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Imagine what happens when there is not a pre-listing inspection.\u00a0The buyer contracts for the home with a provision for professional home inspection. When it is made, there could be things that the buyer didn\u2019t expect or even anticipate.\u00a0If it doesn\u2019t trigger an action to terminate the contract, the buyer will inevitably ask the seller to make all the repairs.<\/p>\n
When presented with the buyer\u2019s request, the seller may take the opposite position of not wanting to do any of the repairs.\u00a0The buyer could accept the property in its \u201cas is\u201d condition or negotiate the repairs or a reduced price with the seller.<\/p>\n
Any experienced agent can tell you that sometimes a mutually agreed negotiation is reached, and other times an impasse is met that cannot be resolved.\u00a0The contract is terminated, and the house has to go back on the market, but this time a disclosure has to be made to all parties looking at the home, which may deter showings.<\/p>\n
Taking a pro-active approach by obtaining a pre-listing inspection, the seller can find out about things that will probably show up in a buyer\u2019s inspection.\u00a0They can get them repaired before the home is shown and it will help the buyer feel more confident with the home.\u00a0Another option would be to disclose them as not working and make a price adjustment; either way, the seller is in control and is taking a position of transparency with potential buyers.<\/p>\n
In some cases, the pre-listing inspection may show things in working order that the buyer\u2019s inspection indicates as needing repair.\u00a0With two disinterested parties having opposing opinions, negotiations have a more likely chance for a mutual agreement.<\/p>\n
Disclosing things that are not in working order can reduce liability in the future.\u00a0Some deficiencies with the home are not discovered prior to the closing and the surprise issues could lead to liability.\u00a0The pre-listing inspection by a professional combined with the seller disclosing it properly can reduce potential liability.<\/p>\n
For the small investment in the pre-listing inspection, the benefits are well worth the expense.\u00a0You and potential buyers will have a better idea of the condition of your property and know what to expect.\u00a0You can present the property in a transparent way that will build confidence with the buyer.\u00a0You\u2019ll avoid unpleasant surprises as well as possible delays.\u00a0Pre-listing
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Imagine what happens when there is not a pre-listing inspection.\u00a0The buyer contracts for the home with a provision for professional home inspection. When it is made, there could be things that the buyer didn\u2019t expect or even anticipate.\u00a0If it doesn\u2019t trigger an action to terminate the contract, the buyer will inevitably ask the seller to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14468,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","_pvb_checkbox_block_on_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[64,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-better-homeowners-news","category-sponsored"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14466\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}