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Standing Out in Ohio Podcast — 241 episodes
You Can Choose Any Home Inspector You Want
Your Inspection Report Is For You Not Your Lender
You Deserve Answers Before You Buy
What Does Professionalism Really Mean In Home Inspections
Small Home Problems That Become Big Repairs
When Experience Turns Into Stagnation In Home Services
A Single Review Request Reveals A Big Business Gap
Two Weeks Away And The Business Still Runs
Why Every New Home Needs A Thorough Inspection
Humidity, Dew Point, And Your Home
From Resolutions To Results: Home And Business Wins
If You Ignore The Report, You Own The Risk
Winter Homebuying Advantages Explained
Winter Marketing Strategies For Service Businesses
Stop Using Ozone For Mold And Start Fixing Moisture
Why Testing New Builds For VOCs And Mold Protects Your Health
Don’t Pay Your Contractor Until An Independent Inspector Checks The Work
Sewer Gas, Fake Receipts, And The Case For Rechecks
A Buyer’s Report Should Never Be Shared Without Consent
Frozen Pipes, Costly Lessons
Solar Panels And Your Roof Timeline
Stop Guessing: VOC Testing And Mold Testing Do Not Measure The Same Thing
Home Inspections, Safety Rules, And What Stops The Job
Buying A House? Demand Proof That Fixes Are Real
Estate Home, Hidden Sewer Issue and How a No-Dig Relining Saved Thousands
Preparing Your House For Winter Starts With Ventilation And Smart Maintenance
When A Sump Pump Won’t Rest: Tracing A Costly Underground Water Leak
No, Radon Isn’t Plotting With Your Gas Stove
From Tudor Hearths to Safe Chimneys: Heat, History, and How Not to Burn Your House Down
Chimney Scopes, House Fires, Hard Truths
Why You Need an Agent: Home Inspection Drama Revealed
Site Prep Nightmares
The Danger of Ignoring Your Home Inspection Report
Build or Buy?
Seller Meltdowns: When Home Inspections Run Long
Toxic Houses: Hidden Dangers Homeowners Face
The Great Buyer Pushback: How Market Dynamics Are Shifting in Ohio and Beyond
Mold Nightmares in New Construction
Would $800 Have Saved $323,000?
Digging Deeper: What Every Rural Property Buyer Needs to Know About Mineral Rights
Country Living: The Hidden Costs & Savings
Why Your House Needs Check-ups More Than Your Car Does
From Clueless to Closing: How Agents Should Guide Their Clients
Inspection Waiving Regrets: The Hidden Costs of Skipping Due Diligence
Inspect Before You Lease
Clean Air, Healthy Home
When Technology Outpaces Expectations: The Future of Home Inspections
Behind the Scenes with Jim and Laura when not working
The Three-Peat: Habitation Investigation Wins Best in Midwest Again
Navigating New Construction: What Every Buyer Should Know About Home Inspections
Squirrel Damage & $20,000 Regrets
Decoding Indoor Air Quality: Radon, Mold, and What Really Makes You Sick
The Forgotten Maintenance That Could Save Your Health And Home
Sewer Scope Challenges: What Home Inspectors Can and Cannot Do
Data-Driven Real Estate: Targeting Your Ideal Clients
Confronting Hidden Home Hazards
Navigating Real Estate Ethics: Protecting Client Privacy Amid Pressure Tactics
Become a Savvy Agent with Essential Home Inspection Knowledge
Join us as an inspector! Locally Driven Success in the Inspection Industry
Uncovering Hidden Health Hazards and Costly Mistakes in Your Home
Insights into the ESA Process for Property Transactions
Residential or commercial Inspector: Navigating Licensing and Regulations for Success
The Importance of Home Inspections for a Healthier Living Environment
Uncovering Real Estate Inspection Ethics: Protecting Your Home-Buying Journey
Fighting Electrician Scams: Protecting Your Home and Spirit, Holiday Shopping Fun
Uncovering Hidden Home Hazards: The Importance of Regular Inspections
Mastering Customer Reviews: Navigating Feedback and Standing Out in a Competitive Market
Mastering Real Estate Transactions: Managing Expectations and Preparing for Home Inspections
The Art of Hiring: Navigating Challenges and Strategies in the Home Inspection Industry
The journey of Selling Our Family Home After 22 Years
Navigating Condo Associations: Avoiding Financial Surprises and Protecting Your Investment
Handling Home Inspection Drama: Lessons Regarding Furnace Age
Staying Calm and the Importance of Home Inspections in Real Estate Transactions
Guarding Against Misunderstandings: Protecting Your Reputation in Real Estate
From Mechanicsburg to the Woods: Building Our Dream Home and Thriving in Business
Unconventional Business Ventures: Turning Challenges into Opportunities
Real Estate Ethics and Legal Pitfalls Revealed
Unexpected Home Hazards: Our Journey from Building a Home to Finding Pigs in the Basement
Dealing with Contract Fallout: A Homebuyer's Guide
De-Evolution and Safety: Are We Regressing and Endangering Ourselves?
