All Forum Posts by: Michael King

Last time the social security admin called me to tell me my social had been suspended, I told (shouted) the moron to go away. Well, much stronger words were used. They had been calling every day at 10am and it started about a day or so after I set up a google voice account number. 

Maybe the social security admin are going to arrest me now. 

 Pete just revisiting this. What's the latest? If CA is anything like MO, an address for the landlord is required on the lease agreement. If you sign, and there's no address for the LL, then it seems to me like the LL is in breach of the law. If LL is managing it, then there needs to be at least a PO Box address (MO law). 

Thanks James, all the inspectors I've hired do roof inspections too, so that's what threw me off the most.  And if the guy had actually crawled around in the attic, rather than stand on top of his ladder...then maybe he would have had a little bit of credibility to his inspection. 

Thanks again James, I appreciate your response.

I have not. I've used BPG a couple of times and the one guy, a great inspector, used the drone on the roof of the house I'm at...because of his age and mobility. The only reason I went with Orf was my realtor was so confident about their inspections - and I didn't want a drone's eye view - so I let the realtor pick Orf. So mad at myself for trusting his opinion. There were 3 stages to my realtor's experience with this company, slightly off topic. 1. Extremely confident. 2. Had never used them before. 3. Owner of the company is an old school buddy.  So a lot of BS floating around there somewhere. 

They did get Sewer Pros to do the lateral, which was a relief.

Patrick, thanks for taking the time to post here, much appreciated!

Mike

@Nathan Gesner Thank you Nathan. I wish the guy had said he couldn't inspect the roof due to snow; I would have delayed the inspection. Never had snow on a roof during an inspection before, so didn't know. He would have though. I might not be so perturbed by it had the guy actually crawled around in the attic; he just stood on top of his ladder and there was plenty of room in the crawl space. It's a 2000sf footprint. He would have been able to see maybe 10' away from him in any direction. Beyond that and the frame would block his view. 

Guess they don't need repeat business, that's okay. I've learned some good lessons out of it I think; hopefully the lessons are about building inspectors as opposed to serious items overlooked by a - I suppose - lazy inspector.. 

@Marc Winter thanks Marc. I've only seen one building inspector use a drone because of his age and mobility (wasn't a good pilot, he crashed into a tree and we spent 45 minutes lassoing it down with a 100' garden house...). Never did get the video. I can't count how many building inspectors I've hired. 

Yes I see your point, but I paid $1300 for the inspection, the snow was there for the day of the inspection only and was gone 2 days later. The inspector made no mention of it until he had finished the inside apart from going into the attic. He would have known from the get go. This is the first time ever I've had a building inspection with snow on the roof. Hindsight is 20/20 for sure. I know he missed a number of things; tiles that look suspiciously like they contain asbestos for one. 

Hindsight I'll find another inspector next time. Thanks Patrick for responding, I'll be a little more tuned in next time, I hope!

I ordered a building inspection for a 4 plex in St. Louis that I'm buying. At the time of booking, I asked if a roof inspection was included, which was an important deciding factor in using this particular company. They said it was included. On the day of the inspection, there was snow on the roof of the property and the inspector said he could not get on the roof, but he could inspect the roof from inside the attic. Odd, I thought. 

Roll the clock forward 2 days and I email the company to find out if they're going to do the roof inspection or whether I should expect a refund of any description. My realtor calls me to tell me the owner of the company said that there would be an additional charge to go back out to inspect it. 

Is it just me, or should I expect to receive services that I paid for? Or expect to be the one that gets screwed due to the weather?

Orf Inspections in St Louis if anyone is looking for a recommendation. To stay away from.

@Charlie Moore don't you feel if that if the tenant does not have a security deposit held in place over them, that they'll take less care of the property?

@Andre Taylor I forgot to mention Andre, that I only need another $35K with this bank, so there's $20K I don't have to raise, and the line of credit will be a lot more available should I need it (nice to keep in the back pocket for the next deal), and the interest rate is going to be around 5%. 

Beats a hard money lender for sure!