Douglas Kaup's (finial) Blog

Please let me speak frankly. Agents are often scared of home inspectors. This can be understandable. An agent works hard with a client searching for and then finding a house. Giving and securing an offer can sometimes takes days. When this is done a home inspector looks at the home and all of a s...

Home inspectors are often forced to suggest a home buyer have a furnace looked at after the inspection.  Why suggest this?  Isnt that wha the home inspector is for?  This is the answer.  The fornace in every home should have a clean and check every year, but they rarely do.  Acidic soot and calci...

This whole blog stuff is new to me, but I will start off by mentioning something that is good for Pennsylvania consumers.  The PHIC (Pennsylvania Home Inspection Coalition) and many home inspectors associated with the various Pennsylvania ASHI (American Society of Home Inspectors) groups are back...