Hiring a Home Inspector for Investment Properties

[Christopher Lessing]

Hey Guys and Gals,

I just wanted to start a poll of sorts. I am interested in how many of you hire an inspector to check out investment properties before you buy? For fix-and-flip, do most folks just ask their general contractor to come to the property to asses the cost to rehab? Would you pay for them to do this?

For buy-and-hold I would assume you hire an inspector unless you have been in the industry long enough. I think it's always nice to have  another set of eyes look over the property before you buy. 

I am really interested to hear what the seasoned veterans are doing, I have a feeling something like a home inspection doesn't make the pre-purchase check list, but I may be wrong...