Re:Why Zillow Couldn’t Make Algorithmic House Pricing Work
by quartesixte on Saturday November 13, 2021 @01:47PM
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Verifying rocket launches involve multi-million dollars worth of equipment run by technicians and engineers (hopefully) intimately aware of the rocket about to be lifted up into space.
As the sibling post said, most inspectors aren’t using NDT tools to check if there is wood rot behind that fresh coat of paint
Re:Why Zillow Couldn’t Make Algorithmic House Pricing Work
by exsmelliarmus on Friday November 12, 2021 @03:38PM
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Inspectors can’t rip apart the walls. A fresh coat of paint can hide a lot of damage. I would know because this happened to me, and I had two inspections done.
If you’re slightly decent with houses and construction, you’d see most of the things they see anyway.
Sadly, I’d place home inspections closer to useless to useful for me because I am familiar enough with housing codes to do a visual inspection.
It might be a poor checklist, but that's another story. I suspect there are good checklists you can download that you can use yourself and give to an inspector who is well meaning but inexperienced.
No list will fix dishonesty however. They can simply check off boxes.