who is looking out for you when you plan to build a new home?

Real estate agents? Home inspectors? The local government?

The truth is, none of the above.

You have to protect your family and your investment.

Everyday, in communities across the country, there are dozens of headlines and articles, similar to those reprinted below, about the headaches, heartaches and shattered dreams of homeowners with new home building plans. And these stories are NOT just from "fly-by-night" home building companies, but range from small, local builders of new homes to the large, so-called "Wall Street" industry leaders.

These scenarios are all real.

We have witnessed them first hand.

Imagine your large, stable, reputable home builder going out of business while your new home is being built.

Imagine the horror of moving your couch to vacuum and finding toxic mold growing on the walls of your 6-month-old house.

Imagine your kitchen floor slowly heaving because your home builder ignored a natural spring and built your house on top of it.

Imagine placing your trust in a 10-year warranty, only to find out later that the warranty is worthless.

Imagine having a government inspector ignore blatant code violations in your house because your new home builder was giving him materials to finish the room addition on his own house.

Here are the things you must know in order to be on equal footing with your home builder:

• How to avoid the “model home trap” used by every big builder
• How to prevent your builder's assembly line construction techniques from getting in the way of the quality and craftsmanship you deserve
• How to discover if your new home builder is telling the truth about claims of superior quality and customer satisfaction
• How to prevent damaging mold growth that has become common in new homes
• The tactics used by new home sales people to "up-sell" and persuade you to unnecessarily spend thousands of extra dollars
• How your builder’s attorneys are working overtime to make sure they have the upper hand... and what you can do to foil their efforts!
• How you can protect yourself from the exclusions and exceptions in the warranties of most new homes. These are exclusions that will cost you thousands of dollars when a problem arises with your new home.
• How to avoid the biggest scam you will encounter when buying a home - The Home Inspector Scam (and no, it’s not what you think)!