Mitchell's Blog

I see that some inspectors and Realtors like us to qualify our findings.When I find something wrong it's just wrong. And I call it defective. Why because it's not right. Who am I to qualify what's major or minor.My job is to explain to the client what the defect is and how it relates. It is then ...

I received a call from a Realtor as to  price for an inspection.  This particular Realtor has worked  together with me for over 10 years. If fact she gave me my first inspection.  She was the listing agent on a small home about 600 sf. I told her my price and I knew it was going to be too high. S...

Saturday night my Mom celebrated her 93 Birthday. And a good time was had by all.  My mom wife and I The kids The grandchild The above is what life is all about.   AllSpec Professional Property Inspections Inc is a home inspection company doing home inspection in Miami Dade county, Broward county...

At my inspection this morning the Realtor was already in the house when I arrived. He welcomed me and I handed him my card. He told me he had all the paper work for the house including plans, tax roll, and builders warranty. Unit was 2-3 years old. He didn't ask me how long I was going to be he j...

What does certified mean?In our profession it means deceit. You maybe portraying yourself as something you may not be. You are using the word to entice people to use your services.   You may have had to pay a fee and take a silly test. Their will never be any true certification in our profession ...

What are the inspection parameters? Where are they written? Now most inspector will tell you it's in their standards. Well most standards as building codes are a minimum and you can exceed them. So what is out of bounds?Telling a client not to buy the house?Giving estimates to repair? Commenting ...

Yesterday I did an inspection on a very nice house, however the listing agent and the seller did not prepare the house for the inspection. Basically there was no access to some major components of the home. I was a nice and probably should not have spent the extra time to inspect the property bec...

Since I'm an inspector I like to talk about inspecting. I've been reading many blogs on  this site and one of the most annoying things is Realtors saying they use or will not use that inspector again. When you say uses it sounds like you are the controlling person.  The inspectors client is the c...

Mine and most home inspector's favorite topic Realtors. Yesterday while doing a home inspection, a Realtor asked "how long am I going to be about one hour." My reply was "It normally takes at least two hours." Now how many times do you think the Realtor ask the question "how much longer?" Too ma...

I received A call to do an inspection from a gentleman who was not trusting. I was recommended to him from a previous client.I did the inspection on Sunday because it was only day we could agree on. Well my lovely wife was going to work on Sunday so no biggie.Well the house was a flip. I've done ...