Tales from the front line!

Hi everyone, in an effort to get this out fast... I am simply posting the article in my blog.... good news.  Feds Unveil Plan to Halt ForeclosuresBy MARCY GORDON,APPosted: 2008-02-12 14:28:03WASHINGTON (Feb. 12) - Homeowners threatened with foreclosure would in some instances get a 30-day repriev...

Below is a new article from my previous blog post about the agent in CA being sued for supposedly misrepresenting the price on a home. Much of the information on the first page is the same as the original article.... but page two has some interesting new information. It seems to me that this guy ...

Good Morning everyone,I just saw this online and thought all agents might be interested in taking a look at this article. According to the paper, a Remax agent is being sued because the buyer thinks he paid to much for the house! http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/348265_realestate22.html?sou...

I was performing an inspection the other day and the buyer's agent was at the property while I was there. At some point during the inspection I asked the agent if she works with any inspector in particular. She said she does not; she simply points the buyer to the LSBHI website (Louisiana State B...

Inspection feedback- Electrical system on new home It's rare that I receive feedback from a seller during a home inspection, probably because most of the time I work for the buyer of a property. So as you can guess I was surprised that this seller called me. The inspection was on a one year old h...

The house is new; why should I have it inspected?Occasionally I have an agent ask me if they should recommend that their client have a new home they are purchasing inspected. Most of the time the agent and buyer have good reasons for not wanting the home inspected. They cite first and foremost th...

                                                 I was giving a presentation a few weeks ago to a local RE agency and as always I open the floor for questions. An agent asked a question concerning water heaters. According to this agent she had contracted with a local home inspector to perform an ...