But one of the things I learned at a very young age, was in business, always deal with professionals who have the most experience where experience is needed.

Also, the average age of these owners is 60 years old with on average 15 years of ownership... 

Then they add or subtract for location, age, size, etc. 

Those you could see yourself when you looked at the house . put on the 5 year list .The deck , without seeing pictures is hard to tell , could be age , could be poor design , may or may not be expensive All in all that report wouldnt scare me at all ,  Its an older house , it will be constant maintenance .

You're paying for a brand new build (with high build prices) but people will associate the age/condition with the existing old/leaky structure.

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House that's been owned for ages, same owner or tenant for years.

This post has aged well. 5 years ago it was still easy to buy in Milwaukee, even in great areas.

Well I never thought I would be the one saying something like this......but I have a recent good news story about a warranty company.Based on an experience over 30 years ago, I have been on the anti-warranty bandwagon and even run them down on this forum, but:I bought a house last summer (primary home) and the sellers agent threw in a Home Warranty.

I think at this age, I'm not a young man anymore and tired of dealing with tenants, toilets and Karen neighbors.