Home Seller's Inspections

In today's economy, buyers have more homes to choose from than ever before. Why should they stop and look at yours? What is different about your home? To catch the buyers attention, you need to offer an eye catcher such as "This home is inspected...no surprises!" Eliminate some natural fears of the buyer right away by letting them know that this home in generally good shape or better. When buyers are surfing the web, they can pass over your listing fast. You need an eye popper link at your web listing that says Click here to see the home inspection Just because you may think your home is in good shape does not separate it from the 100's of others that you may be competing with for the buyers attention.

Attract agents like a magnet to your listing!

If you were an agent and were looking on behalf of your buyers for possible homes to show them, would you be attracted to a home that may sell easier because you know the home's condition has already been inspected? If the price is right, and the financing is favorable, then the hardest part remaining (the inspection) is already passed! Agents work on commission and many times the inspection is the problem. With a sellers inspection link at your listing, the buyer's agent can see quickly that this home is alot more attractive than the other homes on the street and is likely to go to closing if the price can be worked out!

Home "Sellers" need to take back the leverage regarding a home inspection and do it now before the buyer comes along!
When a buyer brings the home inspector they are looking to cut those negotiated prices again. If significant problems are found the buyer may:

• want to terminate the contract.
• or ask for inflated amounts to have the problem fixed.
• or be so alarmed by the defect found, will terminate the contract without giving you the chance to fix it.

Either way your house is back on the market and the problem is still there for the next buyer to find. Or, your dream home you wanted that was contingent on your home selling is lost.

The problem is the timing of the home inspection.
The trend is changing, and Sellers are having a home inspection at the time of their listing in order to repair or determine the condition of their home and to use it as a sales tool. A Seller's inspection will virtually eliminate all the hassles and blown deals inspections cause when the Buyer brings their inspector. It gives the leverage back to the Seller.

• No more renegotiations after the home inspection.
• No more alarmed buyers when the home inspector finds a problem.
• No more does the Seller have to deal with inflated repair estimates that costs him or her money.
• No more countless hours and dollars in energy to get a contract that is "blown out of the water" by surprise defects.
• Above all, a Seller's Inspection is the ultimate gesture of full disclosure and will help protect the Seller.

How easy is selling a house with a Seller's Inspection?
If a seller's inspection is performed and significant damage or defects are found. there will be disappointment, but no hysteria or regret. No deal about to go sour. The agent will discuss the problems with the Seller and will determine if this listing is "AS IS" with full disclosure, or if any repairs need correcting to expedite the sale. The Seller then corrects any problem areas, and calls for a reinspection of the home. The home inspector returns a clean report. Next, a Buyer enters a contract agreement with the Seller. The Buyer will choose to trust the home inspection or will have another. No major problems should be found by the second inspection. The deal coasts downhill to closing. Everyone is happy.

Put an eye popping link on your web listing and attract attention to your home!
With HomeGauge Services, your inspection report can be displayed over the Internet! We will provide you with a link address that you can give your Real Estate Agent or use it at another listing service. When prospective buyers see your listing on the web, they can view your report instantly. You can also have the home inspector return to approve of any repairs you made. The items will be cleaned up or removed from the report and a revised report will be placed with your listing.

Seller's Inspection To-Do List

Follow this list for best results:

• After reviewing the report, decide if you want to repair anything. If repairs were performed, have the inspector re-inspect the home and provide you with a cleaned up report.
• Instruct him you want to make the report "public" and send you the link (part of the inspector's HomeGauge Services).
• Send the link you received from the inspector by email to your agent and instruct the agent to place the link at your web listing on their site.
• Have the inspector print off several copies of the report (10 copies) and leave with you to place in your home for potential buyers to take with them. Call him and ask for more copies if you run out. Allowing the potential buyer to take a copy of the report keeps your home with them after they leave. The inspector shouldn't mind printing more because his name and report is being carried around for the other buyers who did not purchase your home but may call him for their inspection.

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