I need to pick a home inspector today. I'm working with a team of 3 agents, 2 of which are mother and daughter, and they recommend their son/brother as my inspector.

I think this is a conflict of interests. While I realize the law requires him to disclose anything he finds, I think it could be tempting to gloss over serious issues in order to 'save the deal' for his mother and sister.

So, I lied (bad, bad me) and said dh had a connection up there to an inspector, so we felt obligated to use him.

Now, I don't want to pick an inspector out of the blue, so I'm wondering if any of you marvelous ladies who have purchased homes in the VB/Chesapeake/Norfolk area had an inspector who was very thorough and reliable.

Or, do you think I'm overthinking the inspector being related to the agent, and that I should just use him?

TIA!

potential conflict of interest. but, really if they are honest, ethical people (when you met them, did your gut tell you there were seedy crook scenario?!) than you could use them, but I see your rationale to use another source.

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I wish I could help you....but I don't know anyone. Sometimes if you get on yellowpages.com they have customer reviews...you can try that if all else fails

Our realtor said they cannot tell us who to pick for the inspector but they can give you a list of ones in the area only. We're in Maryland though.

We used AmeriSpec and they are nation wide. http://www.amerispec.com/