Home Buying & Inspections: Random Real Estate Question

Q: Why should I sign the contract before the home inspection?

A: Because that's the way we do it here in Pike and Wayne County, PA.

Please forgive me for being a smart-aleck. The truth is, it's for your protection as a buyer. Think about it. You find a house you love, maybe a lakefront home on Lake Wallenpaupack, and decide you'd like to purchase the home, contingent upon satisfactory inspections. So, you contact a home inspector who tells you he'll inspect the home sometime next week.

Great. Once the inspection comes back clear, you'll sign the contract, right?

You hire the inspector, and pay the $250 - $500...and then you contact your agent to write up the contract.

Oops. It's under contract. Someone else beat you to it. And you're out the inspection fee.

The contract is contingent upon satisfactory inspections - and it's in your best interest to enter into a contract before having the home inspection.

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