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If you’ve ever bought or sold a home, you know an inspection usually takes place. The inspection will typically happen between making an offer and closing on the home. What really happens during an inspection? Your trusted real estate agent at the Lake of the Ozarks can help walk you through the inspection process. This week’s blog will cover the ins and outs of a home inspection, in regards to a real estate transaction. Introduction At the beginning of an inspection, the real estate agent and buyers will meet the inspectors. Then they will get familiar with the property and hear out any concerns you, the buyer, may have. After the introductions have been made, it's time for the inspector to get to work! Inspect Interior Many times the inspector will start on the interior of a home. They will travel room by room and look over the structural, electrical, plumbing, and overall condition of each room. Each inspector is different, they may invite you to travel t...

Although it is not required, getting your home inspected is always a good idea. However, sometimes it is hard to understand the report you get afterwards. Home inspectors are not alarmists and don't blow little things up into big ones, nor do they try to play down the importance of thing - they're all about the facts.  Sometimes the straightforwardness of home inspectors make it hard to understand how big of a deal something is (or is not). Your Lake of the Ozarks real estate agent offers a few questions you should ask your home inspector to help you get a better understanding of your home inspection report. Question: How Bad Is It? Many home inspectors are pretty straightforward, which is good. However, sometimes you can't tell how important (or unimportant) something on a home inspection list is and how soon it needs to be taken care of. Items on a home inspection list can vary greatly from a faucet with the hot and cold reversed to foundation repairs. If yo...

Before someone buys any  Lake of the Ozarks real estate , it needs to be inspected by a professional.   Getting a home inspection done doesn't have to be a scary thing if you know how to prepare.     There are a few, simple things that you can do to make sure that your house is given the best review possible.  If you have kept up with regular maintenance of the home, then most of these things will already be taken care of.   Some sellers will have their own inspection done before the buyer's inspection. This is helpful in letting them know if any possible repairs have been overlooked, and these can be taken care of ahead of time.  An inspection is helpful to the buyer because it gives them a good idea of what they will be getting into if they buy the house.   Here are a few key things for you to do before a home inspection. 1. Make all areas easily accessible, both inside and out. The inspector will need to have easy access to everythi...