same as what the buyer pays (approx. $500) but it can uncover many items you may not know to exist and then gives you the opportunity to repair the issue before any buyer even sees the home. This can give you many edges up on buyers as it will reduce the length of their home inspection report and reduce if not eliminate any demands a buyer may make of you doing attorney approval. This can also prevent you from getting blindsided by major issues that you may not even know about... issues that should a buyer find them, you would now have to disclose to other buyers if your deal fell through and you put the home back on the market. I can't tell you how many sellers told me they didn't want to spend the money for the pre-inspection because their home was "perfect" only to wish they did after the fact. Many times, too late, unfortunately. Hiring an inspection company to do a pre-inspection gives you advance notice of what a home buyer's inspector may find. It also gives you the opportunity to fix items that should then no longer come up during the buyer's initial tour of the home and during their home inspection. Again, it could land you a higher price right from the beginning and will most likely result in the buyer's home inspection report being much smaller. This will make your buyer feel more comfortable with their offer and not back out of the deal. Also, fixing the items brought to your attention in your pre-inspection report will probably cost you less than the dollars a buyer will want from you to make those same repairs. The small cost of doing a pre-inspection report can save you thousands of dollars and even save a deal from falling apart. Take a look at the pictures below. This is a recent listing of mine where I recommended the seller do a pre-inspection (as I always do) but the seller opted to NOT do one. The pictures below are from the buyer's inspection report.
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