• Inspection Drama Costs You Deals,Kathryn Schenk

    Inspection Drama Costs You Deals

    Inspections don’t kill deals. Reactions do. The moment that report lands, the tone of the transaction quietly shifts. Up to that point, everyone has been negotiating toward an outcome. Then a buyer reads a list of defects, often in language designed to sound more alarming than it actually is, and su

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  • Pick Your Battles,Kathryn Schenk

    Pick Your Battles

    Inspection reports have a way of turning rational people into nervous negotiators. A buyer who felt calm and decisive a week ago suddenly wants to fix everything. A seller who expected “a few small things” is now staring at a multi-page list that reads like a forensic audit of their home. Somewhere

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  • Inspection Trap: Why Asking for Everything Leaves You with Less,Kathryn Schenk

    Inspection Trap: Why Asking for Everything Leaves You with Less

    There is a moment in almost every transaction where things begin to wobble. Not collapse, not fail outright, just… wobble. It often happens right after inspections, when the initial excitement has worn off and the reality of the property begins to take shape in a written report full of line items an

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