When buying our last home I did 3 things that I felt were important.
- Hired a licensed and qualified real estate Attorney to review the entire deal and all paperwork. It did not cost much... considering the cost of a home.
- Used a home inspector that was used by our attorney for real estate litigation for purposes. He was very thorough. The inspection included the typical construction related inspection plus making sure things worked and were not worn out. His inspection also included a number of other people, including radon tests and pest/termite and some other tests. We got a through report with picture of the problems. He did identify several problems that I would not have even thought about... all the problems were fixed by the previous owner before closing.
- [Owner] Title Insurance. As opposed to the lender version. It cost a little more. You can look up the difference between the two.
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