Inspections

Are walk-through consultations ethical? Yes.

Earlier this month I discussed the unfortunate trend of home buyers skipping the home inspection in order to make their offers more attractive in an incredibly competitive real estate market....
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How to Inspect Your Own House, Part 5: Electrical

For this mega-series in DIY home inspections, I started with the inspection of almost everything on the outside of the home. I covered roofs, chimneys, water management, siding, and everything...
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How To Inspect Your Own House, Part 4: The Rest of the Exterior

In last week’s blog post I gave advice about homeowner siding inspections, based on the most popular types of siding in the Twin Cities. For this week’s post, I’ll cover the things...
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How to Inspect Your Own House, Part 3: Siding

This is part three in a multi-part series of How to Inspect Your Own House. In part one, I covered how to inspect your own roof and chimney.  In part...
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Walk-Through Consultations

With today’s ridiculously competitive real estate market, many home buyers are forgoing their rights to a home inspection in order to make their purchase offer more attractive. Of course, I...
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How to Inspect Your Own House, Part 2: Exterior Water Management

In my last blog post in this series, I gave advice on how homeowners can inspect their own roof and chimney. For this week’s post, we’ll dig into exterior water...
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Frost in attics: why it’s there and how to fix it

If you have a problem with frost in your attic, you’re not alone. With the last few weeks of very cold weather here in Minnesota, we’ve been seeing tons of...
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How to Inspect Your Own House, Part 1: Roof and Chimney

When it comes to getting your house ready for a home inspection, there are two schools of thought. The first is to make everything in your home ready for the...
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