When you are involved in the process of buying a home, it is safe to assume that you will probably find one that you like, make an offer, and purchase it. There are many steps along the way, and more and more buyers in the market today want guarantees. Inspections by structural engineers and environmental specialists often turn up something wrong with the property you want to buy. Many sales have been halted or delayed because asbestos, lead, or radon was found on the property.

If a problem has been found with the property you want to buy, ask yourself two questions:
1) Can the problem be fixed?
2) If so, what will it cost to repair it?

Some of the following problems could keep you from purchasing a property, if:
1) the house rests on a fault line;
2) the water supply is contaminated;
3) there is a severe crack in the foundation;
4) the house is located under electro-magnetic power lines;
5) the house is contaminated with radon gas.

Enlist your real estate agent's help in identifying the existence of any of these problems prior to buying property.

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Eric Lowry
Keller Williams Realty Associate Partners
7395 Kingsgate Way
West Chester, Ohio 45069
Phone #: 513-874-1830
Fax #: 513-842-8684
Email: Eric@LowryTeam.com

"Providing Personal, Professional Real Estate Service" Eric is a full-time real estate professional specializing in the sale of existing and new construction homes in the Cincinnati, West Chester, Beckett Ridge and Liberty Township, Ohio areas. Eric is also very experienced in working with relocating clients searching for a home in West Chester, Mason & Liberty Township and in working with their relocation companies. In today's real estate market "Experience Counts"!