I'll be the one to bring up the obvious counter point.
Don't inspect, you will be wasting your money.
I've sold two homes in the past 14 months. I also do handyman work to repair items that inspectors miss.
On one the inspector wanted a sprinkler replaced. On another they wanted a GFCI breaker replaced.
Inspectors will find something, buyers want and expect this. The problem is nearly all homes in TV are either so new or so well maintained that there simply is not anything wrong (of significance) with them.
In my case the cost of repairs (to hire someone) was 75.00 and 200.00 respectively. The cost for the inspections were 350.00 each.
As far as repairing defects not annotated by home inspection in my handyman business: Inspectors have missed inoperable overhead lights, defective water heater expansion tanks and similar defects. The cost of these repairs was again less than the cost of inspection.
Now if the home is over ten years old I believe an inspection should be considered, otherwise you're wasting your home money on inspection (apologies to Mr. D'Angelo).
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