Originally Posted by
Brian Elfert
Mot of the posters in this thread would never be able to buy a house in decent neighborhoods in the city of Minneapolis. Houses there are still getting multiple offers on the first or second day they are on the market. In some cases the houses go on the market in the morning and are sold by dinner time. If a house hasn't sold within a week potential buyers would start to wonder what is wrong with it. You're not going to have time for all kinds of research before making an offer if you want the house.
If you need to bring in ten different contractors and a structural engineer to evaluate a house you probably need to build your own house so you know it is done right. There are builders out there who build very nice houses, but they won't be cheap and they'll probably have a waiting list of a year or more.
I don't know where you're going to find many existing houses with double layers of 3/4" flooring. My brother is building his own house with just a single layer of flooring and the floor is as solid as a rock. The flooring is glued and nailed/screwed.
Ummm literally every time I've bought a house I made the offer, IF it was accepted THEN the inspection period started. It's the same as the agent hiring an inspector. They've ALWAYS been paid by ME, so I am the client.
~mike
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