What's the most inspections performed for 1 customer buying 1 home

[Dan Bowers, CMI]

I just did #5 for same buyer in 4 months. Wife is easy to work with, hubbie seems to be a real hoot. Except for very last house he keeps going after foreclosures in the $375,000 to $450,000 range. Most issues are out front in plain jane sight, BUT once they show up in report AND seller won't go any lower, hes on to the next house. The last house had 3 defective GFCI's, a 7.2 radon reading and 50/50 copper and polybutylene. All of which could be readily corrected - but he cancelled anyway.

He sends wifey out with lists each time to ask the inspector, that are mostly not home inspector questions - like: whats the airflow cfm at individual registers; whats the RPM on furnace blower motor compared to its data tag rating; has the builder used fill dirt on the lot of this 15 year old house, etc.

I'm starting to get worried that if he did buy something, he is so anal that he'd be an explosion waiting to happen if something went wrong 3 months into home ownership.

I even offered on the last house to do 1 of RR's "Walk Around Non-Inspections" prior to contract to tell him exactly what I could see. I told him I'd do that for $100 just to make this easier - but nope, not interested.

I'm not even gonna mention the agents reactions to US each time he does this.

[James H. Bushart]

Originally Posted by dandersen

Also like Andrew stated some buyers feel like they need a near perfect home

As posted: there is no such animal.

Again, if you are not addressing your clients expectations, than you need to considering jumping ship!

I don't care how pickey your client is, you should be able to put things in perspective. If you can't I wouldn't hang around for No# 5-6!

A home inspector has no interest in the outcome of the sale. From your post, it sounds as if you get a lot of your business from used house salesmen and feel a need to assist them in some way. If so, shame on you.

The client hires me to look at a house and tell him about it. He may do this as many times as he wishes before deciding upon one single home.