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One way to be sure you can gain a better price for your house is to have a home inspection before you put it on the market.

This profitable new trend in real estate is helping homeowners uncover any necessary repairs, so they can attend to them. This not only helps homes sell faster-because a buyer will be more likely to commit to a home with no major flaws-but a home that can pass inspection may earn the seller more money.

Inspecting a home and repairing such problems can speed home sales by as much as 30 percent. It's a small investment that really pays off.

"It's cheaper to fix it than to negotiate the price down," says Dan Steward, president of Pillar To Post, North America's largest home inspection service. "It's been suggested that for every $1 of identified repairs, the buyer would be looking for double that in price reduction." For example, paying as much as $5,000 to repair a leaky roof is cheaper than having to lower the selling price of your home by $10,000.

These are the 10 most common repairs that need fixing:

1. Improper surface grading and drainage. This can be responsible for water in the basement or crawlspace.

2. Improper electrical wiring. This includes insufficient electrical service, inadequate overload protection and amateur (often dangerous) wiring connections.

3. Roof damage. Leaking roofs are a frequent problem.

4. Heating systems. Defective items include broken or malfunctioning controls, blocked chimneys and unsafe exhaust venting.

5. Poor overall maintenance can include cracked, peeling or blistered painted surfaces; crumbling masonry; makeshift wiring or plumbing; and broken fixtures and appliances.

6. Structurally related problems include damage in such components as foundation walls, floor joists, rafters and window and door headers.

7. Plumbing problems can include old or incompatible piping materials, as well as faulty fixtures and waste lines.

8. Exterior problems can include inadequate caulking and/or weather stripping.

9. Poor ventilation can be the result of many homeowners "oversealing" their homes, resulting in excessive interior moisture. This can lead to rotting.

10. Miscellaneous components may require minor cosmetic adjustments.

Posted by Kay Thomas on December 13, 2008 at 12:00 AM

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Latitude: 34.643754 -- Longitude: -99.326603

ZIP Codes for Altus, Oklahoma	73521 73522 73523
Area Code for Altus, Oklahoma	580
Time zone for Altus, Oklahoma	CST

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censusGR2 of 2000, there were 21,447 people, 7,896 households, and 5,629 families residing in the city. The population density was 492.0/km² (1,274.1/mi²). There were 9,264 housing units at an average density of 212.5/km² (550.4/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 72.62% White, 10.41% African American, 1.48% Native American, 1.38% Asian, 0.20% Pacific Islander, 10.32% from other races, and 3.59% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 17.25% of the population. There were 7,896 households out of which 38.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.6% were married couples living together, 11.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.7% were non-families. 25.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.62 and the average family size was 3.14. -- Source: Wikipedia.com

Oklahoma 2000 Census Population Profile Map

	Altus	Oklahoma	United States
Population	21,447	3,450,654	281,421,906
Median age	31.6	35.5	35.3
Median age for Male	29.9	33.9	34
Median age for Female	33.4	36.9	36.5
Households	7,896	1,342,293	105,480,101
Household population	20,677	3,338,279	273,643,273
Average household size	2.62	2.49	2.59
Families	5,627	921,750	71,787,347
Average family size	3.14	3.02	3.14
Housing units	9,264	1,514,400	115,904,641
Occupied units	7,896	1,342,293	105,480,101
Vacant units	1,368	172,107	10,424,540

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