[quote=Vince Santos;5479]The billing was not the issue........quote]

Vince, I was aware of what you were asking. Poor explanation on my part.
Let me try again. In my opinion there are no disclaimers that can protect or prepare you or them from issues involved with unforeseen future failures in any house.

[quote=While the home was worth the repairs it would cost a chunk of change to get it up to "living standards."quote]

I don't try to influence the decisions about continuing or terminating the deal. I give them as much information as I can and let them make that decision. I don't know their personal finances, I don't know their personal expertise or contacts, and I don't know the given value trend of every neighborhood. I would feel equally bad if I had steered them away from buying some POS where they might triple their money in a short period of time.

Most of us use disclaimers of some sort. We should all understand that they are paper shields at best.

I do disagree with your belief that billing isn't the issue. It is a big part of the issue. To responsibly inspect the homes of your description is a big investment of time. You deserve to be compensated for that investment and they need to understand that if they want to tackle the responsibility of a "fixer upper" the cost of that desire starts with an inspection that has value for them. Those inspections cost more. When your compensation is based on time, disclaimers become a nonissue because you will take whatever time is needed to explain the issues you now want to disclaim.

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