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Jun 24, 20243 min read
Choosing the Right Home Inspector.
Choosing the Right Home Inspector Buying a home? It's probably the most expensive purchase you'll ever make. This is no time to shop for...
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Jun 22, 20244 min read
Choosing a Manufactured Home.
Choosing a Manufactured Home Manufactured homes no longer have to be the simple, rectangular, boxy trailer homes of the past. Depending...
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Jun 20, 20245 min read
Child-Proofing Your Home: 12 Safety Devices to Protect Your Children.
Child-Proofing Your Home: 12 Safety Devices to Protect Your Children by Nick Gromicko, CMI® and Kate Tarasenko About 2.5 million children...
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Jun 18, 20243 min read
Central Air-Conditioning System Inspection.
Central Air-Conditioning System Inspection by Nick Gromicko, CMI® A building's central air-conditioning system must be periodically...
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Jun 16, 20243 min read
15 Tools Every Homeowner Should Own.
15 Tools Every Homeowner Should Own by Nick Gromicko, CMI® and Ben Gromicko The following items are essential tools, but this list is by...
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Jun 15, 20248 min read
10 Easy Ways to Save Money & Energy in Your Home.
10 Easy Ways to Save Money & Energy in Your Home by Nick Gromicko, CMI®, Ben Gromicko, and Kenton Shepard 10 Façons Simples de Limiter...
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Jun 14, 20242 min read
Why Get a Home Inspection If You’re Buying “As Is”?
Why Get a Home Inspection If You’re Buying “As Is”? by Nick Gromicko, CMI® Some sellers – often, those working without an agent – want to...
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Jun 13, 20242 min read
What Really Matters in a Home Inspection.
What Really Matters in a Home Inspection Buying a home? The process can be stressful. A home inspection is supposed to give you peace of...
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Jun 12, 20247 min read
Water Quality:Drinking Water
Water Quality Drinking Water The United States has one of the safest water supplies in the world. However, national statistics don’t tell...
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Jun 11, 20244 min read
Protect Your Property From Water Damage.
Protect Your Property From Water Damage Water may be essential to life, but, as a destructive force, water can diminish the value of your...
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Jun 10, 202410 min read
Tornado Safety and Inspectionby Nick Gromicko, CMI®
Tornado Safety and Inspection by Nick Gromicko, CMI® Tornadoes, also known as twisters or cyclones, are whirling columns of air that form...
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Jun 9, 20243 min read
Three Deadly Mistakes Every Home Buyer Should Avoid.
Three Deadly Mistakes Every Home Buyer Should Avoid Deadly Mistake #1: Thinking you can't afford it. Many people who thought that buying...
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Jun 8, 20245 min read
The Top 5 Problems with Smart Home Tech and How to Troubleshoot Them.
The Top 5 Problems with Smart Home Tech and How to Troubleshoot Them by Eric Murrell Whether you’re buying a new home or looking at some...
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May 12, 20245 min read
Top 10 places to hide valuables in your home
The 10 Best Places to Hide Valuables in Your Home by Nick Gromicko, CMI® and Kate Tarasenko Burglary is a crime of opportunity. And...
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May 12, 20243 min read
To Buy or to Rent?
by Nick Gromicko, CMI® In many places where real estate advice is offered, from the Internet to advice columns and late-night...
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Feb 25, 20233 min read
The Hazards of Ice Dams
Ice Dam Hazards by Nick Gromicko, CMI® An ice dam is a ridge of ice that forms at the edge of a roof and prevents melting snow from...
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Feb 15, 20233 min read
Home Inspections in Minnesota; What does it consist of and what is to be expected?
Home Inspections in Minnesota; What does it consist of and what is to be expected? Just think you just discovered your dream house, you...
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