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Over the years, I've watched the home inspection slowly transform. What was intended as a fair and honest protection for buyers has, far too often, turned into a tactical weapon used to hold sellers hostage. Here is how to spot "The Bait and Switch" before your seller gets played, and six concrete ways to keep the leverage on your side of the table.

The high-stakes battle over private pocket listings is officially moving out of local MLS boardrooms and straight into state license law. Lawmakers are finally stepping in to tear down corporate walled gardens.

You might think the battle over 'who gets to see the house first' started with the internet, but it's nothing new. From the 'Runners' of 1885 to the digital gatekeepers of today, history is repeating itself. Are we innovating, or are we just rebuilding the exclusionary practices we spent decades dismantling?