losing the home she fell in love with. Turns out the bank didn't do a proper pre-approval but led her to believe she was approved. In another case, Ron and Jenna were planning on upgrading to a new home. After a long search, they found it — or so they thought. A bright and colorful kitchen, open floorplan and dining area, three bathrooms, 9' ceilings, a gas fireplace, and even a covered front porch made the home seem perfect. They were especially thrilled that the price was only $535,000 (a great price) but they were in competing offers, so they decided to write an offer with the full asking price without an inspection condition to make their offer more attractive to the sellers. They were thrilled the sellers accepted their offer and they took possession 45 days later. Less than a week later, the horror story began to unfold. Jenna was cleaning one of the bathrooms when she could smell mold. Following Ron’s advice, she called a mold testing company. When the mold testing company did the test, they discovered that behind the tiles in the bathroom shower their appeared to be a water leak and mold was present. The grand total to repair this problem came to over $12,000! That’s an unbelievable amount of money to unexpectedly invest in a house you’ve only lived in for less than a month. The key lesson here is to really know the house that you’re buying or be prepared for some unexpected repairs. You can dramatically reduce the risk of buying a home by hiring an experienced inspector that uses a Thermal Image camera as it can detect mold and other potential costly issues. I recently met a woman with an incredible first-time buyer story. Sue and her fiancé were searching for their first home with the intention of buying one before their wedding. They had been told
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