The Hidden Danger Of Using Your Realtors Home Inspector
Learn why your realtor wants you to use their home inspector. Its might not be what you think.
An inspector that is getting realtor referral will develop divided loyalties.
What is an Inspectors Job? An inspectors job is to write up an unbiased report for you. This means that he should be working for your best interest, this can’t happen when they are getting referral from a realtor. The inspector will be divided between writing up a report for you and one that also makes the realtors happy as well. If an inspector does this they can continue to get referrals from the realtor. This is not a good thing for you. As soon as this happens they are a compromised inspector. Now he is working for the realtors and there commissions. Do you really think you will be getting an honest unbiased inspection report or one with divided loyalties?
What’s The Best Thing For The Buyer
Hire your own independent home inspector. Do not use a realtor referral or list of realtor referrals. Choose an independent home inspector that does not worry about writing a report that the realtor doesn’t like. Independent inspectors are not likely to downplay any issues found. An independent home inspector does not have any ties to realtor’s and is building there business one satisfied customer at a time. An independent home inspector is working for you and putting your interest first. An independent home inspector is 100% loyal to you. An independent home inspector is concerned with making sure you get an accurate report and are well informed about the home you are buying. An independent inspector has no reason to misled you when evaluating the conditions of the home. They want you to be satisfied with the job they do for you, and last an independent home inspector is not loyal to a realtor, so there’s no worry of a conflict of interest. Don’t let your realtor pick your inspector make sure you pick your own.
What Your Realtor doesn’t want you to Know
How the real-estate and home inspection business works. A realtor makes money on commission. The more they sell the better there income, this is no surprise. What you probably didn’t know is that 80% of the home inspection business is referred by realtors. If a realtors job is to sell homes why are they in control of 80% of the home inspection industry? It’s like the fox guarding the hen house, and this should worry you. Realtors don’t like unbiased home inspectors they nickname them deal killers. Why name a home inspector a deal killer for doing there job? The only reason you would call a home inspector a deal killer is because they are killing the realtors commissions. Do you think it’s because they want to give you the best home inspector or the home inspector that is best for them and their commissions, the non-deal killers. If 80% of your income was based on referral who would you be loyal to? The buyer or the realtor. This is why I think independent home inspectors are your best choice.
How Realtors Steer Home Inspectors to Write Up Reports and Steer You To Their Inspectors
Let’s look at my experience when I first started working as a home inspector. I had realtors trying to steer me into writing a report by making comments and dropping clues like "that roof will last at least five years right" or "why can’t that be written up as just a maintenance issue" when it was clearly a defect that would wind up costing the home buyers. The list went on and on. Every time I wrote up a report in an unbiased way and not the way the realtor wanted they would slowly stop referring me. The strange thing was that the realtors buyer’s where giving me 5 star reviews online. So it was clear they liked what I was doing and the realtor did not. One day I was told by a buyer that wanted me on an inspection that the realtor said I was not available (when I was) and steered the buyer to a different long time used inspector. This was the one the realtor wanted. The buyer told me how they found all sorts of issues after buying the home and did not know what to do. Then I did some inspections for another home inspector and was told not to write anything down and only things that a contractor would definitely need to fix and write up everything else as a maintenance issue only. He told me he didn’t want to be known as a deal killer because the realtor would not use him. This company told me they had to write up inspection report different when they work for a realtor. Does this sound like a report that’s being written up in your best interest or the realtors? Watch out for buzz words like "this is a good inspector" or "we been using him for a long time" or "we don’t have any problems with this inspector". This is where the hair on the back of your neck should start to stand up. Who is this inspector truly working for? I was told by a realtor that they will go into there office and write in big bold markers do not use on an inspectors marketing material if they didn’t like the report an inspector wrote. I could not ethically write up a report that I knew was not in the home buyer’s best interest. I was taught to treat others the way I wanted to be treated. I felt like I had to choose between making a living or living a lie. So I became an independent home inspector.
What to do if you were a victim of an unscrupulous realtor.
If you suspect a realtor referred you to a home inspector that downplayed issues in the home you are buying or finding issues after you bought the home, there may be legal recourse against the realtor and the home inspector.
I would advise any home buyer that feels like they have been misled to seek out legal help from a qualified license attorney .
If a realtor is shown to be consistently referring an inspector or a group of inspectors to there clients an attorney may be able to make a case of a conflict of interest after evaluating the case.
Other Stories and warnings about avoiding realtors Home Inspectors
Article by Sentry Inspections
https://www.sentryinspections.net/should-you-use-your-real-estate-agents-recommended-home-inspector/
Article by Look Smart Home Inspections https://www.looksmarthomeinspections.com/truth-about-agent-referred-inspectors.html
Article By Trulia.com Reasons NOT To Hire Your Real Estate Agent’s Home Inspector
Article by The Baltimore Sun
Washington Posthttps://www.washingtonpost.com › archive › 1998/04/25
How To Choose An Independent Home Inspector
1. Check the home inspectors certifications.
2. Look for professional training they have completed only choose inspectors with verified credential. Like InterNACHI or ASHI
3. Visit their website – To see if there ligament.
4. Check their feedback ratings from customers.
5. Call and talk to them.
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