inspections and offers

[William MacBride]

Hi I'm just wondering if you should get a house inspected always BEFORE you make an offer to the seller. Just today I talked to a guy who's selling his house FSBO and I asked him if he gotten the house inspected. He didn't seem to know what I was talking about. I wasn't so sure myself if I should do that before I make the offer, or if he should already have, or what. I assume you get a building inspector in there for the 300 dollars, and either the seller or the buyer pays for it, then you make the offer. Is that pretty much how it works?

Will