Buy a House without an Inspection? - at Beyond the College Brochure

Buy a House without an Inspection? If you’ve ever bought a house, you know the dance. You spend your weekends at open houses, walking across polished hardwood floors and admiring the quartz countertops. You check the "must-have" list—maybe for you, it’s a laundry room on the main level because you’re done hauling baskets up from the basement.You compare the school districts. You look at the HOA fees. You imagine your life inside those walls. It’s a game of "Comparison." You’re looking for the best fit from a set of options.But once you find "the one"—before you sign that thirty-year mortgage commitment—you do something very different. You don't call a decorator. You call an inspector. A housing inspector. But a college can "offer" a major the same way a house can "have" a roof. The real question— is whether that roof is going to be there, in good condition, when the storm hits in year three.Families are committing four years of their children’s lives and six figures in college costs on the "curb appeal" of an admissions brochure. They are walking into that  hundred-thousand-dollar contract without ever looking behind the walls.