First she recommends me inspectors. I respectfully say I’ll chose my inspector. She asked me if I’ve found one yet. Now that I have one she’s asking who I’m using? In this normal behavior? Why does the company matter to a realtor?
Realtor hounding me about who I’m using for inspection
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Use your own inspector and not her recommendations. They’ll conveniently overlook major issues to push the sale through. Ask me how I know.
I mean, my realtor needed to know who we used for scheduling and access… my realtor needed to be there to open the door and let the inspector in. She waited outside and we met with her and the inspector at the very end for him to give us a quick rundown and show us some stuff.
Because they have to schedule the time for the inspection with the seller’s agent to provide access to the property…and time is of the essence.
I assume you have an inspection contingency which is time limited. Coordinating the timeliness of the inspection and report is critical to not missing the inspection contingency window. If the inspection and report are not completed in time to exercise that contingency, then you lose the ability to ask for anything if something is discovered. Why would you not want to share the inspectors name? Depending on the state, they might also be checking to see if they are licensed. Some states require licenses, some don’t.
Back when I was a Realtor, I prepared handouts, including all the resale inspectors that worked in our county. I also told my clients that they could use anyone that they wanted for inspections.
If they asked me for a recommendation, I had my favorite because he knew so much about the houses in our areas and I would encourage my buyers to be present during the inspection. He had so much information that he would share about potential maintenance of houses that I encouraged my buyers to bring a notebook and take notes. He was also really good about spotting potential issues with the houses.
Are you talking about your buyer agent or the listing agent?
Is there a reason you wouldn’t want to cooperate and answer the question? Are you not confident in your choice?
Using an independent inspector, even if it costs more.
It may be the speed of which you are moving? In NY you do inspection before signing the contract, so the longer it takes, the longer the chance the seller gets an offer after you AO which could change their mind.
Also could be she wants to coordinate with them so she can be there when they do the inspection.
If she’s not over pressuring you to use her recommendations, nothing to worry about.
It matters to your Realtor because they don’t want you to walk away from the deal based on the inspection results. Realtors typically know who the really good home inspectors are will try to to steer your away from them. Realtors are hoping you don’t use an inspector that’s thorough, knowledgeable, and unafraid of stating the honest truth. I was a licensed home inspector for nearly 20 years. I got sick of the Realtor politics and the fact they had to much control over my success.
If you aren’t delaying at all, then they obviously want an inspector that’ll be easy and downplay any issues so they close the deal. Tbh it’s probably a bad sign if your realtor likes your inspector. Ask me how I know.
Why wouldn’t they ask? Doesn’t sound like hounding if she is trying to coordinate the inspection with the seller/seller’s agent. You have an inspection period and she’s trying to keep you within your contract deadlines. When my buyers do inspections I usually get sent a copy of it from the inspector so I can go over any findings with the buyer. (I also let the inspector in and lock up when it’s complete-I wanna know who I am meeting with). It’s weird you think this is a big deal.
The selling agent might also be asking your agent for the name to arrange the access. Your agent sounds like they are doing their job but maybe bad at communication as to why they’re asking. As sounds like you don’t trust your agent
100%. Your realtor needs to know this. They often work hand-in-hand with your lender as well. I don’t know why you’d have an issue sharing this???
Honestly, you sound like a nightmare and I wish your realtor the best of luck with you.
Ask you Realtor. Say, “I told you that I found a home inspector that I am comfortable with. I also told you that we would like to do the inspection this Thursday at 3pm. I have contracted directly with the home inspector. Why are you concerned about who I use?”
If you are comfortable with their answer, give them the information. If you aren’t, just ask them to arrange the time slot with the listing agent.
It could be that she wants to push her home inspector on you. It could also be that she has control issues. A lot of Realtors need to know every single thing about the transaction or they feel like it’s going to go awry. It’s not, but that’s what they think.
I would want to know because I have had bad experiences with inspectors and ultimately when you have a bad experience, the first person they look at is the agent.
If you don’t trust your agent, you should find a new one. I can tell you if my client doesn’t trust me, I’m happy to let you out of the agreement. I work with a lot of investors and I would much rather have you as a champion that refers clients to me as opposed to a “quick payday” and you out there telling everyone how I did you wrong.
The company and the specific inspector used mattered to my realtor because she had been on many inspections and had bad experiences with inspectors who did a really poor job. One inspector recommended “fixing” a problem by diverting rainwater to the neighbor’s property so our property didn’t flood even though the neighbor wasn’t to blame.
It absolutely matters. Because your realtor is going to use the inspection report to negotiate a better deal for you.
I typically go to the summary briefing at the end so I know when I’m talking about when I go back and ask for a price reduction or repairs
Your realtor is trying to take care of you. Let them and stop being suspicious.
It’s absolutely normal. 1. We’re on a timeline (deadline) and we need to know that you’re working towards it, not against and 2. We need to document and let the selling agent know who is supposed to show up to the house. And from this post, we can all assume you’re taking your time and not understanding that you may not have enough time to get the inspection done and turned around in time to ask for whatever is needed.
I’m old and have bought two houses in my lifetime. Both times I used the realtors recommendation and regretted it tremendously. If I ever buy another house, I’ll forgo the regular, typical, incompetent “inspectors” and pay for real, legit, plumbing,electrical and structural inspectors.
LOL, I worked in a RE office as a tech/admin for 13 years. There was one inspector they called “The Deal Killer”. Listing agents from multiple brokerages would call the buyer’s agent and say don’t let your buyer use ‘that guy’.
I personally used him twice 🙂 I wasn’t planning on being difficult, I just wanted to know what I was getting myself into.
When I discovered my realtor would get a commission from the contractor she recommended for minor repairs, I vowed always to get three estimates for any work.