A Real Estate Inspector's thoughts and ramblings

Business success... from a gizmo or? What about you, do you rely on the Internet or another technological gizmo to take the place of plain old hard work and service? I suppose we all do, to some extent, for me it's the extent part that I think is important to balance. I think a few years ago, I t...

Are Agents acting as a General Contractor when repairs are made? As I'm around and about quite a bit.. I have seen a pattern of the agents "coordinating" repairs.. to the extent that I wonder if they are acting as a General Contractor. The state that I'm in.. California, I'm nearly certain that t...

I was recently performing an inspection, when the client, who happens to be a property manager asked me "Tim, you should write an article on the pitfalls of some of these older homes people are buying in our neck of the woods". Curious, why this was brought up to me, I asked why. The property man...

A Palmdale, Lancaster and Southern California's Home Inspector's observations! One of the things that I end up saying is "There's no perfect Home". What I mean is, there are no homes without defect! It's not the little one's that anybody worries about... I perform quite a few, to say the least, H...

I always inivite others to comment.. From my point of view there are several ways we can work together to provide the Client a Favorable Real Estate Purchase Experience! I am mentioning a few things that I feel are important to enhance and better the overall experience for the client. I have gone...

I'm writing this today as most of the purchases as we all know are foreclosures, or bank owned. Most views here are opinion and not really reflected as an inspector, especially on site. I still see that the majority of my customers as a Home Inspector are investors, or people buying as a second p...

In today's market I'm sure we are all seeing signs of deferred maintenance. Simple roof leaks that could have been fixed before damaging framing, drywall and other components. A simple leak in the drain under the sink that turned into damage to cabinets.. mold and whatever else. As a Home Inspect...

I had a phone call today, someone was price shopping around and asked me a few questions. How long have you been in business, what is your background, are you certified and how much? Pretty reasonable questions and seemed to know what he was looking for. I quoted a price, let him know that I had ...

Did you know that most of the damage to our roofs come by way of hail here? And, over the last couple seasons that can add up to a bit of damage. Most of our leaks happen slowly on our homes and short of climbing up there, what to do? Have a reputable roofer come and take look may be the first id...

Maybe you are purchasing a home or maybe you are just walking around your home and a crack in the foundation has been called out or noticed. What makes a crack in the foundation of concern? Lots of things, let's get started. How big is the crack? Many times we look at the size of the crack in wid...