Seller Checklist:  Reviewing the Condition of Your Home

Realty Corporation of America and our home inspection partner, Mr. Rod Whittington, have created a “pre-sale” home inspection program that has been a valuable tool for our customers.  A “pre-sale” inspection allows you the opportunity to have a qualified and licensed professional review your home’s condition before it is placed on the market.  Numerous benefits result from Realty Corporation of America’s pre-sale inspection program, including:
 

• Pre-sale inspections allow us to identify – up front – potential areas of concern.  With this information available initially, sellers can correct issues or disclose issues to a buyer up front, eliminating the possibility that a transaction does not close due to a “surprise” discovered later.
• Pre-sale inspection reports can be made available to buyers, allowing buyers to make an offer to purchase your home with the greatest amount of information available to them.
• Many “issues” that a qualified home inspector discovers are actually quite minor in nature and can be corrected easily.  Because many buyers – and real estate agents – cannot make a distinction between repairs that are minor or cosmetic in nature from more serious issues, the savy seller corrects as many items as possible – especially low cost repairs – to make the home attractive to the widest array of buyers.
• Accurate disclosure of all aspects of your home is an important way to eliminate liability if problems develop later.  Sellers that do not disclose defects or hide imperfections run the risk of significant legal liability.  The best way to avoid such issues is to disclose – to the fullest extent possible – the condition of your home and recent repairs or enhancements.
• Additional information about Whittington Home Inspection can be found on the web at www.whinspections.com
• As part of our full service real estate sales program, Realty Corporation of America may be able to provide a pre-sale home inspection AT NO COST TO YOU!  Kindly contact us if you would like to learn more about our comprehensive seller services program.