By the way, Carson Dunlop also has a self-help type book about buying a home... don't. There is no way you can gain the expertise from a thirty dollar book that you can buy from a home inspector for three hundred. Your money would be better spent on the reference manual. There may even (probably) be an inspector in your area who uses "The Book" and includes it in the price of the inspection.

Here's a direct link to A&E's page

www.propertyguys.com/vmall/AAE.html