Home Inspections

Selling your home is competitive.

When you place your home on the market, you are competing with sellers of similar homes for a limited number of buyers. To do this, you would be wise to seek professional help. Granted, your Prudential Locations Realtor will provide you with a sound marketing plan and an everlasting supply of enthusiasm in marketing your home. But what else can you do?

Although there are many creative ways to gain an edge in the marketplace, the devil is in the details. One such detail that can offer a seller a leg up on the competition is a professional home inspection.

Benefits of Home Inspections

General contractors and licensed home inspectors are typically hired by the buyer to perform inspections before the sale is completed. But it is becoming more common for sellers to make the first call, so they can identify problems way up front allowing time to fix the problem or to disclose that a problem exists so it isn’t a surprise when it comes up later.

An added benefit to having a home inspection done early in the process is that sellers can then have the professionally prepared home inspection report in hand, offering prospective buyers significant peace of mind regarding the property’s physical condition. Some sellers not only have the inspection report open so prospective buyers can look at it, but they also provide repair receipts showing that any noted problems have been remedied. Since many offers are contingent on a home inspection, it makes good business sense to resolve problems ahead of time, before they become “deal breaking” problems.