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This Old House magazine’s latest Home Inspection Nightmares IX (9) photo gallery is hilarious. My favorite photos are #1 (8 junction boxes) & #5 (cymbal diverter). I love this photo gallery series. You can also check out past Home Inspection Nightmare photo galleries. All the photos are very funny. But, all joking aside, the photos reinforce an important part of buying a home.
First, always get a home inspection. Never skip a home inspection just to save a little money. 100% of my clients agree to do a home inspection or I will NOT represent them as their buyer agent. A home inspection contingency is one of the home-buyers best protection options. Second, make sure you home inspector is qualified. About half the states in the country have little or no licensing requirements for home inspectors. In many states, anyone can print up a business card and say they are a home inspector, even your Uncle Bubba!
I would recommend looking for a “certified” home inspector that is a member of The American Society of Home Inspectors (ASHI) or The National Association of Home Inspectors (NAHI). Both of these organizations are very good at establishing high standards of practice, inspection guidelines, professionalism and code of ethics for its members in the home inspection industry. It is very important that you make sure your inspector is a “certified” inspector. A “certified” home inspector has more experience, education and testing requirements than other home inspectors. You can search here for home inspectors in your area: ASHI home inspector search or NAHI home inspector search. Good Luck!
Below is one of our award winning buyer broker TV commericals that deals with home inspections. Check out my previous blog post for more information on our funny, informative television commercials.
In 2000, we won FIRST PLACE in the television advertising category for a medium/small real estate firm in the State of Ohio. The advertising & promotion contest was 
sponsored by the Ohio Association of Realtors (OAR). These television commercials were conceived & produced in Central Ohio by a good friend of mine who is in advertising. We produced these commercials for the National Association of Exclusive Buyer Agents (NAEBA). NAEBA is our professional trade organization. I hope you enjoy these spots. I am really proud of the commercials. I think the messages of these commercials are very powerful. Today’s home buyer really has to question their “so called” buyers agent’s loyalty, competency and advocacy. The home buyer really has to be aware of their agents duties and required disclosures to them or LACK OF! The 30 second spots are funny, informative and controversial.
Cannonball II http://youtube.com/watch?v=agN7p1lGvtQ
(This is not a clip of that great Burt Reynolds sequel movie in the 70’s – Cannonball Run)
Problem http://youtube.com/watch?v=1c15qPWkAz8
Flight Path http://youtube.com/watch?v=1ASHpSARguU
Watercooler http://youtube.com/watch?v=5OR8JSETKVs
SOB http://youtube.com/watch?v=C1KfYDx_DAI
Thinking http://youtube.com/watch?v=mTaiJqGDmPg
Hounds http://youtube.com/watch?v=cKFtTGCzHJ0
Cannonball http://youtube.com/watch?v=1xD37nhebGU
In the future I hope to have more home buyer advocate clips on my main youtube site:
http://youtube.com/profile?user=OSUMike64
Ohio Association of Realtors Award Certificate
I hope you enjoyed these funny, informative spots.
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