Seller Inspections: Streamlining Real Estate Transactions   

• Seller inspections allow the inspector to catch inspection jobs upstream, ahead of real estate transactions and the competition.
• Seller inspections are easier to schedule and are not under the time constraints of a sales agreement's inspection contingencies.  
• Sellers can alert the inspector to problems that should be included in the report, answer questions about their homes, and provide Seller's Disclosure Statements.
• Repairs of problems found during seller inspections often necessitate the need for re-inspections by the inspector.
• Seller inspections put a sample copy of the inspector's product -- the report -- in the hands of many potential buyers.
• Seller inspections put a sample copy of the inspector's product -- the report -- in the hands of many local buyers' agents who tour the home.  
• The buyer might insist on hiring the seller's inspector to produce a fresh report, since the seller's inspector is already familiar with the home. (Not recomended) 
• Seller inspections provide examples of the inspector's work to the listing agent of each home, which might encourage those agents to have other listings pre-inspected by the inspector.
• Most sellers are local buyers, so many sellers hire the inspector again to inspect the homes they are moving into.             
  

• The seller can choose a certified InterNACHI inspector rather than be at the mercy of the buyer's choice of inspector.
• The seller can schedule the inspections at the seller's convenience.
• It might alert the seller to any items of immediate concern, such as radon gas or active termite infestation.
• The seller can assist the inspector during the inspection, something normally not done during a buyer's inspection.
• The seller can have the inspector correct any misstatements in the inspection report before it is generated.
• The report can help the seller realistically price the home if problems exist.
• The report can help the seller substantiate a higher asking price if problems don't exist or have been corrected.
• A seller inspection reveals problems ahead of time, which:
  • might make the home show better.
  • gives the seller time to make repairs and shop for competitive contractors.
  • permits the seller to attach repair estimates or paid invoices to the inspection report.
  • removes over-inflated buyer-procured estimates from the negotiation table.
• The report might alert the seller to any immediate safety issues found, before agents and visitors tour the home.
• The report provides a third-party, unbiased opinion to offer to potential buyers.
  
• A seller inspection permits a clean home inspection report to be used as a marketing tool.
• A seller inspection is the ultimate gesture in forthrightness on the part of the seller.
• The report might relieve a prospective buyer's unfounded suspicions, before they walk away.
• A seller inspection lightens negotiations and 11th-hour re-negotiations.
• The report might encourage the buyer to waive the inspection contingency.
• The deal is less likely to fall apart, the way they often do, when a buyer's inspection unexpectedly reveals a last-minute problem.
• The report provides full-disclosure protection from future legal claims.  
  

• Agents can recommend certified InterNACHI inspectors, as opposed to being at the mercy of buyer's choices in inspectors.
• Sellers can schedule the inspections at seller's convenience, with little effort on the part of agents.
• Sellers can assist inspectors during the inspections, something normally not done during buyers' inspections.
• Sellers can have inspectors correct any misstatements in the reports before they are generated.
• The reports help sellers see their homes through the eyes of a critical third-party, thus making sellers more realistic about asking price.
• Agents are alerted to any immediate safety issues found, before other agents and potential buyers tour the home.
• Repairs made ahead of time might make homes show better.
• Reports hosted online entice potential buyers to tour the homes.
• The reports provide third-party, unbiased opinions to offer to potential buyers.
• Clean reports can be used as marketing tools to help sell the homes.
• The reports might relieve prospective buyers' unfounded suspicions, before they walk away.
• Seller inspections eliminate "buyer's remorse" that sometimes occurs just after an inspection.
• Seller inspections reduce the need for negotiations and 11th-hour re-negotiations.
• Seller inspections relieve the agent of having to hurriedly procure repair estimates or schedule repairs.
• The reports might encourage buyers to waive their inspection contingencies.(Always recommend buyer to provide their own inspection).
• Deals are less likely to fall apart, the way they often do, when buyer's inspections unexpectedly reveal last-minute problems. 
• Reports provide full-disclosure protection from future legal claims. 
  

• The inspection is done already but we highly recommend buyers to hire their own Certified Inspector to avoid any potential conflicts of interest or mis-communications.
• The inspection is paid for by the seller.
• The report provides a more accurate third-party view of the condition of the home prior to making an offer.
• A seller inspection eliminates surprise defects.
• Problems are corrected, or at least acknowledged, prior to making an offer on the home.
• A seller inspection reduces the need for negotiations and 11th-hour re-negotiations.
• The report might assist in acquiring financing.