About Chaves County, NM

A Normal inspection? Far from it.

I get this type of inspection from time to time. The mortgage company requests an inspection too soon.

The mortgage company is requesting a site verification. A contract verification and a home inspection.

The only problem was nothing was ready for a inspection. I mean nothing.

Note the water well drilling rig at the rear of the home. The well had not been completed when I had arrived.

From the front of the home all looks as it should. But wait till I get out of the truck to start taking pictures.

As you can see, the backfill for the ground level set has not been completed. Plus there are no steps/ decks to the home yet. Septic had been installed and connected. But the water well was not completed either.

I think it's going to be about a week before the new owners can move into their new home.

I think the mortgage company jumped the gun on this request for a "final inspection".

Have a great day everyone.

A home inspection re inspect. Sometimes you just need to agree to disagree.

What happens after the repairs have been made by the owner of the home?

Remember the home with the duct work running all over the roof?

I went back to see the repairs for my self. This was a reinspect for the buyer.

Before the repairs were made.

After the repairs were made.

Very nice job indeed.

But there were other issues with the home that were not addressed properly.

When I first inspected the home, there was not a drip leg on the gas line to the water heater.

The client added a drip leg to the water heater.

This drip leg was installed, but it was installed with the wrong fittings. These are made of a galvanized metal instead of a black gas fittings. And yes this was installed by the same plumbing company that did not have a "go to guy". Remember that post?

There were a number of things not addressed when I returned for the re inspection. That will be in a post for tomorrow.

Have a great day every one.

Home inspections. Do'es this home have issues?

I was in Roswell New Mexico inspecting a home for a young couple, this was going to be there first home.

About half way through the inspecting process the young man came up to me and asked if the "home had any issues" they should be concerned about.

I told him I had not found any yet. Usually the home owner is not present at the buyers inspection.

To the left of the picture the buyer is on the left and the seller is on the right.

But this home was a FSBO home. I had told the buyer I don't usually have the home owner present when I inspect. this way we could talk "freely about any issues".

But they did'nt heed my advice. There he was the home owner was in my back pocket the entire inspection. When I went up onto the roof, the home owner was there. When I went into the attic the home owner was there.

The buyer was in the background waiting for me to say something. I only found a small issue of a "open ground" in a plug in the attic.

All in all it was a great home, built in 2005 for the seller.

The buyers were very happy and the seller was too.

1. That's right Robert (Vegas Bob) Swetz will be in Roswell New Mexico for the UFO Convention Celebrating the UFO crash on July 4th 1947.
2. It is going to be so much fun strolling through the UFO Museum, watching the UFO parade July 2nd and the fireworks display and carnival July 3rd & 4th.
3. If any of live close to Roswell New Mexico, stop and visit with VB and he will tell you stories of his encounters with ET's from far distant planets and the UFO's he has seen in his life.
   

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When times change. Then so do you.

I'm not talking about springing ahead or falling back. I talking about when the markets turn south and you need to look elsewhere for an income.

What, or where do you turn to?

There are some of us that leave the Real Estate business and never return. Others get a part time job just to get us through the hard times.

When is the decision reached? Is it after careful analysis of your own situation?

There are varying factors with all of us, so when do you look for a "different line of work"?

Most of us are not "multi talented" to just jump into another profession. What then?

What do you do "when times change, and then you need to as well"?