It is also very possible to cure the defect in the chain of ownership by getting a proper Assignment(s).

If you buy a home and it has a defective furnace and you dont realize it and someone dies only the company is liable.

I would check with the big carpet stores, as they usually have leftovers and "defects" all the time come in that can be bought at huge savings.

If not, then you've eliminated a defect as the source.

I had a fellow landlord mention to me a few days ago he had recently had two midnight moveouts and was able to re-rent both properties the next day.Is there some major defect you're overlooking?

Off the top of my head, here are the things I can think of that I use regularly in my brokerage: *Disclose all defects up front, *Follow escrow deposit rules to the letter, *Disclose I'm a licensee at initial contact with a seller I'm buying from, *there are 43,560 square feet in an acre.

If the TSG's purpose is only for identifying who has to be noticed, then a title defect would go unnoticed.

I could go view the property for you and take pictures and try to find obvious defects that the pictures do not show?

So a defect that was easily seen with your own eyes is someone trying to hide something?

The only reason I can think of to not buy in Winter is because snow may cover up defects in the lawn or driveway or around the foundation, possibly a dead tree that the seller didn't disclose.