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Phoenixville Home Inspector: Prepare for Emergencies! I have 24 water shutoff valves in my home and know where each of them are. Do you know where all of yours are and how to operate them? As a Home Inspector in Phoenixville, I hear stories of how small home emergencies soon become huge dis...
04/13/2011
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Longwood Gardens in the Spring A fellow home inspector friend and I had just completed a Home Inspection near Kennett Square, PA. The home was 7,000 square feet and that was just the main home! To save himself some time and ensure a thorough home inspection on every square inch of the...
04/09/2011
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"Do I Really Need a Home Inspector?" Reading, PA Chances are - YES! I met a guy named Ron last week who was telling me he opted out of getting a Home Inspector for the Reading, PA home he was buying back in 2005. After just several months in the home, he noticed the walls on the top level...
04/06/2011
Mapping a House for ASHI Home Inspectors (Reading, PA) Mapping a House is the topic for tonight's Keystone ASHI meeting (4/4/11) for Home Inspectors in Reading, PA. There will be a film presentation and review by Jack Reilly at 7pm. By attending this meeting, ASHI Home Inspectors will re...
04/04/2011
It's no April Fool's Joke.. Tenants moved! (Reading, PA) It's hard to believe, even on April Fool's Day, by my tenants of 4 years have officially moved and I couldn't be happier! They were really nice people, kept the home in great shape, and paid the rent. They sound pretty incredible, righ...
04/01/2011
Squeaky Floors Screamed Trouble at Home Inspection (Malvern) Earlier this past week, I was performing a Home Inspection in Malvern on a nice, newer construction townhome for a client of mine. The townhome was only several years old and was looking to be in great shape from the exterior portion ...
03/29/2011
Should you Trust your Agent's Home Inspector? (Collegeville) The year was 1997 and it would be 4 years before I would become a Home Inspector. I was still in school getting my Engineering degree. My wife and then-girlfriend, Tina, was fresh out of college buying her first home near Collegevi...
03/24/2011
Home Inspector in Reading Celebrates 10 Years! I started doing home inspections around Reading 10 years ago through, ARTI Home Inspections LLC the company I created in 2001. At first, my plan was to do home inspections on the side and work on my properties full-time. I enjoyed the home ins...
03/23/2011
Real Estate Investor Meeting near Philadelphia Are you a seasoned real estate investor looking for new partnerships or ideas? Are you just starting out and itching to find out more? Or perhaps you are a landlord looking for education on how to better maintain your rentals and grow? If so, yo...
03/18/2011
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Doggie Spring Fever at Antietam Lake in Reading Before I get into this story, let me just tell you that Buster is our very first dog. We adopted him from the Humane Society of Berks County last May and he's approximately 5 years old. It's a long story about his conquered fear of water, but th...
03/14/2011