Home Listing Inspection for Sellers!

Selling your home?

Have you thought of having a home listing inspection or pre-listing inspection?

In todays Real Estate Market you need every advantage possible to position yourself ahead of your competition. A listing inspection is one way to put you there.

Buyers will probably have a home buyer inspection conducted by an inspector of their choice. Some of the advantages of having the home inspector of your choice perform a listing inspection:

• You, the seller, can schedule the inspection at your convenience.



• The inspection may reveal immediate safety issues before agents and visitors tour your home.



• A home listing inspection may reveal problems ahead of time which:



• If corrected, may make the home show better.
• Allows you, the seller, time to acquire competitive bids and make the repairs. No last minute, inflated repair costs, in order to get the deal closed.
• If you decide, after receiving the competitive bids, not to make certain repairs, you may be able to sell the property as-is with a realistic sales price.
• Armed with paid invoices or the written bids, you are in a better position to remove from the negotiating table unrealistic repair estimates put forth by the buyer.



• The report provides an unbiased, third-party opinion to offer to potential buyers.



• 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.



• A seller inspection may permit a clean home inspection report to be used as a marketing tool.



• Normally there is an inspection contingency clause in a real estate purchase and sale agreement. The report might encourage the buyer to waive the inspection contingency, thereby shortening the time period for the deal to close.



• The sale is less likely to come apart, the way they often do, when a buyer's inspection unexpectedly reveals a problem at the last minute.



• The sellers' inspection is a superb gesture in forthrightness on the part of the seller. The report may provide full-disclosure protection from future legal claims.