When you get ready to sell your house, you normally go through and try to spruce up in order to make the home presentable to buyers. Once you have a buyer, along comes an inspector and you are told that there are numerous problems that need to be addressed or risk the loss of the sale.
You can avoid that issue by having the inspection done prior to listing your home for sale. With a competent inspection in hand, you are armed with all the information that would come up prior to closing. You can use this information to aid you in pricing your home or as a tool to repair any problems prior to showing your home. Either way you will have the peace of mind in knowing that there will be no surprises that would jeopardize the sale.