61: Ins and Outs of Inspections
Hustle Humbly Podcast
Alissa Jenkins & Katy Caldwell
4.9 • 914 Ratings
🗓️ 5 October 2020
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
What's really happening during a home inspection—and how can agents make sure it doesn't blow up the deal? In this episode, Katy and Alissa break down the entire home inspection process from start to finish.
You'll learn how to keep clients calm, avoid inspection surprises, and negotiate repairs strategically. Whether you're dealing with new construction or century-old homes, this guide gives you a full look into how to master inspections with clarity and confidence.
Here's what we cover:
- Why the agent should always schedule the inspection
- What buyers should expect before, during, and after the inspection
- How to handle unrealistic buyer or parent expectations
- Grouping repairs to make requests more manageable
- Negotiating credits vs. demanding repairs
- The risks of poor documentation
- When and why to do inspections on new construction
🎥 Bonus: Watch our Trello board demo for real estate agents!
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"Be The One" by Matrika → https://uppbeat.io/t/matrika/be-the-one
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | You are the boss. |
| 0:01.0 | Yeah. |
| 0:01.6 | And if you are not in control of the situation, the clients will run wild. |
| 0:06.4 | Hi, y'all. |
| 0:06.9 | Welcome to Hustle Humbly. |
| 0:08.1 | It's Alyssa and Katie. |
| 0:09.1 | And we are two top producing realtors in the Baton Rouge market. |
| 0:12.1 | We work for two different companies where we should be competitors, |
| 0:14.6 | but we have chosen community over competition. |
| 0:17.1 | The goal of our podcast is to encourage you to find your own way in business. |
| 0:23.5 | So stop comparing yourself and start embracing your strengths. |
| 0:33.1 | Welcome. Welcome. Okay. All right. Hi. Hello. It's Katie. And Alyssa. Nice to see you, Alyssa. |
| 0:38.1 | You as well. I'm going to try to talk louder today. I'm a little nervous about that. |
| 0:46.6 | It is episode 61. Perfect. Inspections. We get a lot of questions about handling inspections. |
| 0:51.3 | And we do have an episode on client management that definitely falls in line here. |
| 0:55.0 | Yes. And we did touch on some of this during that episode, but we're just going to dedicate this whole episode to inspections, scheduling them, |
| 1:00.8 | handling them, getting your way through them. For sure. It just is what it is. The whole process. |
| 1:06.3 | I think we wanted to have it all in one place, like an open and shut on inspections. That way, even though we're |
| 1:11.8 | repeating some things, it'll be like the whole operation. Yes. Okay. So let's start with |
| 1:17.6 | scheduling the inspection, right? You know that I like to schedule the home inspection. Yep. |
| 1:24.7 | I like to tell them up front, I schedule the home inspection. I will check and see |
| 1:30.9 | what the inspector has available, right? I mean, you're buying house. You might have to take off |
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