Raised up by our Customers
I just received this email from a former client… WOW! Thank you to our customers who help me continue to serving our communitites as best I can, restoring integrity to the Chicago market one building at a time. Tom, I thought I’d let you know how helpful your home inspection was 4 years ago. It Read More
THIS IS A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT! Home Safe, Smart Home Buyer Seminars Presented by Tom Corbett of Tomacor Incorporated What: A free, fast paced seminar with (pending) ASHI continuing education credit that is jam packed with information for anyone interested in buying residential, commercial, or industrial properties. Get all of the information you need to Read More
Leasehold Interest and Property Inspection
Why not inspect the property before you sign the rental lease? The last three times Tomacor did it, we saved our clients tens of thousands of dollars. Here is the step by step process: 1. You found a property that you like and the landlord gives you a lease to sign under his terms and Read More
The New Real Estate Paradigm
About a week ago, I received a comment on my blog post “The Real Estate Brotherhood”. Here’s my response (you can read the original post below): Dear Mr. Smith, I appreciate you taking the time to review my blog and follow up with your comments. My comments and opinions are not based in my real Read More
Housing sales down, why not?
Of course the housing sales are down! And it makes perfect sense that rental figures in Chicago are climbing faster than expected. According to a blog post I read in the Huffington Post (Renting In Chicago…) rentals actually surpass the prerecession peak. After 27 years in the building inspection business this makes all the sense Read More
Crazy Agent Backlash – Tomacor’s Effectiveness Revealed
The real estate community is up in arms again. Remember, these are the people that have brought us our current real estate and economic recession, and now they want to help us get out of it by pursuing real estate “business as usual.” This blog is intended to reach a few people that have no Read More
Business As Usual
Is there anybody out there that is not familiar with the collapse of the real estate market over the last three years? Significant reasons for the industry collapse have been revealed, including: no dock mortgages, financial instruments designed to fail yet make money for the banks, and greedy banks and financial institutions across the country 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
Tomacor is Seeking Licensed Home Inspectors to Join Our Team!
As the real estate recession slowly turns around, home inspectors need to create high quality standards and buyer advocacy for new and existing homeowners. In order to avoid another period where real estate sales are down and consumers have lost faith in the real estate community, Tomacor has set high standards for its inspectors. We 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
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