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My blog discusses various items I see on a daily basis while performing home inspecions. I hope you find it interesting and educational. Sometimes I will blog on personal stories and interests also. I hope you will see the value of a professional home inspection. Be safe out there. You can contact my calling center at 888-7-PILLAR to schedule a home inspection.
RECENT BLOG POSTS
I was just visiting the Inland Valley Association of Realtorswebsite and they have a great list of caravans in the Inland Empire (click on these words for the list).I believe networking is always a very important aspect of any business.  But it's ever more important in this economy to know and wo...
01/18/2008
All real estate professionals.  I wanted to pass on the information about a caravan and networking meeting every Friday in Rialto.  You can submit your properties for a virtual tour via Power Point on a very large screen, or you can submit properties for the physical drive where everyone goes fro...
01/18/2008
All real estate professionals.  I wanted to pass on the information about a caravan and networking meeting every Friday in Rancho Cucamonga.  You can submit your properties for a virtual tour via Power Point on a very large screen, or you can submit properties for the physical drive where everyon...
01/18/2008
Please read this as a reminder that you should always be aware of your surroundings when in someone's house.  This is for anyone in the real estate industry and this is serious. Yesterday I had an inspection.  I arrived early and knocked on the door.  There were two occupants, husband and wife.  ...
01/18/2008
I think everyone knows that deadbolts are a great safety item.  However, can a deadbolt ever be a safety hazard?  YES.Now I've got you hooked and you just have to read more... perfect.Some people use double-keyed deadbolts in a house.  That means that you have to have a key to open the door wheth...
01/17/2008
I inspect homes for investors quite often.  Many of these homes, duplexes, etc. will be used as rentals.  I always ask if this is the case as landlords are liable for the safety of their tenants.  This makes home inspections for rental properties important not only for the condition of the proper...
01/12/2008
Over the summer my family and I went camping in the San Diego area.  We rented a pop up trailer at Adventure Rentals in Ontario, CA and headed down the 15 Freeway.  It's amazing, the old pop up trailers had a bad reputation as not being well built or comfortable... well, times have changed.  It h...
01/12/2008
It is essential you know the location of the water shut off valve.  What if a pipe breaks and water is gushing out in the house?  You need to know how to shut off the water.Here in Southern California, there is a house main water shut off and a city shut off.  The house shut off is commonly by th...
01/11/2008
That's a waste of money, right?  It was just built, what could possibly be wrong?The answer, anything and everything could possibly be wrong, not to say that it necessarily will, of course.  But I inspect quite a few new construction homes and I always find items that need correction, repair or n...
01/11/2008
If you're looking for something to do for free, check out Cal Poly Pomona.  It's one of our favorite things to do as a family.  We go on the weekends and feed the ducks and see the cows, pigs, goats and horses.  My kids really enjoy it, and so do my wife and I.  During the summer we will also hav...
01/10/2008
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