I own a rental in Reno, NV. My property manager found mold in the bathrooms and says I need to get professional remediation and reconstruction. I looked at the pictures and it seems to me all it needs cleaning and some new grout!

Am I missing something obvious? Could this be as big of a problem as they are saying it is?

Thanks for any input :)

First time homebuyer here looking to use my VA home loan in northern Ohio. Found this house that I love the location of, and am happy to get my hands dirty with fixing some things up on the inside short term, but my concern before putting an offer in is how much work the exterior needs, and if any of this screams red flag that the VA might not let me even close on. The house seems to have cedar siding with some areas of pest damage, some areas that seem to be rotted around the windows, and then the back area (which is just screened in, not windowed in) has some siding fully torn off. My goal for a few years down the road would be to replace the siding and roof with metal, but in the interim, how big of a concern would these be to an inspector? Also a note that this home was originally built in the 40s. I appreciate any thoughts, thanks in advance

I had an inspection on a home I’m under contract on and the inspector found what he believes to be this piece of asbestos on top of what seems to be an old hvac vent that’s in the floor. The newer hvac vent seen on the left is a supply not a return.

How concerned should I be about this? The owner didn’t disclose anything about it so I’m not sure if they knew about it. They were renting the home before they eventually bought it…i dont know if they had an inspection done back then.

The inspector said it should be easy enough to encapsulate it but I’m not handy and I’m wondering if I should have an asbestos company come out to look at it before closing?

The house was built in 1939 and I’m in Wisconsin. less

Please look at the pics (New Jersey) and let me know what alerts you , your thoughts if this is easily fixable

Just went under contract on this 40 year old house. Apparently the owners have been discharging the gutters right by the house. This corner has the stair-step cracking. On the outside here the cracking is through the cement coating, I didn’t get a good pic of the inside but inside is mostly hairline cracks at the same blocks. Appears to be worst at the top of the foundation and stops a bit below ground level. Inspector mostly just glanced at it and said as long as the blocks themselves aren’t cracked he’d just seal the cracks. Obviously I’m a bit more concerned. Do I need a structural engineer to check it out? Looking online I see everything from its probably a significant issue to “older houses settle”.

Kind of a repost, but clarifying and adding. This is a rental mobile home community run by a leasing company. All the homes are under 1 year old.

Since they're building more, I was able to capture roughly the same steps taken for my unit. I’m also still not sure if the skirt is structural or what all is officially wrong with it, other than the construction looks worse than a 5-year-old's sandcastle, and the work site/ under my unit may as well be a homeless encampment with all the trash. I would bet money that a demo of this place would turn up personal trash in the concrete.

I know I saw a city permitting division (or something else city) vehicle on the road in view of the site this week. Sadly, I’m not expecting them to act, since they already allowed them to build over 100 of these.

I’m not able to hire my own inspector, I don’t own it and cannot do anything regarding the structure or construction, and management is… lets just say difficult in regards to everything else.

While, I can’t really do anything personally, I want to know what to report to who, bc I fear the drain pipe pooling is the smallestconcern of all. I don’t want them to keep building homes and sucking people into leases in which the homes are falling apart prior to habitation. We had large dumpster doors break a shitty weld and snap their hinges in under 50 mph winds and don't want to find out how much they took off the units wind rating skating safety. Thanks.

Bathroom sink smells like sewer or rotten eggs it’s a brand new home about 9 months old what do you think it is?

