By Ilyce Glink and Samuel J. Tamkin
Dreamstime/TNS
Q: Why do so many buyers, agents and inspectors have the impression that home inspections are designed to develop “punch lists” of minor issues they expect sellers to remedy before c...
The house looked so picturesque: a 100-year-old farmhouse, freshly white-washed, overlooking a pond in an area of upstate New York we'd loved visiting for years. As a bonus, the 2-acre property included a barn, already finished a...