by Scott Frakes, CMI® | Sep 8, 2026 | Home Inspection, Roofs, Uncategorized
You’ve found the house. It checks the boxes, the offer’s coming together, and then the question creeps in: what shape is the roof really in? For most buyers, the roof is the single biggest source of quiet worry. It’s costly to replace and...
by Scott Frakes, CMI® | Aug 18, 2026 | Home Inspection, Real Estate
An investment property inspection is a comprehensive home inspection performed on a property you intend to rent rather than occupy yourself. While it evaluates the same major systems as any residential inspection—roof, structure, plumbing, electrical, HVAC,...
by Scott Frakes, CMI® | Aug 4, 2026 | Mold Testing
You walk through a house you’re thinking about buying and you check everything you can see. The roof. The foundation. Whether the furnace looks like a dinosaur. But what you can’t check is the air itself — air that your family will breathe roughly 20,000...
by Scott Frakes, CMI® | Jul 7, 2026 | Electrical Inspection Articles
When I open the door to an electrical panel during a home inspection in Gaylord, Petoskey, or Charlevoix, I’m looking at one of the most consequential components in the entire house. The panel is the nerve center of your home’s electrical system. It...
by Scott Frakes, CMI® | Jun 2, 2026 | Home Safety
When people think about home safety, they usually picture smoke detectors or locked doors. But during home inspections across Northern Michigan, I routinely find more hazards that are at least as serious hidden behind walls, inside attics, beneath decks, and in crawl...
