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Sound advice...#teamcrabtree - your Realtor friends (931)307-4660

Here's how most home sales go:

Week 1: List the house
Week 2: Accept an offer, celebrate
Week 3: Buyer's inspection finds 47 "issues"
Week 4: Buyer demands $15k in repairs or credits
Week 5: Negotiate down to $8k
Week 6: Everyone's exhausted and... resentful
Your "win" feels like a loss.

Here's how it goes with a pre-listing inspection:

Before listing: Pay $500 for inspection
Find issues: HVAC needs $800 repair, roof has minor issue $1,200
Fix them: Spend $2,000, keep all receipts
List the house: "Recent repairs: HVAC serviced, roof repaired, receipts available"
Buyer's inspection: Finds nothing major (you already fixed it)
Negotiation: "We addressed everything pre-sale, here are the receipts"
Close: Clean, fast, no drama

You spent $2,000 and saved $8,000 in negotiations.

And you controlled the entire process.

Why this works:
1. You fix it on YOUR terms

Your contractor, your price, your timeline
Not the buyer's $15k "guy who can do it all"

2. Receipts = leverage

"We already fixed that, here's proof"

3. Buyer confidence soars

"Seller addressed issues proactively"
"This house was maintained, not neglected"

Inspection becomes a formality, not a negotiation

4. Faster close

No repair negotiations delaying everything
Fewer contingencies Less stress

The math the traditional way:

Buyer's inspection: $500 (they pay)
Buyer demands: $15k in repairs/credits
You negotiate down: $8k
You pay: $8,000

Pre-listing inspection way:

Your inspection: $500
Fix actual issues: $2,000
Buyer demands: $0 (already fixed)
You pay: $2,500

Savings: $5,500

Plus: Faster close, less stress, stronger negotiating position.

What agents know:

The inspection is where deals die.
Not because houses are bad.

Because sellers don't know what's wrong until it's too late to control the narrative.

Buyer's inspector finds issue = You're on defense

You find and fix issue = You're on offense

Defense costs more. Always.

"But what if the inspection finds nothing?"

Then you spent $500 for peace of mind and a clean report to show buyers.

That report = marketing gold.

"Pre-inspected, no major issues" is a selling point worth thousands in buyer confidence.

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Unique, to say the least. What's your thoughts?
#teamcrabtree - your Realtor friends (931)307-4660

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