The real estate market today is without question a buyers market. Buyers call the shots and use inspection reports as negotiating tools to re-negotiate the already agreed purchase and sale contract.
To combat such tactics, many astute sellers are having their homes pre inspected prior to listing and selling them, in an attempt to eliminate these negotiating tools of some buyers.
Your inspector is therefore the most important professional in your team to get you to closing safely. In a slowing market, you have many to choose from, but not many full time experienced professionals. If you are looking for the cheapest inspector, we would refer you to the yellow pages.
As inspectors we are only responsible for what is visible and accessible at the time of the inspection, the biggest grey area of our industry. What is visible to one building inspector may not be visible to another because of experience and training or lack thereof.
How can a new inspector compare with an inspector with over 1000 full home inspections or even 10,000 home inspections? The answer is quite simple, he cannot. He or she does not have the exposure, frame of reference, neighborhood or builder knowledge that a true veteran of this area has. How much I this worth to you?
But yet the fees for home inspectors are almost identical!
Perception is without question, reality. Your choice of inspector however must not be based on perception but on reality. This is crucial in order for you to protect your interest and life long investment.
How many full home inspections have they conducted?
How long have they been in the inspection business?
Do they have any previous customers you can call for a testimonial?
Do they carry all the correct insurances and provide confirmation of such as part of the inspection?
Are they an ASHI inspector having completed over 250 inspections?
Are they a Master Building Inspector having completed over 1000 inspections?
What other qualifications do they carry?
Have they been back ground checked?
When did they complete their training?
Where and how long sis the training take?
Did they complete an apprenticship program prior to doing home inspections for clients?
In all, as inspectors we are only responsible for what is visible and accessible as mentioned.
As a result, you're negotiating power as a buyer or seller is only as good as the inspectors experience and ability to generate a professional report and not boiler plated report for you.
So now ask yourself does experience count! Why should you therefore use Ameripro for your home or building inspection?
Why? Because many homes - even new ones - have defects that you might not notice. However, a skilled home inspection professional has the training and experience needed to look for visual signs of defects in your home. These defects, if not noticed and repaired prior to closing, can end up costing you, the new homeowner, thousands of dollars in repair bills.
Our inspectors have completed more than 36,000 inspections. Our inspectors are certified members of ASHI (the American Society of Home Inspectors), NACHI (National Asssotiation of Certified Home Inspectors), FABI (the Florida Association of Building Inspectors) and the SBCCI (Southern Building Code Congress International).
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