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Agents invest a great deal of time, money, and energy into advertising
and showing a home, and a pre-listing inspection can help insure that a
home is ready to market. Listing agents and sellers are realizing that a
pre-listing inspection is a proactive approach to successfully marketing,
showing and selling a home. No agent or seller likes to be in the position
to react to negative inspection findings in a report obtained by a potential
buyer. Home inspectors advise sellers and listing agents to obtain a
pre-listing inspection, and often suggest appropriate courses of action
for preparing the house for sale.

A pre-listing inspection enables the agent to hang out a "Pre-Inspected
Home" sign. Selling agents find this to be attraction to prospective
buyers. Why should an agent needlessly invest time and money only to
have the buyer's or lender's inspector discover a major defect that
delays, or at worst, voids the deal?

What if the buyer decides to get a second inspection and finds other
problems?
First, home inspectors find that most buyers accept the original
inspection (if it is a fair and thorough inspection). If another inspector
finds additional concerns, they are typically fewer and minor. A second
inspection often helps to affirm the buyer's confidence in the condition of
the home. Although two inspectors may view the house differently, in
most cases the major concerns will be identified by both.

More and more sellers are offering a warranty with the house, and
pre-listing inspections are just the next extension to this process.
Inspectors can recommend that radon, well, and septic inspections be
part of the package.

Eventually your buyer is going to conduct an inspection. You might as
well know what they are going to find by getting there first. Having an
inspection performed ahead of time also helps in seventeen other ways:

1. You can choose an inspector that inspects to ASHI standards (American
     Society of Home Inspectors) rather than be at the mercy of the buyer's
     choice of an inspector.
2. You can schedule the inspection at your convenience.
3. It might alert you of any items of immediate personal concern, such as
     radon gas or active termite infestation.
4. You can assist the inspector during the inspection, something normally
    not done during a buyer's inspection.
5. You can have the inspector correct any misstatements in the
inspection     report before it is generated.
6. The report can help you realistically price the home if problems exist.
7. The report can help you substantiate a higher asking price if problems
     don't exist or have been corrected.
8. A seller inspection reveals problems ahead of time which:
might make the home show better, permits you to attach repair
estimates or paid invoices to the inspection report, removes
over-inflated buyer procured estimates from the negotiation table.
9. The report might alert you to any immediate safety issues found, before
    agents and visitors tour the home.
10. The report provides a third-party, unbiased opinion to offer to
potential buyers.
11. A seller inspection permits a clean home inspection report to be used
as a marketing tool.
12. A seller inspection is the ultimate gesture in forthrightness on your
part.
13. The report might relieve a prospective buyer's unfounded suspicions,
before they walk away.
14. A seller inspection lightens negotiations and last minute
renegotiations
15. The report might encourage the buyer to waive the inspection
contingency.
16. The deal is less likely to fall apart the way they often do when a buyer's
inspection unexpectedly reveals a problem, last minute.
17. You will have the time to get a quality, reasonably priced contractor
or make the repairs yourself without having to scramble to meet a
purchase contract imposed time frame. A home inspector can be of
help here also.



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