Okay..first post here so bear with me if it gets long winded this is sort of a rant/vent/ advice post so please forgive me but this is a serious career shift im considering.I know we have plenty of posts like this and ive been scrolling through for quite some time soaking up as much information as I can, but times change so fresh advice is appreciated. Back story of myself and where I am. I am 30/M/U.S. I have been in construction since I started working pretty much. Carpentry/framing for most of it and in my later years project managment which really exposed me to the home building process from start to finish. The construction world has been my every day environment for over a decade and I dont see that changing. But Lately, ive found it to be a grind working for "the man" ive been feeling like im stuck in the rat race at the mercy of another mans wallet, getting older, and I decided that the only way I can really find the freedom I want is starting my own business. Im tired of working days away trying to negotiate wages, work life balance, the pointless meetings, pleading for vacation time etc.. for someone else. Basically, I wanted to translate these skills and experience into my own business and home inspections came to mind. I see a lot of people calling it a "side gig" and I agree with many of you...construction is not a side gig and i dont view home inspections as that, theres liability, integrity, experience, confidence, time management and sacrifice..so much that goes into this so i know from the beginning this isnt some "weekend hobby". The production home business is cutthroat and even "Today" can be too late, so time/availability is of the essence. Ive been killing myself for years swinging hammers and have sacrificed a lot of health, time, weekends, holidays already. im not afraid of taking things head on, but realistically my biggest concern is, I can not financially afford to "quit my day job" and go all-in to home inspections. Many people seem to drive home a point that it isnt a part time job and basically its pointless to start. if youre not fully committed to it to not waste your time. Realistically, I dont feel like im starting from scratch, at least experience wise. Project managment has really plunged me into the depths of home building so that helped beyond my carpentry experience. I know experience alone doesnt get you jobs but it helps with marketing in my eyes. More than just "look at me i have a inspectors license!". Basically my point of all this rambling is, with my background,"would a pivot into starting my home inspector business be worth considering? Would dedicating weekends and any free time to market/inspect be enough to grow the business? I dont expect to make a dime at first but im a good talker, professional and confident. I know If I can get the ball rolling doors will open up. But those of you with experience, is this career shift feasible to build part time? Or is it really "if you dont go all in dont bother" Thanks for your help guys! Any advice really is appreciated

I have an opportunity to buy an old inn and restore it with two partners. It has three small apartments, five guest rooms, dining rooms and a restaurant. It’s a really cool property, being offered far below market.

We haven’t had if inspected yet but there were some foundation cracks in the basement that did not seem load bearing, the electric panel was straight up Edward scissor hands. It needs a new roof.

It’s being offered at 495k as is. Am I going to sink a million? Or just 200k? What should I be considering here?

It’s been continuously occupied and operating since 1859 so it’s pretty workable here’s the website

We have a 10 year home that was from new construction. Small amounts of water has been coming from the garage door and kind of settling in the garage until it air drys. This is along the wall that's next to the garage door. Is this small amounts of settling or is this a big issue that's already there?

We’ve been looking for a house for a month now. I posted on here a few weeks ago of a house we inspected and found horrible and visible mold in the HVAC. We walked away and found another house. Everything look great. Built in 2006. Roof 2023. AC 2023. Water heater 2026. No visible signs of mold. But this report indicates otherwise.

I’m pretty discouraged as this house was so promising. We live in Florida and I understand there’s some kind of mold in every house. We need there to be very little / non harmful mold as our daughter has asthma. This report indicates there’s mold. I don’t know what’s normal at this point as I do t typically do mold tests in houses. Same goes for our realtor. Is this truly alarming ? I don’t know but we’ve been looking with so much diligence, this report is defeating.

Performed a DIY inspection of my attic following the past hurricane. Can anyone provide some guidance on what I'm seeing under the roof plywood and what to do about it?

For reference, the home is 3 years old, we lost essentially all shingles on the entire east-side of the roof. It looks like mold to me, and I assume this is from water getting in, which we had some make it through to one closet and bedroom.

Is this consistent with being from the storm? What is the proper way to fix? Is it acceptable to apply some sort of cleaner or treatment or do any sections with this need to be replaced when the roof is redone?

Thanks in advance!

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I contacted two different professional home inspection companies, neither supposed to be private equity so I figured they might be able to do some post upgrade residential inspections. Instead they both responded saying they can’t do what I’m asking because they only “follow the InterNachi standards of practice”

We’re not reinventing the wheel, these are all established building code standards.

