Dear Mr. or Ms. Smart-homeowner:

I am Jerome Cartier of "Cartier Fine Home Inspections". I am writing to encourage you to contact me about pre-inspecting your property. The advantages to your real estate listing are many:

1. • You can hire me, a certified NACHI inspector (National Association of Certified Home Inspectors), to do the inspection as opposed to being at the mercy of buyer's choices in inspectors.

2. • You can schedule the inspections at your convenience, direct with me, with little effort on your part.

3. • You can assist me during the inspections, something normally not done during buyer's inspections.

4. • You can have me correct any misstatements in my reports before I generate them.

5. • My reports help sellers see their homes through the eyes of a critical, third-party, thus making sellers more realistic about asking price.

6. • I will alert you to any immediate safety issues I find before other agents and potential buyers tour the homes I inspect.

7. • Repairs made ahead of time might make your property show better.

8. • My reports provide third-party, unbiased opinions to offer to potential buyers.

9. • My reports can be used as marketing tools to help sell your home. Imagine having a dozen copies of the report available for potential buyers, complete with contractor invoices showing any repairs that might have been already made.

10. • My reports might relieve prospective buyer's unfounded suspicions, before they walk away.

11. • Seller inspections eliminate buyer's remorse that sometimes occurs just after an inspection.

12. • Seller inspections reduce the need for negotiations and 11th-hour renegotiations.

13. • Seller inspections relieve you of having to hurriedly procure repair estimates or schedule repairs with any contractor you can find who’ll do the work on short notice..

14. • My reports might encourage buyers to waive their inspection contingencies.

15. • Your deals are less likely to fall apart the way they often do when buyer's inspections unexpectedly reveal problems, last minute.

16. I stand ready to perform your inspection. Please contact me.