The Complete Book of Home Inspection
Author: Norman Becker
List Price: $19.95
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ISBN: 0071391258
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional (13 June, 2002)
Sales Rank: 5,305
Average Customer Rating: 3.32 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 5 out of 5
An excellent book for someone buying a home.
Most books of this type are written by people with little understanding of the engineering involved in pre-purchase home inspections. I am a Licensed Professional Engineer involved in pre-purchase home inspections, and have seen many similar books with inaccurate information. This book is written by a Licensed Professional Engineer. For anyone purchasing a home and desiring accurate information, this book is highly recommended!!
Rating: 1 out of 5
This book did not teach me anything I didn't already know
If you are looking for a book that will teach you a lot about real estate and home inspections then this is not the book for you. The chapter information and text content of this book was very basic and did not teach me anything I didn't already learn from other books that were much better. Inspecting homes is something I have done for many years and I would not recommend this book to any customers or contractors. If you know absolutely nothing about real estate then you might learn a few things but not too much.
Rating: 2 out of 5
Not a good reference book for home inspectors.
We have a home inspection business and I read many books on real estate topics. This book was OK but certainly not worth recommending to our inspection clients. Some of the topics discussed are irrelevant to home inspections - such as mold! There were many topics lacking in the amount of information the author provided. Maybe if you don't know anything about houses or construction you might learn a little bit from this book. If you have a novice level of knowledge about house inspections then you should buy a different book since this book won't teach you anything new. Similar Products
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