Bill's Blog

Note:  some of the items I am posting were written last year, and I intend eventually to have all of my stuff in this blog.   It will take time.  I invite readers to come back frequently because there will be new material every day.  One of my home buying clients recently did something that I tho...

Note:  some of the items I am posting were written last year, and I intend eventually to have all of my stuff in this blog.   It will take time.  I invite readers to come back frequently because there will be new material every day. I was a bit surprised! The house had GFCI receptacles in ALL of ...

She was quite angry when she called. I had inspected her house a couple of days prior and she complained that I left her windows unlocked. I let her talk for quite some time and then asked her if the windows in question were in her dining room and front bedroom. She seemed suprised that I had poi...

My inspection friend, colleague and mentor Bill Meininger of Home Diagnostics related to me an experience which I think about almost every day. He was inspecting a high-end new house, a final inspection prior to settlement, and had found nothing of any consequence when he reached the master bathr...

March, 2006"Pay no attention to the smell", the seller said as she met my client and me at the door. "We just got back from vacation and found the freezer in the garage broken down. Lost about $400 worth of food. Guess we'll be buying a new freezer."Asking me to forget my nose is like asking me n...

Improve on it if you can. Perhaps you've noticed as you've been in and out of houses this summer, many of them vacant, the occasional acts of negligence. Many of these houses have been poorly cared for and in some cases, quite literally abused. A couple of weeks ago, on a gruelingly humid 100 deg...

With the car half in the garage, teen Vanessa got out and hurried inside the house. By habit, as she raced through the back door, she hit the close button on the garage door and a few seconds later heard the sickening sound of the car's hood being crunched under the 500 lb weight of the door. Wit...

My  "Inspection Tip of the Week" news letters are intended to be informal and a quick read.  5 minutes at the most.  I don't commercialize or beat my own drum, but intend the regular frequency of the news letters to serve to remind my audience of real estate professionals and business acquaintanc...