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In the stock market, Benjamin Graham, the dean of value investors, advised customers to look for undervalued securities with a built-in "safety limits". As the prices of homes falling in many areas, there are opportunities to find homes that are more realistic values ​​than in the past few years. However, consumers must take care to protect the "safety limits" they get if they buy a house at "bargain" price.

This goal is emphasized by the fact that no one can predict with certainty when the fall in house prices will end. In 1993, the Los Angeles housing prices began with 6 years of pada.Prisutan decline began in the late 2006.Ekscesima subprime loans and creative financing still collapse. Buyers should educate themselves on the following risks that they would not be surprised to learn about problems with their home adversely affect its vrijednost.Kupac the "margin of safety" can be amplified thorough due diligence. Some of the measures mentioned in this article cost more than simply hiring a home inspector. It could be money well spent.

1 You can be outsmarted to superficial Home Inspectors

Most buyers hire home inspector who is smart, even with new construction. However, as with all professions, not all home inspectors are equally clever in sleuthing for serious conditions. The inspectors are limited to watching "accessible" housing. Many of the forms used by inspectors to verify that the scout for obvious problems. Customers will be well served to find a home inspector who is skilled enough to look for warning signs of serious problems, such as potential plumbing, electrical, structural or roof problems. Customers should also get a good estimate of how much it will cost you in the next few years to correct any deferred maintenance or significant deficiencies, that does not mean fixing a leaky faucet or broken door locks.

as your real estate agent to recommend the inspector, who will act as a detective and discover the significant potential problems. Then, interview a person before you hire him or her. Ask what they would do to find a potential "big ticket" issues, ask for examples of how they did it recently, and ask if they will give you an estimate of the repair costs of future systems that may need to work within 5 years. Nothing will reduce the equity in the home faster than a superficial overview of home that does not reveal detect problems that are expensive to correct.

2 You can be seduced by the speed of the prepared real estate Disclosure Statement

2 You can be seduced by the speed of the prepared real estate Disclosure Statement

2 You can be seduced by the speed of the prepared real estate Disclosure Statement

2 You can be seduced by the speed of the prepared real estate Disclosure Statement

Pest control companies such as home inspectors, not all of them are created equal. They will inspect property for pests and is likely to "bag" flat fumigate for termites. Again, buyers should be pro active and make sure the seller has chosen the pest control company that will look harder to find problems such as dry rot under the recently painted exterior eaves. Missing such a problem can cost the buyer $ 10,000 20,000, unless a customer complains pest control company and recover damages.

pest "du jour" is a mold. Realtors are now typically provide customers with a "mold advice" to encourage mold inspection and how to protect yourself in case the buyer discovers a mold problem after closing. The question is, if the purchaser to pay about $ 750 for a mold inspection (this requires hiring experts to take samples of air or drywall, and submit them for laboratory testing). First, use your nose, if the smell of mold or the like, hire a mold expert. Second, use your eyes and see if you change the color of the walls from water intrusion or there are dark splotches around windows, on walls or in closets, mold testing can be fine

4 Good fences do not always make good neighbors

the most embarrassing lawsuits between neighbors include a full line of disputes that arise when the owner discovers that his neighbor's fence encroaches on the property a few feet or inches. Most buyers of residential property does not understand that they can buy title insurance for such a problem. When in doubt about the boundaries, the buyer should get the ALTA title policy, even if the buyer has to commission the survey.