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Standing Out in Ohio Podcast — 241 episodes

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You Can Choose Any Home Inspector You Want

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Your Inspection Report Is For You Not Your Lender

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You Deserve Answers Before You Buy

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What Does Professionalism Really Mean In Home Inspections

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Small Home Problems That Become Big Repairs

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When Experience Turns Into Stagnation In Home Services

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A Single Review Request Reveals A Big Business Gap

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Two Weeks Away And The Business Still Runs

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Why Every New Home Needs A Thorough Inspection

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Humidity, Dew Point, And Your Home

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From Resolutions To Results: Home And Business Wins

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If You Ignore The Report, You Own The Risk

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Winter Homebuying Advantages Explained

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Winter Marketing Strategies For Service Businesses

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Stop Using Ozone For Mold And Start Fixing Moisture

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Why Testing New Builds For VOCs And Mold Protects Your Health

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Don’t Pay Your Contractor Until An Independent Inspector Checks The Work

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Sewer Gas, Fake Receipts, And The Case For Rechecks

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A Buyer’s Report Should Never Be Shared Without Consent

20

Frozen Pipes, Costly Lessons

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Solar Panels And Your Roof Timeline

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Stop Guessing: VOC Testing And Mold Testing Do Not Measure The Same Thing

23

Home Inspections, Safety Rules, And What Stops The Job

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Buying A House? Demand Proof That Fixes Are Real

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Estate Home, Hidden Sewer Issue and How a No-Dig Relining Saved Thousands

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Preparing Your House For Winter Starts With Ventilation And Smart Maintenance

27

When A Sump Pump Won’t Rest: Tracing A Costly Underground Water Leak

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No, Radon Isn’t Plotting With Your Gas Stove

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From Tudor Hearths to Safe Chimneys: Heat, History, and How Not to Burn Your House Down

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Chimney Scopes, House Fires, Hard Truths

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Why You Need an Agent: Home Inspection Drama Revealed

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Site Prep Nightmares

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The Danger of Ignoring Your Home Inspection Report

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Build or Buy?

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Seller Meltdowns: When Home Inspections Run Long

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Toxic Houses: Hidden Dangers Homeowners Face

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The Great Buyer Pushback: How Market Dynamics Are Shifting in Ohio and Beyond

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Mold Nightmares in New Construction

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Would $800 Have Saved $323,000?

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Digging Deeper: What Every Rural Property Buyer Needs to Know About Mineral Rights

41

Country Living: The Hidden Costs & Savings

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Why Your House Needs Check-ups More Than Your Car Does

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From Clueless to Closing: How Agents Should Guide Their Clients

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Inspection Waiving Regrets: The Hidden Costs of Skipping Due Diligence

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Inspect Before You Lease

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Clean Air, Healthy Home

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When Technology Outpaces Expectations: The Future of Home Inspections

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Behind the Scenes with Jim and Laura when not working

49

The Three-Peat: Habitation Investigation Wins Best in Midwest Again

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Navigating New Construction: What Every Buyer Should Know About Home Inspections

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Squirrel Damage & $20,000 Regrets

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Decoding Indoor Air Quality: Radon, Mold, and What Really Makes You Sick

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The Forgotten Maintenance That Could Save Your Health And Home

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Sewer Scope Challenges: What Home Inspectors Can and Cannot Do

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Data-Driven Real Estate: Targeting Your Ideal Clients

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Confronting Hidden Home Hazards

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Navigating Real Estate Ethics: Protecting Client Privacy Amid Pressure Tactics

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Become a Savvy Agent with Essential Home Inspection Knowledge

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Join us as an inspector! Locally Driven Success in the Inspection Industry

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Uncovering Hidden Health Hazards and Costly Mistakes in Your Home

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Insights into the ESA Process for Property Transactions

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Residential or commercial Inspector: Navigating Licensing and Regulations for Success

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The Importance of Home Inspections for a Healthier Living Environment

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Uncovering Real Estate Inspection Ethics: Protecting Your Home-Buying Journey

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Fighting Electrician Scams: Protecting Your Home and Spirit, Holiday Shopping Fun

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Uncovering Hidden Home Hazards: The Importance of Regular Inspections

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Mastering Customer Reviews: Navigating Feedback and Standing Out in a Competitive Market

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Mastering Real Estate Transactions: Managing Expectations and Preparing for Home Inspections

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The Art of Hiring: Navigating Challenges and Strategies in the Home Inspection Industry

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The journey of Selling Our Family Home After 22 Years

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Navigating Condo Associations: Avoiding Financial Surprises and Protecting Your Investment

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Handling Home Inspection Drama: Lessons Regarding Furnace Age

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Staying Calm and the Importance of Home Inspections in Real Estate Transactions

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Guarding Against Misunderstandings: Protecting Your Reputation in Real Estate

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From Mechanicsburg to the Woods: Building Our Dream Home and Thriving in Business

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Unconventional Business Ventures: Turning Challenges into Opportunities

77

Real Estate Ethics and Legal Pitfalls Revealed

78

Unexpected Home Hazards: Our Journey from Building a Home to Finding Pigs in the Basement

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Dealing with Contract Fallout: A Homebuyer's Guide

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De-Evolution and Safety: Are We Regressing and Endangering Ourselves?

