For Your Protection, Get a Home Inspection.
That's the name of a document I share with all home buyers.
Home inspections give buyers detailed information about a home prior to purchase. Inspectors take an in depth look at your potential new home to evaluate the physical condition, identify needed repairs, and estimate the remaining life of major systems and equipment.
In very few cases will you, as a buyer, want to forgo a home inspection (those cases could include new construction, highly competitive bidding situations, or personal subject knowledge). In the Pennsylvania Association of Realtor's Standard Agreement for the Sale of Real Estate, several inspections are listed for buyers to elect or waiv...