Make Your Real Estate Agent Work For You!!
After 11,000 home inspections, its not unusual for me to over hear the agents discussing how quick the deal went “All I had to do was answer the phone and show them a couple of properties” is a common comment which often times nets the agents $30,000-$40,000. The smart buyer makes their agents get any Read More
Where Should The Home Buyer Place Their Trust?!?
Tomacor completed an inspection last week for a client who was steered away from our service eight years ago by her agent. She ended up purchasing a home full of termites and plumbing problems. It was nothing $20,000-$30,000 couldn’t fix!. As past chairman of the Committee for Ethical Practices and Procedures of the American Society Read More
Is Your Inspector a “Butt-Kicker”?
Do you know anyone that was kicked out of their real estate deal at the last minute even though they had a signed sales contract and a committed seller? Well there is clear insider information about why this happens which may be a bit different than what interested parties have tried to convince you occurred. Read More
The Three Little Pigs: A Masonry Fairy Tale
It’s funny how much truth there is in fairy tales. One of my favorite fairy tales, The Three Little Pigs, holds a lot of truth for homebuyers today. Recent green building standards have encouraged people to build home out of straw bails, yet wood frame homes compose the vast majority of the buildings that we Read More
Flashing and Weep Hole HORRORS!!!
In the last week I have inspected four more buildings with huge problems related to the mistakes in masonry and construction detailing while the building was being built. In every case, the required flashing and weep holes were missing over windows and doors or they were poorly installed, sending water into the building. It makes Read More
Stairway to Heaven
Three weeks ago I spent an entire day in a North Shore single family home where the buyer was demanding that the seller repurchase the property. The main topic of examination and cross examination involved the installation of three flights of stairs in the new building. First, some background: The house was sold in the Read More
Short Sales-Bring It On!
What an opportunity! Hundreds maybe even Thousands of short sale property on the market waiting to be picked up by someone who only needs to get the mortgage. Simply make an offer, any offer, and the real estate agent is required to deliver each offer to the seller, you will reel in something that’s workable Read More
Want Mold? You Got It!!!
Your home is probably the perfect environment for mold to flourish. Mold spores simply need a little condensation and some type of organic substance, such as wood or cloth, to use as nourishment. Give these two conditions, and in no time mold will be engulfing your bathroom tiles or basement walls. Not only are the Read More
Water Infiltration Getting You Down?
In the last month Tomacor has completed more than a dozen building inspections that have water infiltration problems through new roofs and new masonry walls. Overall, the quality of the construction detailing installed by masons and roofers is very poor and usually without regard for primary components that keep water out of masonry buildings such Read More
Buying Foreclosed Properties
Now is a great time to buy property, especially if its in foreclosure. During this period of “finger pointing” when banks own more property than they would like to, Tomacor has discovered a unique service to help buyers, retailers, and developers. We now offer a cost break-down for completing distressed properties. Tomacor has inspected approximately Read More
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