then not be recommended again. Licensed con artists.
The only up side was that when we sold the house, the buyer wanted an inspection done and we knew just who to use. As expected, he thought everything was perfect (we had already fixed the major issues while we owned it so I didn't mind using him).
When we bought our current home, I asked a friend who builds and remodels to do the inspection for me. I felt a lot more confident in his inspection.
For a long time, home appraisals were pretty much the same thing. The appraiser would ask "how much do you need the home to appraise for?" Of course the RE bubble fixed that game.
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Joe
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