Here we answer questions about getting a home or commercial inspection, give tips on home maintenance, and share our knowledge about common home and commercial property issues. We are here to help you. If you can’t find an answer to your questions here, you can always contact us via our contact page.
Some of the most expensive problems in Memphis real estate aren’t visible from the sidewalk, the crawlspace, or even the basement. They’re buried. Abandoned underground storage tanks (USTs)—often old heating oil tanks—still exist beneath many older homes in Memphis. They’re forgotten, undocumented, and in some cases actively leaking. When they
Oak Ridge houses don’t lie — but they do assume you know their history. If you inspect enough homes here, you stop treating them like normal mid-century builds and start treating them like government artifacts that were never meant to last this long without serious modification. The “E-houses,” “F-houses,” and
Multifamily properties can look better on paper than they do in real life. The rent roll may look solid. The occupancy rate may look acceptable. The exterior may present well enough from the parking lot. A few renovated units may photograph nicely for the listing. On the surface, the deal
Warehouse and industrial buildings are often sold by the square foot. But buyers should be careful. In industrial real estate, square footage is only part of the story. The real question is whether the building can support the intended use without creating major repair costs, operational problems, safety concerns, or
Churches, schools, nonprofit campuses, and institutional properties are different from ordinary commercial buildings. They are not just assets on a balance sheet. They are places where people gather, worship, learn, work, volunteer, serve, and build community. Decisions about these properties are rarely made by one person sitting behind a desk.
Deferred Maintenance Is Not Just “Old Stuff” Deferred maintenance is one of those polite phrases that sounds cleaner than what it usually means in the field. In plain language, it means the property has been asking for money for a long time, and somebody kept delaying the answer. It may
A West Tennessee Home Inspection Is Not Just a List of Broken Things Most buyers open a home inspection report and see a list of defects. That is understandable because inspection reports are usually organized by system: roof, exterior, structure, electrical, plumbing, HVAC, attic, crawlspace, interior, and so on. That
Permanent Change of Station moves don’t happen on a buyer’s schedule. They happen on the Army’s. When families are reassigned to Fort Knox, many purchases are made from hundreds — sometimes thousands — of miles away. That reality changes what a home inspection needs to accomplish, especially in Radcliff, Vine
Unlike offices or apartments, storage units don’t have conditioned interiors buffering the building from the environment. Exterior walls, roofs, doors, and slabs are exposed to daily thermal swings, moisture cycles, and wind loads without much moderation. Inspectors pay close attention to: Small construction shortcuts that would be hidden inside a
Homes built before 1950 have a pull that’s hard to explain if you haven’t lived in one. Solid materials, real craftsmanship, established neighborhoods—there’s a reason buyers are drawn to them. Many of these homes have already outlasted several generations of newer construction. But age changes the inspection conversation. When we
Ceiling stains are liars. They tell you something happened — but not when, not where, and definitely not whether it’s still happening. That’s why I never stop at “old water stain” and move on. Water doesn’t show up on ceilings by accident. And it rarely shows up only once. Why
Fireplaces lull people into a false sense of safety. They’re quiet. They’re familiar. They look solid. And most of the year, they just sit there doing nothing. Which is exactly why damper problems get missed — sometimes for decades. Until someone lights a fire. What the Damper Is Supposed to
