I often hear from clients, that their agents have told them that the inspection will take about “X” amount of time. These time “estimates” often have no basis in reality other than perhaps what the agent is used to. I have heard these estimates range from a “couple of hours” to “three or four”
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03/30/2014
Bedroom egress has been discussed numerous times on this forum by me and by others. Whether it is new construction or older housing stock, home inspectors will comment on concerns regarding egress from bedrooms. They will discuss the presence of egress windows as well as the opening size of the
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03/27/2014
Well it was not our biggest meetup in terms of numbers of participants---but still great! The thing about these meetups is that you get to talk about some of the things in the industry on a more personal level. Because we aren’t all agents or inspectors etc, we get a little different perspect
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03/25/2014
I am not sure what a “normal” real estate transaction looks like. I am pretty sure they all are as individual as the parties involved. Some surely move along more smoothly than others while others are mountains that require the most experienced of climbers, with many crevasses and avalanches al
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03/23/2014
OK gang---the Seattle Meetup is tomorrow morning at the 14 Carrot Cafe at 8am. Hope to see as many of you there as can possibly make it. I post scripted the last Activerain Meetup post with ~ Note to self: More Monday's like this one in 2014! And, here we go, it's that time again and I could
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03/23/2014
While I have no trouble describing problems found during a home inspection in "words," sometimes pictures can hammer home the issue much for forcefully. Home inspectors will use such pictures to “discourage” any disagreement or confusion over the issues. Sometimes, when the issue is merely writte
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03/22/2014
Is it entirely that “fat equals flavor?” There is no question about how sensorial fried foods can be, and of course as long as you ignore the possible health consequences of eating some kinds of fried foods they can be quite the guilty pleasure. Who could possibly forgo deep fried sweet potatoe
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03/20/2014
Literally—it all started in kindergarten! One of my somewhat fond and vivid memories of kindergarten—no doubt greatly embellished, romanticized and reaffirmed by age—was NAP TIME. Nap time was when we got to build structures out of cardboard boxes and then we could eat cookies and sleep in them.
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03/17/2014
Yes. It is OK—that is how it works in the Northwest. I know that it seems counter-intuitive, but you can actually lower the humidity in your crawl space by bringing in that wet air in the winter. I will attempt to keep it as simple as possible by speaking in “generalities” as opposed to specific
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03/15/2014
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