Articles for smart buyers
Plain-English answers to the questions Twin Cities metro buyers ask before, during and after the inspection.
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What Does a Home Inspection Include?
Every system a Twin Cities metro home inspection covers — and the limits of a visual inspection.
Read02How Long Does a Home Inspection Take?
Realistic timing for Twin Cities metro homes by size, age and add-ons.
Read03Home Inspection vs. Appraisal: What's the Difference?
Why you need both, and what each one actually protects.
Read04How to Read a Home Inspection Report
Decoding severity language so you negotiate from facts, not fear.
Read05Home Inspection Deal-Breakers in Minnesota
The findings that should genuinely make a buyer walk away.
Read06How to Negotiate After a Home Inspection
Turning the report into repairs, credits or a better price.
Read07The First-Time Home Buyer's Inspection Guide
What to expect, what to ask, and what to never skip.
Read08What to Do After a Bad Home Inspection
Your options when the report is worse than you hoped.
Read09Aluminum Wiring in 1970s Twin Cities Metro Homes
Why this 1965–75 fire hazard still hides in Hennepin and Ramsey counties houses.
Read10Polybutylene Plumbing in Minnesota Homes
The gray pipe that fails at the fitting — and why it's often uninsurable.
Read11Cedar Siding Rot in Twin Cities Homes
Where Twin Cities metro cedar and LP siding fails, and how we find it.
Read12Foundation Cracks: When to Worry
Telling cosmetic shrinkage cracks from structural movement.
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before you own it.
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