Use “buyer-beware” as a reminder to investigate the property, not as a complete statement of the law. Buyers, sellers, and brokers can have different duties. Your attorney should explain how those duties apply to your situation.
What does a careful buyer investigate?
Investigate condition, boundaries, access, services, restrictions, and intended use before relying on a property description. Build a list of unanswered questions from the disclosures and tour. Assign each question to someone qualified to answer it.
Does a disclosure replace an inspection?
A disclosure and an inspection answer different questions. Read the available disclosure, then plan the checks appropriate to the property. Ask a specialist when the general inspection cannot resolve an important issue.
How do deadlines affect the plan?
Schedule records review and inspections around the deadlines in your signed agreement. Allow time to understand findings and get estimates. Learning about a problem after a decision deadline can change your options.
Who should answer a legal or technical question?
Use a North Carolina attorney for legal questions and a qualified specialist for technical ones. Your agent can coordinate the investigation. Don’t ask a quick internet search to do the work of a survey, inspection, or title review.