ROCKY HILL, Conn. -- When you’re trying to stay healthy, you visit a doctor for a check-up. But, when you’re buying a home, you give the new residence a home check-up by calling a house doctor, a licensed inspector.

Bob Reemsnyder and his son, Dan, look for problems inside homes. As home inspectors, potential buyers hire them to thoroughly inspect a property someone is looking to purchase.

Instead of receiving a paper report, as inspectors have done for decades, buyers can now see the problems and get repair solutions captured on video, online and summarized on a DVD.

The pair attacks a home, armed with an array of interesting tools – one of the most important being a digital video camera.

Also used in the home inspections includes a moisture meter, which can tell if wood is wet and a meter that can tell if there’s any carbon monoxide gas escaping from the heating system.

While inspections are not mandatory, they are helpful if you plan on spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on a home. Investing $500 to $600 on a home inspector provides a clear picture of what problems might be hidden.

Bob Reemsnyder said, “We check under the mat and as you can see there is an actual drill mark right over here.” That drill mark is a sign that the home had been treated for termites in the past.

So, whether it’s a minor problem or a major one, the buyer has all the digital evidence needed to close the deal on the home.

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