Like what the fuck IS this? In order to know anything meaningful about a house, I need it inspected, but to get it inspected I need to fucking put money down AND PAY FOR THE FUCKING INSPECTION and if it's fucked and I don't want to buy it then woops I lose all this fucking money? Jesus fucking christ it's a turbo charged version of the apartment application fee scam. Fucking christ. Who decided on all this bullshit? Infinite guillotines for all of them
This is one of those things that just really go to show the fucked up extremism of the bourgeoisie, like, you could have capitalist hell and still have like mandatory state run inspections, the details of which are public, for every property being sold. But woops, nope, fuck you peasant
You'd think with how this country jerks itself raw over home owners it wouldn't be this way, but WOOPS
This post brought to you by my gf and I being incredibly anxious over maybe buying a house that seems okay but has a slab foundation so like i don't fucking know what condition the plumbing is in
Yes its stupid. What id do to make the experience a little more bearable is this. First look over the house in detail yourself before putting down money, you cant spot everything but you can look for common major problems that can be found online. Then once you get an inspection done demand a decrease in price to cover the costs of repairs to any issues you do find. Not a perfect solution but should help a bit hopefully.
Another more unorthodox tip. Look up previous owners of the house via tax records online. Not the one selling to you ones from before. Give them a call and see if they can tell you anything about the properties history let them know your a potential buyer and want to know what your getting in to. Most people will be willing to help. This only works if the house had multiple owners fairly recently BUT most houses with major issues don't stay with an owner long since they want to get rid of it.