How do you find a properly qualified home inspector?  One would think this should be easy – after all, how difficult could it be with so many guys out there calling themselves home inspectors?  Unfortunately, a big problem that many home buyers aren’t even aware of is that the home inspection industry in Ontario (and [...]

In part one of Reno-to-Flip Homes I talked about the open house. Part two focused on the cosmetics of the renovation; that is, the things that typically attract homebuyers to these houses in the first place – mostly shiny new kitchens and baths, some new flooring, freshly painted walls and lots of potlights. With the [...]

What the heck is going on this year? In my 10 years as a home inspector, I’ve never seen so many “reno-to-flip” disasters on the market as I have seen this spring. If you’re buying a home that falls into the reno-to-flip category, you’ll have to use extra caution to ensure you’re not getting a [...]

This particular blog post started out as a simple expression of my frustration as a professional home inspector continually coming across bad reno-to-flip homes being unleashed on a largely unsuspecting home buying market. However, it quickly morphed into a multi-part topic designed to help home buyers recognize and avoid these problematic homes that are frequently [...]