According to a State of Home Spending Report by HomeAdvisor, Americans spend as much as $9,081 each year on home repairs and improvements on average. This includes the year-round maintenance costs as well as extensive or minor repairs new homeowners have to make after buying a house.
The cost of having an inspection report made is expensive compared to the money you’ll have to spend on maintenance later.
The wide-sweeping changes brought about by the recent COVID-19 pandemic were completely unprecedented, and although some agents had already embraced a decent amount of remote work tools, at the start of this year it would have been unthinkable that in most major markets we would no longer be able to even show homes. So how …
You hire a home inspector to take a good look at the home you are potentially buying, so shouldn’t you be asking THEM a few questions also? Good home inspectors are an invaluable asset to a prospective home buyer, so make sure you ask them these 7 questions before you set an appointment, and see …
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At RepairPricer.com it’s our job to turn home inspection reports into highly accurate repair estimates so that our clients can use our reports to negotiate for repairs after the home inspection. This means that we build up a HUGE amount of information on common defects and items that home inspectors find on a daily basis. …
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RepairPricer.com is proud to announce our newest preferred partner, The Elite Group – one of the nation’s largest and most respected independently owned home inspection firms. The Elite Group have been offering home inspection services in California since 1984, and over the years have recognized a need to answer one of the most commonly asked …
How to negotiate for repairs after a home inspection: 6 tools guaranteed to get you the best deal Have you ordered your RepairPricer.com Pricing Report yet? This easy-to-understand document simplifies the home inspection reports you may be used to reading through in the past, and tuns them into incredibly accurate repair estimates you can …
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We all know that feeling. You’ve just executed a real estate contract and you feel amazing. You’re on top of the world. And then the home inspection report comes back and your buyers start freaking out. Will they back out of the deal? Will the seller refuse to make repairs or concessions? Have you just …
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It was a hot, dusky afternoon in the Texas Hill Country as Amy curved round the bend following the directions on her phone. She’d been out showing since about 11am, skipping lunch, and behind her she could just see her clients’ car catching up to her as she pulled into the driveway for her final …
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