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Buying & Selling
Use inspections and property information during buying, selling, appraisal, mortgage, contingency, and negotiation decisions.
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Key Buying & Selling guides
Can You Get Earnest Money Back After a Bad Home Inspection?
Learn how contingency wording, notice deadlines, and inspection limits determine whether an earnest-money deposit is refundable.
Should You Get a Home Inspection on a Flipped House?
Learn how inspection limits, renovation records, visible clues, and specialist follow-up shape the decision on a flipped home.
Can a Conventional Loan Close With Roof Damage?
Learn how roof severity, appraisal conditions, repair documentation, and lender requirements determine whether closing can proceed.
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What Should Sellers Do Before a Buyer’s Home Inspection?
Learn how access, utilities, records, simple repairs, and inspection limits shape a seller’s preparation before the buyer’s inspection.
Should a Seller Get a Pre-Listing Home Inspection?
Compare disclosure, repair, timing, and negotiation risks before deciding whether to inspect a home before listing.
Can the Seller Be Present at the Home Inspection?
Learn how contract terms, access arrangements, inspection limits, and disclosure concerns shape who attends a buyer's inspection.
Should the Seller Share the Full Roof Report?
See how report ownership, disclosure rules, inspection limits, and transaction timing affect what the seller should provide.
Should the Seller Provide Roof Invoices and Warranties?
Learn how invoices, warranty terms, inspection findings, and contract requirements affect a roof-document request before closing.
Should a Seller Repair the Roof Before Listing?
Compare inspection findings, appraisal treatment, financing constraints, and repair-versus-as-is terms before choosing a pre-listing roof plan.
Should a Buyer Request an Extension for Specialist Evaluation?
Learn how unresolved risk, contract deadlines, specialist availability, and financing consequences shape an extension request.
How Should Roof Age Affect My Offer?
Weigh roof material, condition, remaining service, and inspection findings when deciding how roof age should influence your offer.
How Should an Unknown Roof Age Affect a Home Purchase?
Learn how roof condition, inspection limits, records, and financing questions shape the risk of buying when installation age is unknown.