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The ROI of Comprehensive Home Inspections

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Reputation at Stake Why Agents Should Advocate Inspections

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Ways to increase your business Strategies to Stand Out and Succeed

84

New Houses Aren't Perfect

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Real Estate Inspections: Balancing Safety, Credibility, and Buyer Expectations

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The Mysteries of Rural Well Water Systems: Maintenance, Troubleshooting, and Navigating Pump Malfunctions

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Inspection Illusions and Honest Advice with Laura

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The Critical Goal and Scope of Sewer Scope Inspections

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Fortifying Your Home: Insider Tips on Mouse-Proofing and Construction Insights

90

Reclaiming Your Home from Pests: DIY and Eco-Friendly Strategies

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Manufactured homes and getting those engineer certifications

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Unveiling the Hidden Dangers of Poor Indoor Air Quality and Leasing Pitfalls in Real Estate

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Reduce Agent Liability by Ensuring Consumption of Reports

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Riding the Wave: Examining Ohio's Real Estate Legislative Changes and Their Impact on Wholesaling

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What Does a Long Home Inspection Mean for Ohio Agents, Buyers and Sellers

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The Ripple Effects of New Real Estate Laws in Ohio

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Teach Your Buyers to pick best time for themselves and we do the rest

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Phase One Inspections what and why

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Are gaps under the doors OK?

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Agent was mad because the buyer was concerned. Really?

101

Setting yourself up for lifelong success

102

Are termite inspections in the Winter needed

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Winter means more time to improve your business

104

Bill Evans of Auction Ohio How Agents Benefit by Working with Them

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Winter is for gaining and growth

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Passive radon systems during new construction

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Getting the home ready for inspections and a house build update

108

Commercial building inspection differences from residential

109

Update on the story of telling a client what they need to get

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4 stories of inspectors behaving badly

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Caution Telling clients what they do and do not need to know

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Myra Schuerer Elections and Setting Expectations

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People asking for discounts and lower percentage of sales amount from agents

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Thoughts on liability when everyone comes to the home inspection

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What are the plans with the land in McArthur Ohio

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A misconception that many home buyers have and link to educational video for buyers

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How short inspection timelines are affecting agents and buyers and what to do about it

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Are 40 percent of agents leaving real estate and how Habitation Investigation helps agents market

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Update to ethics complaint and other things to think about

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Two real estate agents are upset and here is what happened

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Mortgage company asks questions regarding well water and well gard

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Fire truck and AEP paid a visit

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State Bill to make home inspections a right

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Megan of Purple Powered Pipe People

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Cisterns What are they and special concerns

126

Know Like and Trust and the Blind Squirrel Theory

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For Home Buyers, What to Expect from a Home Inspection

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Your most valuable asset, yourself

129

Trothwood Forest

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Board of Realtors email regarding showing issues

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Lessons from a review of our home inspection company

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More Ways to Utilize a Home Inspectors Services

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Having a license is not enough for quality work in any field

134

Good or bad inspection reports the definition needs changed

135

How to better deal with appraiser requests

136

Day in the life of a home inspector

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Confidentiality issue with home inspection reports

138

Recent questions we received Sumps, adding a bathroom, walk and talk

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More Homebuyers Are Blaming Their Agents — And Hauling Them To Court

140

Meet Kathleen Radcliff

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Judy Wilson Client Care is the Name of the Game

142

Mike Janszen

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In Minnesota radon testing down 40% why

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What can it say if your agent tries force you to use a specific company

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Awesome bad reasons to skip home inspections

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Inspector or agent failure on the furnace

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Well Protection with Gary Baker

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Dianna Silver of Advantage Home Warranty - Top rated warranty company

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Home buyers remorse How agents can help prevent

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Access issues that make listing agents look bad

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Keeping Things Local and Safer for Agents and Home Buyers

152

The Class Agents Should Have All of Their Clients Take

153

New home construction and demand with Kristy Reynolds Rafiyq of DR Horton

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When do you turn on the furnace? Jim and Laura debate

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Some historical homes we have inspected

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Some surprising things that home inspectors do not do

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Was this feedback really reflective of us?

