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Boomer,

When buying a new house, with the 1 year bumper to bumper warranty, it is advisable to get an inspection sometime during your first year. Not sure if TV would even permit it before closing and certainly would not allow contingencies, but,as you've read in other threads, their warranty process is extremely efficient and responsive. We waited til about the 10 month mark to get the inspection done. Others had it done soon after closing to find all the obvious stuff up front.

Resales are a different animal...whether buying MLS, VLS or FSBO. Resales would be no different than you are used to in Ohio. As a buyer, you put a clause in your offer about subject to inspection and get the inspection done soon after the contract is accepted.

Lawyers...on a new sale, we didn't use one and closed by mail. TV has this whole process down to a science. We, of course, read through all the docs and asked our questions up front.