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A Home Inspection Can Save You Thousands

This is a short yet informative article put out by Care One Debt Relief Services for home buyers. Purchasing a home is probably the single largest purchase you will make in your lifetime. Protect your investment by hiring a professional home inspector to examine the house before you buy. Usually, you will have already examined […]

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Is there Liability in your Workplace, with Rental Properties or are you Selling Real Estate with Mold?

Our fellow professionals from Wilmington, NC offer some valuable information regarding what workers, employers, property owners/renters, and real estate sales professionals should know about mold, duct cleaning, and real estate inspections. Wilmington-based Advanced Air Solutions has been making a name for itself for the air quality services it provides, ranging from heating and air conditioning […]

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Before Anyone Complained About the Air-Conditioning, an Idea

Should air-conditioning go global, or be rationed away? July 17, 1902: It was another scorcher in New York. The week before, seven deaths tied to the heat had been reported. The city’s public baths were jammed with people desperately trying to cool down. The newspapers, following President Theodore Roosevelt’s vacation on Long Island, said he […]

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Mold Victims Question Tenant Rights

This short article from CBS 42 News, JASPER, Ala. (WIAT) summarizes how big of a problem mold can really become if left unchecked and untreated. This problem and similar legislation is becoming widespread in MA and nationwide. It not only affects tenants but has a negative effect on property owners as well. It is lose/lose […]

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Know the Difference Between Appraisals and Home Inspections

Home appraisers and inspectors each play very important functions in setting the stage for real estate sales. Both generate reports that can be used to prevent the buyer from overpaying, but their roles are far from identical. Lenders require appraisals to make sure they don’t approve loans for more than the properties are worth. Appraisers […]

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What is a Home Inspection Contingency?

About.com details what a home inspection contingency is, and why it has become so important in the world of real estate for buyers and their agents. Home inspection contingencies are handled differently across America, depending on local custom and state laws. In most states, a home inspection contingency is part of the purchase contract. This […]

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Toxic Mold Found in Fairhaven, MA Elementary School

Black Mold Closes Fairhaven Elementary School – video FAIRHAVEN (CBS) – An unsettling discovery at an elementary school in southeastern Massachusetts just as the kids were getting ready to return. Black mold showed up in air quality tests requiring a last minute change of plans. The welcome notes are on the desks but so still […]

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Mold in Denver, CO Nursing Home Made Employees Sick

Facilities administrators and managers will find this article interesting, even shocking. Several employees are suing Sierra Vista Nursing Home in Loveland, Colorado after they claim a known mold problem made them sick. The nursing home said they did not inform residents’ families because “it doesn’t constitute a public health risk.” The Denver CBS affiliate has […]

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Three Mold Must-Knows for Every Homeowner

Have you seen both raining downpours and blistering temperatures this summer? Is your home suffering from water damage? You’re not alone. While a little part of the water damage picture, mold can be an ever growing, pesky problem that, if not taken care of quickly, can last forever. Better Business Bureau, along with the Environmental […]

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Fall Season Typically a Busy Time for Mold Allergies

With the change of the seasons come the stuffy noses and runny eyes of colds and allergies. Fall is typically a very busy time for mold allergies and with 30% of the population having allergies; everyone needs to be aware of the symptoms caused by mold. This is a bad time of year for 11-year-old […]

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