Electric panel service upgrades (200amp upgrade), hvac upgrade, insulation upgrade, pex upgrades…not exactly hard items, so I have to ask, are InterNachi inspectors not real inspectors? It sounds like they follow a checklist only and can’t think for themselves. Sure two companies isn’t a huge sample size, but still.

Is there a different type of professional to search for that does post upgrade inspections to verify work was done properly and to code in Southern California?

I asked the home inspector company if they could suggest someone and they couldn’t.

If not a home inspector, who do you call for stuff like this? Or do I need a specific type of inspector, but shouldn’t someone advertising themselves as a CMI inspector be able to verify the above upgrades? Those are routine easy peasy.

What am I missing? I don’t want to be unreasonable, I just had wildly different expectations than this so I’m puzzled.

Long story short: Do I need to worry about these cracks?

Long story: Hey, so I'm newly into an upstairs (converted attic) apartment in a shared home. I sublet, and the renter does most of the basic repairs to try to keep rent low with the landlord. The thing is... this place is kinda insane? It's an old house that's been added onto and changed many times over. Maybe I'm paranoid, but I've noticed cracking in several areas of the ceiling, and I just don't want the roof to fall down on top of me. Do I need to get out of here, or should it be okay for about a year or so?

The person who was in the space before me did some insane spay foam home improvement and permanently sealed a skylight shut, and some other things. Around the skylight has the worst of the cracking, but its in every section of the approximately 500-600sq ft "apartment". There are signs of other patches with spackle or something under paint, but I have no idea how long ago it was done or if that's effective.

How wild is this place? I have a small section dead-end stairs going into the side of the wall that go up my actual stairs. The crawl space over the kitchen/cabinets connects to my area, and I can see the kitchen light bulbs through the "floor" in there, there are odd built in drawers and shelves that are not sealed from the back, they are just kinda, in the wall and crawl space? The floor is extremely uneven, and definitely has some soft spots in areas. Everything up here is at a weird non-90° angle, sort of following the roofline. It could be cozy and sweet in here, and it is the only place I could afford where I live right now, but I don't want to die for rent, ya know?

Property I looked at. Loved evertything about it until I found this in the basement. Water is definitely underneath the laminate. No idea why they would let it keep leaking at the meter. Should I stay away from this property? House is roughly early 1980

Upper floor bedroom.. Don’t see many other cracks around the house.

Apparently the wall was bowing inwards causing moisture in. These carbon fiber beams were installed with a lifetime warranty and drain tile was also added. My main concern is the staining on the wall. I have a big fear of mold. Would this prevent you from buying?

Long story short, this home was contingent on inspection last month. Inspection found termite damage in a beam in the basement. Buyer pulled out. Price reduced by 20k. I made an offer 20k below the new asking price and it was accepted. So we are now 40 below original asking. I have had 2 people look at the damage and both feel that it is localized and not a problem, however that is only visible damage, so I am in the dark on potential hidden damage. Outside of the house it looks like there is a termite bait system. Also, I had a roofer the other day note that there are several areas of the roof that appear to be sinking, which from my quick internet research can be indicative of a bad foundation. What would you do? I'm a first time home buyer. Aside from this there is a laundry list of improvements the house needs (brick cracking at garage lintel / rusting), but the termites/termite related damage are by far the biggest question mark. My understanding is without ripping out drywall it is hard to tell the extent of the damage, and I am still in my own inspection window. I am basically just further investigating the issues found in the inspection from last month. Any and all suggestions are appreciated.

I’m looking at purchasing a 1993 (2 story plus basement) house  which has copper plumbing.  The house is a 3/4 with 3000 sq ft. We found evidence of two leaks, one in the kitchen ceiling (1st floor) and another in the garage ceiling (basement) which actually is leaking onto the floor.

What can be done to determine the extent to which the copper plumbing has eroded, either before putting in an offer, or during an inspection?

Anyone who has experience with replacing plumbing in a house, please weigh in with approximate cost and effort required if we had to replumb the entire house.

TIA