Why do people accept bad repairs to their homes?
Why do people accept a poorly performed repair service for their home? It is your world away from the world, your private solace, and your most personal space, so why would you accept a subpar repair? Anyone who has owned a home for any length of time has had to deal with home repairs and Read More
Buyer takes a bath
Most people believe that a newly constructed home is always perfect and safe; is it true? The answer is “No”. In order to save on construction costs, for example, some developers do not adhere strictly to the blueprints when building a home; they cut corners or use poor quality materials. Recently, I inspected a new 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
Home Buyer Headaches
The real estate purchase process has seduced many of us into owning properties we can’t afford leaving hundreds or possibly millions of Americans upside down in their mortgage and unable to make required repairs on their buildings. American citizens all over the country are unwilling to sell flawed, damaged, or poorly built homes and condominiums Read More
Free Seminar at the Chicago Public Library October 22, 2011
Tom Corbett will be giving a free seminar, “Buying Foreclosed Property Without the Pitfalls”, Saturday October 22nd at the Logan Square branch of the Chicago Public Library. This hour and a half long seminar, part of our Home Smart, Home Safe seminar series will include all of the important steps in locating a property, picking 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
Common Deficiencies in Lincoln Park
Lincoln Park has become a high demand neighborhood for those looking to purchase a home in the City of Chicago. It is a prime location, close to downtown and the beach, equipped with beautiful homes, and peaceful streets. Throughout my 25 years as a home inspector I have evaluated thousands of homes in this neighborhood 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
Termites!
During an inspection, I noted a locked door in the basement of a home I was inspecting. After getting the key and moving the refrigerator, the buyer and I opened the door only to discover that the room was full of termite tunnels with major structural damage. The structural wood beam of the house had Read More
Warranty? What Warranty?
The Chicago Tribune published an article entitled Home warranty leaves family sweating about a family that suffered through this hot, sweltering summer without an air conditioning unit in their new home. The unit in the home quit working and, because it was warranted, the homeowners expected to be cool in no time. Unfortunately, this “warranty” Read More
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