Need A Home Inspector

[Hoblick]

Anyone on the forum do home inspections?

Need one done this coming week in marysville.

[Chrome]

I do, but this week is to tight for me already. Next week maybe.

[ninjachic]

Muncey knows a guy. He is mine. If he can't, one of the other guys he works with can. They are all really good an very thorough. Can't remember the name of the company. If I do, I'll let you know.

[jdonn]

The brick kicker... His name is Rod Berning... Phone number is 614-419-1207. Great guy

[OsuMj]

I'm going to bump this .... anyone know a good home inspector??  We are leaning towards a guy that our realtor recommended, but wanted to scope out other possibilities!   Thanks!!

[Hoblick]

ill try to get the number of the guy that did ours.  he was really thorough

[bloodninja420]

I'm going to bump this .... anyone know a good home inspector?? We are leaning towards a guy that our realtor recommended, but wanted to scope out other possibilities! Thanks!!

Don't have a recommendation for you, but I would tend to shy away from anyone recommended by a realtor. The incentives are too closely aligned to warding taking the path of least resistance to closing a deal.

The inspection period is basically reopening negotiations on your home. You want a report that is very nitty. Leverage is very much in your favor from this point foorward, so ask for a lot of cash concessions. Most people don't take full advantage of this, I feel.

[dustinsn3485]

Don't have a recommendation for you, but I would tend to shy away from anyone recommended by a realtor. The incentives are too closely aligned to warding taking the path of least resistance to closing a deal.

The inspection period is basically reopening negotiations on your home. You want a report that is very nitty. Leverage is very much in your favor from this point foorward, so ask for a lot of cash concessions. Most people don't take full advantage of this, I feel.

Lemme tell you a word about that...

First I am a dumbass for not thinking of what bloodninja said above. When I bought my house, my realtor had been awesome the whole time. Her husband is an inspector and of course she recommended him. Oh and the house that I found, the selling realtor was from the same office as my realtor.

Any combo of the above is bad, my situation really ended up sucking. On the positive side, six months later...I'm almost able to move in.

[OsuMj]

noted! 

Our realtor gave us a list of recommended people and I looked up reviews online for the people first.  We were going to go with the guy that had the best reviews.

[redkow97]

Go with an ASHI or NACHI endorsed inspector.

Years ago I worked with home inspection franchises. Getting our guys to get one or both of those endorsements from one or both of those agencies was a huge initiative, and any of the impropriety of giving a favorable inspection based on realtor referral would cost them their certification.

That said, our inspectors were strongly encouraged to build referral relationships with realtors. People buy 1 or 2 houses in their lifetime. It's hard to get repeat customers who aren't realtors.