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Free FSBO Guide
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the best For Sale By Owner book
The best-selling guide book
for all sellers. FSBOComplete™ is organized into 8 Simple Proven Steps, guaranteed to help you sell your house.
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By reading and following FSBOComplete™ proven guides, you, the For Sale By Owner
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- Get the know how that will put you, the For Sale By Owner seller, ahead of your competition, like how to:
- Maximize your profit by setting the right price
- Handle inspection issues
- List your house on the Internet for FREE
- Gain knowledge and control of the whole selling process
- Learn to negotiate like the top agents
- and much, much more
Inspection ABC's - The Basics
© 2007 Complete Books Publishing, Inc.
Summary: By contract, your buyer usually has a period of time after the acceptance of the contract
to have a professional home inspection. There are certain areas of houses that inspectors know are the most likely places for trouble to
show up.
By contract, your buyer usually has a period of time after the acceptance of
the contract (usually 3-5 working days) to have a professional home inspection, at your buyer's
expense!
Contracts generally state what needs to be in operating condition. These include the roof, foundation, heating
and air conditioning, plumbing, including wells, electrical, ceilings, windows, walls, appliances, etc. Operating condition
is usually taken to mean that the component performs the function for which
it is intended, regardless of age, and does not constitute a threat to health or safety.
Some problems that the buyer is unhappy about may need to be corrected in order to satisfy the terms of the
contract and keep the deal. These include any major component that is not in operating condition as well as
anything that is a threat to health or safety. Other issues can be accommodated by further negotiation with
your buyer.
These additional negotiations might take the form of:
A reduction in price.
Your agreeing pay the entire cost of repair, replacement, or a part of it.
Your refusing to pay for any repair or replacement.
Some combination of the above, i.e., you'll pay for this particular repair,
but not for that one.
REMEMBER: Once you are aware of a defect, you will need to put it in your Disclosures.
This is another reason to correct problems before putting your house on the market.
There are certain areas of houses that inspectors know are the most likely places for trouble to show up. In addition to the normal
deterioration of building materials, both the building codes and the law may have changed over time.
TIP: The Once Over. This is where the inspector looks at your house to get an overall impression before he gets
started with checking furnaces, air conditioning, appliances and the rest. How does the house look?
A good overall first impression goes a long way toward getting your buyer's inspector to view your
house as a good house and solid investment for his people.
click on the individual areas on the left to learn more about:
Where real estate inspectors are likely to inspect;
What real estate inspectors are looking for in each of these areas; and
What you should do if the real estate inspector finds problems.
see also: Mold Household
Basement Smell
Roof ABC's - The Basics
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