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Selling Your Home

Many people don’t realize this, but getting your home inspected before you have it put on the market is a valuable tool to help sell your house. Not only will it help you to make repairs needed before showing your house, but now it is a trend that lets realtors say this house has already be pre-inspected and is ready for move-in.

Here are some other reasons why your home should be inspected ahead of time:

• A Sellers inspection reveals problems ahead of time which can make the home show better.
• Allows you time to make repairs and shop for competitive contractors.
• Permits you to attach repair estimates or paid invoices to the report.
• Removes over-inflated estimates from the negotiation table.
• The report can help you realistically price the home if problems exist.
• The report can help you substantiate a higher asking price if problems don’t exist or have been corrected.
• The report could alert you to any immediate safety issues before realtors or potential buyers enter your home.
• Sellers inspection permits a clean home inspection report to be sued as a marketing tool.
• A sellers inspection mitigates negotiations.
• A deal is less likely to fall apart at the last minute should a buyer’s inspection unexpectedly reveals a problem.