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Any tips on the home inspection process? I.e. item-specific contractors to hire and inspect individual elements (HVAC, roof, etc.).

After nearly a year of looking for our first house and essentially giving up, we found someone who likes us and wants to sell us their rental house (without putting it on the market). It’s one of those we-never-could-have-planned-this kind of situations and we feel incredibly lucky and grateful. The seller is very accommodating and letting us do things that I understand would be impossible in most situations in this market. My wife and I want to be prudent, responsible buyers without taking advantage of the seller’s generosity. So,…

Seller has allowed us to get an inspection prior to going under contract with the goal of rolling any major repairs into the asking price and therefore mortgage. We’re going to order a home inspection, but from my cursory understanding an inspector does very minimal examination of things like the roof, HVAC system, foundation, etc. So in a perfect world: What else would I want to know about the house/who should I hire to get additional inspections? And just to be clear this isn’t going to be used to get the seller to lower the price (the asking price is very fair, if not under for this market) but only to see what things we could pay off over 30 years instead of out-of-pocket in the next five. Thx.

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