DIYbanter - View Single Post - Would appreciate some first time home buying advice..re home inspection and negotiation

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"Joshua Putnam" wrote in message
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(This assumes that your offer includes a contingency for inspection --
if the house doesn't pass and you can't reach an agreement with the
seller, the deal is off, you get back your earnest money, the house goes
back on the market.)

but you dont get the inspection fee back. educating yourself via the
library can get you quite a ways without having to pay someone.

True, but in the context of an ongoing real estate transaction, starting
from scratch as a do-it-yourself inspector may be either too slow, or
too superficial.

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