Seller's Benefits

Advantages of selling a home that has been Move-In Certified:

• The seller can choose a professional certified inspector to inspect the home before the buyer's inspector arrives.



• The seller can schedule the inspections at the seller's convenience.



• It may alert the seller of any items of immediate personal concern, such as unknown safety hazards or major systems in need of immediate repair or replacement.



• The seller can assist the inspector during the inspection, something not done during a buyer's inspection.



• The report can help the seller realistically price the home if problems exist.



• The report can help the seller substantiate a higher asking price if problems don't exist or have been corrected.



• A seller inspection reveals problems ahead of time which:



1. Will make the home show better.



2. Gives the seller time to make repairs and shop for competitive contractors or make repairs themselves, saving costs.



3. Permits the seller to attach repair estimates or paid invoices to the inspection report.



4. Removes over-inflated buyer procured estimates from the negotiation table.



• The report provides a third-party, unbiased opinion to offer to potential buyers.



• A seller inspection permits a clean home inspection report to be used as a sales and marketing tool.



• Move In Certified yard signs attract potential buyers over other homes in the same area.



• A seller inspection is the ultimate gesture in forthrightness on the part of the seller.



• The report may relieve a prospective buyer's unfounded suspicions, before they walk away.



• A seller inspection lightens negotiations and 11th-hour renegotiations.



• The report may encourage the buyer to waive the inspection contingency.



• The deal is less likely to fall apart the way they often do when a buyer's inspection unexpectedly reveals a problem, last minute with high estimated repair costs.