The ROI of Comprehensive Home Inspections
Reputation at Stake Why Agents Should Advocate Inspections
Ways to increase your business Strategies to Stand Out and Succeed
New Houses Aren't Perfect
Real Estate Inspections: Balancing Safety, Credibility, and Buyer Expectations
The Mysteries of Rural Well Water Systems: Maintenance, Troubleshooting, and Navigating Pump Malfunctions
Inspection Illusions and Honest Advice with Laura
The Critical Goal and Scope of Sewer Scope Inspections
Fortifying Your Home: Insider Tips on Mouse-Proofing and Construction Insights
Reclaiming Your Home from Pests: DIY and Eco-Friendly Strategies
Manufactured homes and getting those engineer certifications
Unveiling the Hidden Dangers of Poor Indoor Air Quality and Leasing Pitfalls in Real Estate
Reduce Agent Liability by Ensuring Consumption of Reports
Riding the Wave: Examining Ohio's Real Estate Legislative Changes and Their Impact on Wholesaling
What Does a Long Home Inspection Mean for Ohio Agents, Buyers and Sellers
The Ripple Effects of New Real Estate Laws in Ohio
Teach Your Buyers to pick best time for themselves and we do the rest
Phase One Inspections what and why
Are gaps under the doors OK?
Agent was mad because the buyer was concerned. Really?
Setting yourself up for lifelong success
Are termite inspections in the Winter needed
Winter means more time to improve your business
Bill Evans of Auction Ohio How Agents Benefit by Working with Them
Winter is for gaining and growth
Passive radon systems during new construction
Getting the home ready for inspections and a house build update
Commercial building inspection differences from residential
Update on the story of telling a client what they need to get
4 stories of inspectors behaving badly
Caution Telling clients what they do and do not need to know
Myra Schuerer Elections and Setting Expectations
People asking for discounts and lower percentage of sales amount from agents
Thoughts on liability when everyone comes to the home inspection
What are the plans with the land in McArthur Ohio
A misconception that many home buyers have and link to educational video for buyers
How short inspection timelines are affecting agents and buyers and what to do about it
Are 40 percent of agents leaving real estate and how Habitation Investigation helps agents market
Update to ethics complaint and other things to think about
Two real estate agents are upset and here is what happened
Mortgage company asks questions regarding well water and well gard
Fire truck and AEP paid a visit
State Bill to make home inspections a right
Megan of Purple Powered Pipe People
Cisterns What are they and special concerns
Know Like and Trust and the Blind Squirrel Theory
For Home Buyers, What to Expect from a Home Inspection
Your most valuable asset, yourself
Trothwood Forest
Board of Realtors email regarding showing issues
Lessons from a review of our home inspection company
More Ways to Utilize a Home Inspectors Services
Having a license is not enough for quality work in any field
Good or bad inspection reports the definition needs changed
How to better deal with appraiser requests
Day in the life of a home inspector
Confidentiality issue with home inspection reports
Recent questions we received Sumps, adding a bathroom, walk and talk
More Homebuyers Are Blaming Their Agents — And Hauling Them To Court
Meet Kathleen Radcliff
Judy Wilson Client Care is the Name of the Game
Mike Janszen
In Minnesota radon testing down 40% why
What can it say if your agent tries force you to use a specific company
Awesome bad reasons to skip home inspections
Inspector or agent failure on the furnace
Well Protection with Gary Baker
Dianna Silver of Advantage Home Warranty - Top rated warranty company
Home buyers remorse How agents can help prevent
Access issues that make listing agents look bad
Keeping Things Local and Safer for Agents and Home Buyers
The Class Agents Should Have All of Their Clients Take
New home construction and demand with Kristy Reynolds Rafiyq of DR Horton
When do you turn on the furnace? Jim and Laura debate
Some historical homes we have inspected
Some surprising things that home inspectors do not do
Was this feedback really reflective of us?
