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How Much Are Home Inspections Going to Cost You?

After you’ve gotten your offer accepted on a home, the next step most buyers take is going through the different home inspections that you need to make sure the home is truly the dream home you’re hoping it is.  Inspections …

Electrical Panels in Home Inspections

Over the years we have seen just about every type of electrical panel installed with just about every degrees of competency.  Just because a panel is new doesn’t mean that it was installed correctly.  Make sure you have …

Oregon Home Buyer Advisory: Pest and Dry Rot

Continuing our series on the  Oregon Home Buyer Advisory.  We’ve covered  the sections on Home inspections, Sewers & Septic Tanks, and Death, Crimes and External Conditions.  Today we’ll cover pest and dry rot:

Oregon Home Buyer Advisory: Professional Home Inspections

I’ve started writing a series on the  Oregon Home Buyer Advisory.  We’ve covered  the sections on Sewers & Septic Tank and Death, Crimes and External Conditions.  Today we’ll go to the beginning of the Advisory and cover the …

Deaths, Crimes and External Conditions and Real Estate

Last week I wrote about the Oregon Home Buyer’s Advisory and the section on Sewers & Septic Tanks.  There are over a dozen buyer due diligence items in the Advisory so it makes sense to go through all …

More !@#y Portland Sewer Situations

If you are a regular reader of the Portland Real Estate Blog then you should see a theme developing: scope your sewer! We’ve come across yet another sewer issue that would have been discovered with a $95 scope: …

What Professional Real Estate Inspections Should I do?

The home inspection is a standard part of most Oregon real estate transactions.  The buyer has the right to waive the contingency but it is highly recommended that the home inspection takes place as soon as practical so …

Oil Tank Locate

Oregon DEQ records are the most solid evidence that an oil tank has been removed and decommissioned.  Buyers of any Oregon real estate become the responsible party for soil contamination at closing which makes finding out if there …

Oregon Wood Burning Stoves Go Up In Smoke

The Oregon Senate passed “Heat Smart” Bill 102 last year in an effort help clean up the environment by exorcising over 300,000 non-certified wood burning stoves  from Oregon homes. The latest revisions to the Oregon Property Disclosures look …

2009 Real Estate Recap Part Two: Radon

January is National Radon Action Month.  Don’t get me wrong, radon wasn’t discovered last year.  But over the last few years, it has become on of the most common Portland real estate inspections buyers have and one that …