Ask the Inspector: Shingle fatigue
Leader-Telegram
Duerkop is a licensed home inspector and serves as president and education director of the Wisconsin Association of Home Inspectors for the central and northern Wisconsin chapters. To submit a question to him, call 866-715-8222 or email ...

A real estate investing guide for 2012
Washington Post
Especially for the first-time investor, the first step in buying a single- family home as an investment is to conduct a thorough and professional home inspection. You should accompany the inspector so he can show you the home's “bones” and point out ...

Williamsport news
Circleville Herald
26, the home of John and Stephanie Davis, Alley Street, was completely destroyed by a fire that was from an electrical wiring problem. Mr. and Mrs. Davis were home during the time but they did not get hurt. (This had been their home for two to three ...

Village May Televise Sewers to Prepare for Private Lateral Program
Patch.com
Village engineers originally estimated spending about $92700 on the smaller 204-home project, but at the same $450-per-house rate, the new 390-home inspection project could come out to about $175000. The village has roughly $180000 in funds available ...

Start with your best offer and consider bumping up the deposit
Sun-Sentinel
Trudel said she was told by a bank's real estate agent that her client would have to waive his right to a home inspection if he wanted the property because so many bidders were interested. The client agreed over Trudel's objection but still didn't get ...

Paul Nafziger
Defiance Crescent News (subscription)
... Buckminster and Roman Coleman; sister, Anna Rose (Peter) Kiesow of Wauseon; sister-in-law, Donna Nafziger of Archbold; brother-in-law, Roy (Ruth) Bontrager of Logan, Ohio; brother-in-law, Andy (Theresa) Bontrager of Wilmot, Ohio; brother-in-law, ...

Darien Home Inspector Finds Little Problems Before They Become Big Problems
Patch.com
Jeff Prince worked for 15 years as a bookbinder. He didn't plan to change careers. But as the printing industry shrunk, his job disappeared. Prince used this opportunity to take his career in a different direction, starting his own business in Darien ...

Should Real Estate Agents Attend The Home Inspection?
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Many real estate agents don't attend their buyer's home inspection because someone has told them that this increases their liability. I completely disagree. It's their conduct at the inspection that puts them at risk, not their presence.

Seminar will introduce first-time buyers to real estate investment
The Daily Citizen
“We'll have two lenders there — Alliance National Bank and First Bank of Dalton — and a home inspector, Precise Home Inspections,” said Mike Maret, principal broker at Coldwell Banker/Kinard Realty. “So if anybody has any questions about home ...

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Blue Devils battle Bobcats in critical ECOL clash
Zanesville Times Recorder
Zanesville took a big step toward its first East Central Ohio League boys basketball title with a win Tuesday against New Philadelphia. The Blue Devils (8-1, 11-4) have four leagues games left as a tough Cambridge (4-7, 8-7) team visits Winland ...

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Dispute heats up between prosecutor, commissioner
Lancaster Eagle Gazette
LANCASTER -- A feud between Fairfield County commissioner Steve Davis and county Prosecutor Gregg Marx has intensified in recent days. On Thursday, Marx said he sent a letter to the Ohio Ethics Commission complaining about Lancaster City Law Director ...

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Business owner benefits from competing in contest
Lancaster Eagle Gazette
Jess Lanning/Eagle-Gazette LANCASTER -- Competing in contests usually is about just having fun. But Business System Solutions Inc. owner Diana Spurgus got more out of the competition than that. In 2011, she was one of seven finalists in an ...

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Home repairs: Which jobs come first?
CNN
If he recommends significant repairs, hire a home inspection engineer (find one at nabie.org) to investigate ($350 to $500). Replacement cost: Major foundation work can cost $3500 to $8000; new posts or beams could run $1200 to $2500.

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Home repairs: Which jobs come first?
CNN
"There's no homeowner's manual that tells you when to do what," says Naperville, Ill., home inspector and structural engineer Mark Waldman. Emergencies aside, the project that could cause the most damage and expense if left unfixed is the priority.

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25 charged with dealing pain pills in Circleville
Columbus Dispatch
By Randy Ludlow CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio — Nearly a year ago, a small group assembled on the streets to remember lives lost to addictions to prescription painkillers and other drugs. The group asked for help, from no one in particular, in battling the ...
'Operation Rollin' Stone' Puts 16 Suspected Dealers Behind BarsNBC4i.com

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Track and Field to Conclude Home Slate with Sykes & Sabock Challenge Cup
GoPSUsports.com
Concluding over a month of home action, the Nittany Lion track and field squads will make their final home appearance of the indoor season, this weekend at the Sykes & Sabock Challenge Cup, Saturday at Ashenfelter III Indoor Track.

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Viking archery No. 3 at Logan Invitational
Jackson County Newspapers
VIKING ARCHERY - (Left) Eighth grader Nicolas Rhodes: placed first in the Middle School boys division and sixth grader James Ballengee placed first in the Elementary boys division at the Logan Ohio Archery Tournament. By Phil Perry The Ripley High ...

Frenchtown mill site redevelopment team taking shape
KPAX-TV
In addition to the 3200-acre site west of Missoula,Green Investment Group owns properties in Alton, Ill., Circleville, Ohio and Carthage, Ind., in the United States, and Portage-du-Fort, Quebec; New Richmond, Quebec; and Bathurst, New Brunswick in ...

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Washington Times
Cover story: Greater contract clarity helps everybody
Washington Times
“There was often a question after a home inspection generated a list of things that needed to be fixed whether each item fell under a 'required repair' list or whether it was a negotiable item,” said Greg Ford, an associate broker with Keller Williams ...

Cleveland Leader
Ohio AG: Painkiller Ring Search Warrants Executed
WSAZ-TV
CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio (WSAZ) -- State Attorney General Mike DeWine says search warrants have been executed in an investigation into alleged painkiller trafficking in Circleville, Ohio. Thursday morning, state and local law enforcement agencies raided seven ...
Attorney general: Search warrants executed in alleged central Ohio painkiller ...The Republic
Attorney General DeWine announces 25 arrest warrants and seven search warrants ...Jackson Times Journal

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