If I would be asked by a seller to be at the property inspection. I would go, but first I would ask what they expect me to do there. I would be happy to go to make sure they lock up and don't take apart anything. But mostly I would want to stay out of the way. I suspect in this case the listing agent really doesn't want to be there, but is just doing what the sellers request.

Like Super said, the bigger issue are the credentials (or lack thereof) of the home inspector. in my state too, anyone can call themselves a home inspector. there is one home inspector here who will say that he is a sellers nightmares because he ruins deals!! so, i have recently started offering this as a service to my sellers. i attend all inspections but present myself as part of the team to the buyer and their agent. i am not there to say anything negative or scrutinize anything. but i am there as a representative on behalf of the sellers. if you come humbly trying to work together to get the deal closed, things go very easily. the listing and selling agents should not be adversaries!! I try to work with the other agent closely, makes for easier deals!!! try it, it works!

I never view the other agent as an adversary, unless she/he steps in and starts lecturing my clients on something to do with the home inspection/community rules/other issues. That is not his/her place.

Great attitude! I only wish that all buyer's agents had the same attitude. Haven't we all had to deal with BAs who think it's their job to "get" everything they can from the sellers?

We have one Building Inspector who pridefully told me that he's "never been sued on a deal that didn't close." So, he makes it his duty to discourage people from buying anything with the slightest defect.

And he has also told me that if he doesn't particularly like a house when he drives up, then "there's no way in hell that he's going to give it a clean bill of health." But he will give the Buyers a 50% Discount on the next house they become interested in.

He's good friends with another "former" Inspector, who after performing hundreds of Inspections, had one Lawsuit which wiped out every penny of profit that he hand made in his prior Inpections. Thus ended of his career as an Inspector.

Ever have your house listed? Some people are not comfortable with strangers in their house. It does not matter why the LA is requested to be present, its the clients request. Like Perky said, the LA and BA should not be enemies. Both parties are working for the same goal, sell the property or don't get paid.

It uncommen here to see POF or Lender letter to be verified prior to a scheduled showing, but some properties require it. I understand why, my wife will ask me to take her to look at a 900K house that we have NO MEANS to buy. Im sure it emiminates alot of showings, but those that comply are strong buyers.

Yes and on the same token, I have dealt with sellers so stubborn, they refused to budge on ANYTHING be it a closing date, a credit for a necessary repair, or even the dates of the inspections.

The last deal I had, the seller demanded that we make our inspections sooner than the time in the contract (standard time frame around here is within 15 days from execution).

Then because they didn't have everything ready on the day of inspection, we had to ask for an extension, which would not have been necessary had the seller just went with our original time frame to begin with....

As a buyer's agent, it is my job to get the best deal possible for my client; as the seller's agent it is my job to get the best deal for him - sometimes what's best for one is not best for the other. LOL

We have a property listed in my MLS that has been on market now for over a year. Sellers will not negotiate ONE DOLLAR less than listed price (too bad that fact is not disclosed in the agent notes for the listing)! After spending the time to show it and then to bring an offer, most agents refuse to show it again when they find that sellers won't even counter a less-than-full-price offer.

Yes, clients and their agents feel cheated, even blind-sided, when they encounter a no-negotiation-allowed attitude on the other side.

I've had a case where the vendor would not leave for the home inspection and the buyer's agent was rude when she called to tell me so I wasn't so upset anymore. I told her to deal with it cuz the vendor was not leaving.