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My dad told me to skip the inspection on a house in Charlotte to make my offer stronger.
Honestly, he said it would help me beat other buyers in a hot market. We closed on the place last month and found out the AC unit is basically shot, which will cost like $8k to replace. Has anyone else gotten bad advice from family that ended up costing them money?
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sean_johnson166mo ago
Skipping the inspection to make an offer stronger is such a common piece of bad advice. I read a whole article about people getting burned by that exact move. It's brutal when it comes from family.
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danielhenderson6mo ago
Read that same article, @sean_johnson16. It's wild how many people think waving inspections is a smart play. You're basically buying a mystery box that could have a foundation made of wet cardboard. Getting that advice from family just adds a special layer of "what were you thinking" to the whole mess.
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hart.mark6mo ago
Okay but "mystery box with a wet cardboard foundation" feels a bit much. Most houses aren't secretly falling apart. A lot of the time the inspection just finds minor stuff you'd fix anyway. If the market is super hot, waving inspection might be the only way to get an offer seen. It's a calculated risk, not total madness.
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