New Home Buyers Beware
I can't believe how many homebuyers purchase a house,
with very little information and a lot of hope. I'm a general contractor
and often work on these homes, after they have been purchased and a
homeowner has their money, the real estate professional is no longer
involved in the transaction and the new homeowner is starting to
experience the pitfalls from buying the home, that they sincerely
believe was in good condition.
It's usually somebody like me that gets involved with the new homeowners
after everyone else is out of the picture and chooses not to return
their phone calls or explains to them quite simply, it's not our
responsibility, you're the new homeowner and we really feel sorry for
you, please call us again if we can help you with anything.
You couldn't even help me with that, why would I want to call you again
if I had a problem. I never could understand this thinking but have ran
into it often. It sounds like an oxymoron when someone refuses to help
you but offers you help in the future. What ever!!!.
If homebuyers had something else to rely on besides their real estate
salesperson, home inspection service, mortgage or insurance
professional, I believe they can eliminate some of these problems. Where
do you start and how do you get the information. You can gather
information from reputable people, books, the Internet and so on.
The problem is how do you know these people are reputable and the books
on the Internet have good information. This brings us to another
problem, but I've got the solution that will help eliminate some of the
grief. I'm not going to remove all of the grief from your life but have
a suggestion for you that will eliminate some of the pain when buying a
home.
Arm yourself with a good home inspection checklist. You can search the
Internet and they have quite a few good home inspection checklist to
work with. These checklist can provide you with things you might not
have thought of, and this is where you can eliminate some of the
problems.
If you took one of these checklists with you while you were shopping for
a home, you would be aware of some of the problems with the home. You
might not find all of the problems but these checklist will help you
with some of the problems.