Selling a house without an agent

[Bugeater]

Originally Posted by Chief Roundup

The agent I used gave me a list of inspectors with prices and an average of how long it takes for them to work me in their schedule. I then called each of them, told them I would be there and would want to know about everything that they find and they would have to show it to me as well as explain to me why it is not correct or up to code. I explained that I would get in the crawl space and attic with them as they did their inspection and would have questions as we went along too.
I ended up going with the person that didn't mind that idea at all and understood that this was probably the largest investment that I was going to make in my life and I wanted to be fully vested with knowledge as well as financially.
It turned out that the home inspector was also the city building inspector.

That was 20 years ago, and I didn't have the knowledge I do now so I had to put my trust in them. I mean I could have poked around myself, but I didn't feel like I should have to anyway. But believe me, next time around things will be a lot different. I probably won't even bother with an inspector, I'm pretty sure I know more than most of them.