Lead paint inspection before buying an investment property

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Originally Posted by BigDGeek

it does have asbestos insulation on a flue pipe in the attic. Big deal! Unless you pole-dance on the flue pipe or lick it, it's totally harmless.

At least encapsulate/encase the pipe with something to prevent fiber release. Its not harmless. Drafts in the attic will cause the microscopic fibers (you cant see them) to go all over you attic and draft into your home. People walking through the attic will also track it into your living area.

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Originally Posted by BigDGeek

This.

My house tested negative for lead (built in 1957) but it does have asbestos insulation on a flue pipe in the attic. Big deal! Unless you pole-dance on the flue pipe or lick it, it's totally harmless.

Reminds me of an episode of "Holmes Inspection." Now, I like Mike Holmes and watched all his shows, but he got overly dramatic at times, and much of what he did was not really realistic in a normal homeowner's budget. In this case, he was going perplexic over a lead drain pipe under a basement sink.

"Lead! Lead!"

C'mon, Mike. It's the drain pipe under the basement sink, the last stop before going into the sewer. Nobody's going to be kissing that pipe.

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Originally Posted by Silverfall

So a REALTOR® that has a buyer sign an agreement that they get their commission even if they back out over a contingency is ethical and well trained?

If that is what you are promoting, I'll take my non-REALTOR® status and be thankful I'm not one.

Just saw this above written to me here.

I feel like there is another layer of protection for me in choosing someone already primed with the rules and regs and Code of Ethics. Sure I still have to be detailed and check and recheck myself but it is helpful in a few ways. Sure, some Realtors you wonder how they got there but many I know have really put in the effort to achieve. Seems like an interest in doing the right thing may be as strong as the interest in not being reported to a board.

I know some state's requirements of Realtors can be tougher than the national standards. I used to know great honorable real estate agents and then there seems to have been a push on for all realtor boards in many areas. I just happen to know Realtors whose only personal income is from real estate so they achieved more 'initials' over time as part of that interest and drive. CRS, Broker, etc are good. I don't care whether they have the stager designation.

I have not yet come to a situation where there were real estate agents in an area combined with a house I just had to have.