Sometimes you just have to go with your gut.  As much research as you do, you can not prevent everything that might happen  based on the past, although if we could it might be helpful.

So it is with a house. As many tests as you get, as many second opinions or home inspections, somewhere it still comes down to your gut. Do I care enough to take my chances on this one? I see it all the time with foreclosures. Houses don’t come with manuals or even a history of what’s been done….what a great idea if they did.  HouseFax! For fifteen years as a Realtor I have often remarked that I wish they came with some kind of notes as to what previous owners were thinking when they did certain things.

If they did you would know, when you finally start stripping that horrible ivy wallpaper off the kitchen walls Saturday morning, that previous owners (and how many had there been?) had put their selection right over two more layers of previous wallpapers (because that was easier than stripping the old) and you were in for two days of work instead of the two hours you had managed to set aside. A HouseFax would have told you that!

Anyway, at some point, with as much knowledge as you can glean, you take the plunge and say I’m in. Whatever comes, I will deal. And in the majority of cases, we work it out with our home. I don’t know of many House Counselors, but I guess if there were such a profession, I could be in it. I certainly have done my share of pre-aquisition counseling over the years!