Answers by Thomas Stewart

So a home inspection is basically an opinion from the inspector that shows up at your house and every home inspection will find different issues. Also every home inspection will find something because they have to to make their job look important even on a new built. What I would recommend is to do a visual inspection of your property and or also have a contractor come by and walk the house with you and see if anything obvious sticks out. That would be the first items I would address. Also when I'm advising sellers and they have a property that gets an offer continues on a home inspection I tell the sellers to leave the property on the market and to give the buyers the first right of refusal if another offer comes in. That way you're not losing marketing time and you have more leverage with the buyers in case they come back and really nitpick every little thing in the house.

No you should not do a pre-listing inspection because every inspector will have their own opinion and you will just be wasting that money up front instead of putting it towards repairs. Instead I would tell you to walk through your property and look for anything that needs repaired and also have a contractor walk your house with you and see what they point out.