Home inspectors should not discuss their findings or the
report with anyone but their clients.
Except if their clients give permission.
The process of buying a home is a negotiation between the
buyer’s side and the seller’s side. You
as the buyer should know who is receiving the information you hired a home
inspector to give you. Imagine playing
cards in a poker game and the other players know the cards you hold.
In the twelve years of being in business, I myself have been
mislead into releasing information. I
had a client who got very mad at me for giving his own realtor
information. Reason; he didn’t trust his
own realtor. He stated to me that there
was too much money exchanging hands.
Lesson learned.
Now when I have realtors, lawyers even family members call
me and ask questions, I state to these people, “have my client give me a call,
so I can speak to you”. No this doesn’t
win any brownie points but my clients know at least on my end their information
is not given out freely.
I know. All you want
to do is buy a house, where you and your family can be safe and happy with as
little problems as possible. But you are
the main player in the game of real-estate, even if you don’t want to be.
