House Review - Site Visit without report?

[Ben29]

Would you do a cursory review of a house without providing a report? I was contacted by a man who just wants a SE to walk a house with him that he is interested in purchasing. He doesn't want to pay for a report. Quite frankly I don't want to do a report because they are so time consuming. But I am interested in walking the house to point out structural issues that I see.

It all comes down to liability, I know. So if you feel a report is absolutely required, how can you write a report in such a way that it takes less than an hour and also has CYA verbiage built in?

 

[jerseyshore]

P.S. What do you mean by "for real estate related jobs you don't even have the client info ahead of time"? You are starting work without even knowing who your client is?

Lot of time you'll get the realtor calling you on behalf of their client. Down here there are a lot of secondary shore homes so I never even meet or talk to the seller/ potential buyer i.e. client. I've never had a problem getting paid for those jobs and to save the 30 minutes per job setting up a contract and getting it signed is well worth it.

 

[gte447f]

Lot of time you'll get the realtor calling you on behalf of their client. Down here there are a lot of secondary shore homes so I never even meet or talk to the seller/ potential buyer i.e. client. I've never had a problem getting paid for those jobs and to save the 30 minutes per job setting up a contract and getting it signed is well worth it.

I assumed this was the scenario to which you alluded. I get the same calls from realtors , and I explain my process and they relay it to their clients, and their clients ultimately sign my contract and pay my fee. Admittedly, if it's the scenario where the buyer's due diligence period ends this afternoon, I don't get those jobs, happily.