Recent things that agents need to know
Mold remediation failure verified by clearance testing, Ep 83
Is it a conflict of interest if a home inspector inspects a home their spouse is an agent for
Chimney Scoping and Chimney Fire information
$11K fine for real estate agents
Letter from the State regarding doing code inspections on new builds
Agent is upset over a small gas leak and the speed of notification
A buyer buys a home without having her own agent bad idea
Katie Frac and Landis Making home ownership possible for more people
Ryan Miracle FHA VA vs Conventional Loans
Are the sellers properly notified? This seller was not regarding time and who will be there
State Board Meeting Walk and Talks are Dead
Why was the furnace not covered by the warranty?
How to help keep home buyers from freaking out
Pet peeves inspectors have against agents
How to help prevent a home inspector from missing things
Walk and talk inspections are a bad idea and a liability to everyone
Commercial building inspections, some ways they are different
Should you trust the home inspection company your agent gives you
Amanda Gibbs Cincinnati Agent
Did this mold remediation company do it right?
Bri Foreman Raver Discusses preapproval and mortgages
Is your agent leading you astray? 3 Red Flags to watch out for
Well Inspections with a warranty by Habitation Investigation
Alicia Garner of Mainstream Realty Pros
Reassignment Inspections
A home flipper needed VOC testing a could not find help until us
Rodents is that part of the home inspection
Information needed to schedule a home inspection
Reasons to have rental property inspections
Scary and Creepy Things Found during home inspections
Did someone die in your house?
Do you have to disclose if a home is haunted
Ways to Avoid Home buyers Remorse
Maintenance Inspections
How Listing Agents Fail Their Home Sellers
What Agents Need to Know because Home Inspector Licensing Starts July 1
Eddie Knezevich West Point Financial Group and Next Level Continuing Education
Buying Commando and the Commando Home buyer class
Post Purchase Home Inspections
Letter from the State Regarding Home inspection standards and scheduling
Lessons Learned from 2020
Chef Tammy Kaiser
What home buyers should do during a home inspection
Walter McCormick AirBNB and Things to Consider
Theresa Barron Mindset and Taking Control of Ones Life via Real Estate
Ways Home Buyers Wreck Deals Ep 38
Home buyer podcast seminar part 4 Title and appraisal
Home buyer podcast seminar part 3 Inspections
Home buyer podcast seminar Part 2 find a real estate agent, a home and offers
Home buyer podcast seminar part 1 Why buy a home, your credit
Sewer scope VS Smoke test Jim and Laura Discuss
Heather Dunn, her love of historic homes and her genuine approach.
Liz Payne talks about some surprising coverage for home owners insurance Ep 31
Agents Need to Know about Radon
Does Your Home Inspector Need to be Licensed in Ohio yet? Not yet.
Jim and Laura discuss VOC testing and share some stories
What is Indoor Air Quality? Ep 27
Zach Duffey of Mold Mentor discusses mold remediation and what agents need to know. Ep 26
Our Bi-lingual inspector, VOC tests, Hennesy House, EMF, helping other agents ep 25
Chris Sauerzopf, World Class Title and Safewire ep24
Jim and Laura Crawl space nastiness and new advanced radon monitors
Josh Hively of Columbus, Ohio We Buy Ugly Houses
Use the time of Corona to get your home ready to sell, free disinfectant application. Ep 21
Adam Ashba of Ashmont Realty discusses how they are doing thing differently
Tracy Keffer Selling Homes in the time of Covid-19 and how she discovered us. Ep 19
Byron Diaz, Bilingual Real Estate Agent in Columbus / Central Ohio. Personal Focus on clients
Habitation Happenings, Free disinfectant for clients, Spanish speaking inspector and agreement Ep 17
Aaron Cropper of Buckeye Sky Media, Real Estate Photos and Aerial Photography
Judi Wilson, HER London, More bang for your buck out in the country. Ep 15
Brooke Georgiton, Her caring approach and staying organized as you grow. Ep 14
Covid 19 Stay at Home Order and Habitation Happenings March 22
Katie of The Chimney Guys gives a great tip and they save money and deals
Habitation Happenings (everyone kicked out of house) March 14 Ep 11
Feedback Regarding Home buying From a First Time Home Buyer Ep 10
Arron Day discusses radon testing, myths and the Breeze equipment
Bobby Wright regarding Roof Maxx and saving real estate deals and roofs Ep 8
Laura and Jim discuss how agents can increase closings with clients. Ep 7
Jim Troth, Regarding Goal setting and reviewing them. Ep 6
Trish Morrow, World Class Title, Standing Out in Ohio Ep 5
Katie Milgate, Standing Out in Ohio Podcast, Real Producers
Candace Neff, Standing Out in Ohio Podcast, Giving Back One House at a Time
Nathan Price; Standing Out in Ohio
Standing Out episode with Laura Troth