Originally Posted by
James Bohac
Educating the Realtors is crucial. The problem with many developments is that they hire a specific company to list their homes. As with most listing agents, home inspections are not a big priority, more of a nuisance. They like to use language such as " everything is covered under warranty". Quality buyers reps tend to seem to be more protective of thier clients
Luckily, realtors generally are not involved when a new construction home sale takes place. So that is one obstacle out of the way. But public perception is that the house is new so what could be wrong. If you have a bunch of pictures of defects from new construction homes, post them up on your websites. If new home buyers even look at HI websites out of curiosity, seeing some actual defects that slip through the cracks may make them think twice.