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AI can write a convincing answer in seconds, but that doesn’t mean it’s telling you the truth or giving you the right priorities for a home purchase. We start with a blunt warning: “hallucinations” are real, and we’ve already seen professionals get embarrassed when AI invents facts. Now buyers are doing the same thing with home inspection reports, feeding PDFs into ChatGPT or other tools and walking away with a long list of “must fix” items that can blow up negotiations.

We dig into a real scenario where AI spits out a 30 item repair list that may be technically tied to the report, yet still misses the point. A home inspection report includes everything from tiny maintenance notes to major defects, and what you request depends on your budget, your tolerance, the market, and what you can DIY. We talk about how agents can prep clients ahead of time, including setting a clear threshold (for example, only negotiating items likely over $1,000 plus true safety issues) so nobody panics over cosmetic fixes.

Then we ground it with a moisture story that shows why severity matters more than appearance: water intrusion, bad drainage, and misdiagnosed “fixes” like caulked weep holes can turn small looking damage into a big deal. If you want a smarter approach than a generic AI summary, we share a better question to ask: “If this were your house, what are the top three things you’d fix first?” Subscribe, share this with a buyer or agent, leave a review, and tell us what rule you use to decide what’s worth requesting after inspection?

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