Bozeman and Southwest Montana Home Inspectors
Bozeman and Southwest Montana Home Inspections
News and Events
Presented by Terry Lorenz
President, Bozeman and Southwest Montana Chapter,
National Association of Certified Home Inspectors
December 2006
New In This Issue -
1. Welcome to the newest NACHI Chapter!
This chapter was created in an effort to bring quality continuing education possibilities to the Bozeman and Southwest Montana area, which have been lacking for some time. As founder and president, I hope that this chapter will be a valuable resource for both home inspectors and real estate professionals.
2. Stay tuned for the next meeting to take place in January.
3. Listing Inspections –
Sell Faster, with more confidence!
The days of fast sales and bidding wars are over, for a while. To
sell a home quickly today, you need every advantage you can get!
A Listing (Seller’s) Inspection can save the deal from any last-minute surprises.
80% of your buyers will skip getting their own inspection.
Easily and cheaply fix any concerns beforehand – save thousands at the closing table!
Instill Confidence in the Buyer with a Pre-Inspected home.
17 Reasons for a Listing Inspection in a slower market –
This is part of an e-book you can send out! See: http://www.nachi.org/syhfm.htm
HAVE YOUR HOME PROFESSIONALLY INSPECTED PRIOR TO PUTTING IT ON THE MARKET.
Eventually your buyer is going to conduct an inspection. You may
as well know what they are going to find by getting there first. Having
an inspection performed ahead of time also helps in seventeen other
ways:
1. You can choose a Certified NACHI Inspector (http://www.inspectorseek.com) rather than be at the mercy of the buyer's choice of inspector.
2. You can schedule the inspections at your convenience.
3. It might alert you of any items of immediate personal concern, such as radon gas or active termite infestation.
4. You can assist the inspector during the inspection, something normally not done during a buyer's inspection.
5. You can have inspector correct any misstatements in the inspection report before it is generated.
6. The report can help you realistically price the home if problems exist.
7. The report can help you substantiate a higher asking price if problems don't exist or have been corrected.
8. A seller inspection reveals problems ahead of time which:
· might make the home show better.
· gives you time to make repairs and shop for competitive contractors.
· permits you to attach repair estimates or paid invoices to the inspection report.
· removes over-inflated buyer procured estimates from the negotiation table.
9. The report might alert you to any immediate safety issues found, before agents and visitors tour the home.
10. The report provides a third-party, unbiased opinion to offer to potential buyers.
11. A seller inspection permits a clean home inspection report to be used as a marketing tool.
12. A seller inspection is the ultimate gesture in forthrightness on your part.
13. The report might relieve a prospective buyer's unfounded suspicions, before they walk away.
14. A seller inspection lightens negotiations and 11th-hour renegotiations.
15. The report might encourage the buyer to waive the inspection contingency.
16. The deal is less likely to fall apart the way they often do
when a buyer's inspection unexpectedly reveals a problem, last minute.
17. The report provides full-disclosure protection from future
legal claims. Include in your promotional packets, copies of the
report along with receipts for any repairs made.
For Bozeman and Southwest Montana information, contact
Terry Lorenz
Certified Inspector #06010273
President: Bozeman and Southwest Montana Chapter,
National Association of Certified Home Inspectors
406.595.0134
