What is a Pre-listing Inspection?

Seller Inspections (sometimes referred to as pre-listing inspections) is a home inspection that is performed before the house goes on the market. The benefits of this inspection help create a powerful marketing tool that can be used during the process of selling a house. Pre-Listing Inspections are ideal for both FSBO's (selling on your own) or for listing your home with a Real Estate Broker. Why spend countless energy in hours and dollars to get a contract that may be "blown out of the water" by surprise defects?  Below you will find just a few of the advantages of getting a Seller's Home Inspection before placing your home on the market:

1. The seller can schedule the inspection at the His or Her convenience.
2. The report might alert the seller to any immediate health or safety issues found, before agents and visitors tour the home.
3. The seller can assist the inspector during the inspection, something normally not done during a buyer's inspection, in order to allow for full disclosure when the home is placed on the market to protect the seller.
4. The report may help the seller realistically price the home if problems exist and may help the seller substantiate a higher asking price if problems don't exist or have been corrected.
5. A seller inspection reveals problems ahead of time which:
   • might make the home show better.
   • gives the seller time to make repairs and shop for competitive contractors.
   • permits the seller to attach repair estimates or paid invoices to the inspection report.
   • removes over-inflated buyer procured estimates from the negotiation table.
6. The report provides a third-party, unbiased opinion to offer to potential buyers.
7. A seller inspection permits a clean home inspection report to be used as a marketing tool if the seller prefers to correct any deficiencies noted in the report.
8. A seller inspection is the ultimate gesture in forthrightness on the part of the seller.
9. The report might relieve a prospective buyer's unfounded suspicions, before they walk away and terminate the contract.
10. A seller inspection lightens negotiations and potential last-minute renegotiations.
11. The report might encourage the buyer to waive the inspection contingency.
12. The deal is less likely to fall apart the way they often do when a buyer's inspection unexpectedly reveals a problem, last minute.

You owe it to yourself to know what the condition of your home is in or how the Inspector will report it.  You can only do that with a Seller's (Pre-Listing) Inspection!

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