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Recent things that agents need to know

159

Mold remediation failure verified by clearance testing, Ep 83

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Is it a conflict of interest if a home inspector inspects a home their spouse is an agent for

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Chimney Scoping and Chimney Fire information

162

$11K fine for real estate agents

163

Letter from the State regarding doing code inspections on new builds

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Agent is upset over a small gas leak and the speed of notification

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A buyer buys a home without having her own agent bad idea

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Katie Frac and Landis Making home ownership possible for more people

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Ryan Miracle FHA VA vs Conventional Loans

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Are the sellers properly notified? This seller was not regarding time and who will be there

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State Board Meeting Walk and Talks are Dead

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Why was the furnace not covered by the warranty?

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How to help keep home buyers from freaking out

172

Pet peeves inspectors have against agents

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How to help prevent a home inspector from missing things

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Walk and talk inspections are a bad idea and a liability to everyone

175

Commercial building inspections, some ways they are different

176

Should you trust the home inspection company your agent gives you

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Amanda Gibbs Cincinnati Agent

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Did this mold remediation company do it right?

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Bri Foreman Raver Discusses preapproval and mortgages

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Is your agent leading you astray? 3 Red Flags to watch out for

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Well Inspections with a warranty by Habitation Investigation

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Alicia Garner of Mainstream Realty Pros

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Reassignment Inspections

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A home flipper needed VOC testing a could not find help until us

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Rodents is that part of the home inspection

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Information needed to schedule a home inspection

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Reasons to have rental property inspections

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Scary and Creepy Things Found during home inspections

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Did someone die in your house?

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Do you have to disclose if a home is haunted

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Ways to Avoid Home buyers Remorse

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Maintenance Inspections

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How Listing Agents Fail Their Home Sellers

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What Agents Need to Know because Home Inspector Licensing Starts July 1

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Eddie Knezevich West Point Financial Group and Next Level Continuing Education

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Buying Commando and the Commando Home buyer class

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Post Purchase Home Inspections

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Letter from the State Regarding Home inspection standards and scheduling

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Lessons Learned from 2020

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Chef Tammy Kaiser

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What home buyers should do during a home inspection

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Walter McCormick AirBNB and Things to Consider

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Theresa Barron Mindset and Taking Control of Ones Life via Real Estate

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Ways Home Buyers Wreck Deals Ep 38

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Home buyer podcast seminar part 4 Title and appraisal

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Home buyer podcast seminar part 3 Inspections

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Home buyer podcast seminar Part 2 find a real estate agent, a home and offers

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Home buyer podcast seminar part 1 Why buy a home, your credit

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Sewer scope VS Smoke test Jim and Laura Discuss

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Heather Dunn, her love of historic homes and her genuine approach.

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Liz Payne talks about some surprising coverage for home owners insurance Ep 31

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Agents Need to Know about Radon

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Does Your Home Inspector Need to be Licensed in Ohio yet? Not yet.

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Jim and Laura discuss VOC testing and share some stories

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What is Indoor Air Quality? Ep 27

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Zach Duffey of Mold Mentor discusses mold remediation and what agents need to know. Ep 26

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Our Bi-lingual inspector, VOC tests, Hennesy House, EMF, helping other agents ep 25

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Chris Sauerzopf, World Class Title and Safewire ep24

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Jim and Laura Crawl space nastiness and new advanced radon monitors

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Josh Hively of Columbus, Ohio We Buy Ugly Houses

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Use the time of Corona to get your home ready to sell, free disinfectant application. Ep 21

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Adam Ashba of Ashmont Realty discusses how they are doing thing differently

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Tracy Keffer Selling Homes in the time of Covid-19 and how she discovered us. Ep 19

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Byron Diaz, Bilingual Real Estate Agent in Columbus / Central Ohio. Personal Focus on clients

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Habitation Happenings, Free disinfectant for clients, Spanish speaking inspector and agreement Ep 17

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Aaron Cropper of Buckeye Sky Media, Real Estate Photos and Aerial Photography

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Judi Wilson, HER London, More bang for your buck out in the country. Ep 15

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Brooke Georgiton, Her caring approach and staying organized as you grow. Ep 14

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Covid 19 Stay at Home Order and Habitation Happenings March 22

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Katie of The Chimney Guys gives a great tip and they save money and deals

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Habitation Happenings (everyone kicked out of house) March 14 Ep 11

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Feedback Regarding Home buying From a First Time Home Buyer Ep 10

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Arron Day discusses radon testing, myths and the Breeze equipment

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Bobby Wright regarding Roof Maxx and saving real estate deals and roofs Ep 8

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Laura and Jim discuss how agents can increase closings with clients. Ep 7

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Jim Troth, Regarding Goal setting and reviewing them. Ep 6

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Trish Morrow, World Class Title, Standing Out in Ohio Ep 5

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Katie Milgate, Standing Out in Ohio Podcast, Real Producers

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Candace Neff, Standing Out in Ohio Podcast, Giving Back One House at a Time

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Nathan Price; Standing Out in Ohio

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Standing Out episode with Laura Troth