Brenda Masse

Brenda Masse is a freelance contributor for CandysDirt.com.

Test Your Home Inspection Knowledge With Another Round of “What’s Wrong With This Picture?”

By Brenda Masse / April 10, 2024 /

If you’ve been following Upon Closer Inspection for awhile, you know we like to test your knowledge occasionally with a round of “What’s Wrong With This Picture?” See if you can guess the home inspection deficiency just by looking at the following photos! What’s Going On With This Pergola Frame? Good question. They either put…

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Flip House Fail Finds From The Home Inspector

By Brenda Masse / April 3, 2024 /

Not all flipped houses are created equal. You have some amazing, TV-worthy flips done by experts that will blow your mind. And then you have the ones done by folks who watch a lot of TV, think they can make some money flipping houses, and blow your mind in the wrong way. As we’ve mentioned…

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You Should Not DIY Electricity Because You Watched Schoolhouse Rock (Electricity, Electricity)

By Brenda Masse / March 27, 2024 /

If you were born after 1989, you probably have no idea what I’m talking about, but some of us learned everything we needed to know from “Schoolhouse Rock.” Well, almost everything. Just because you know the song, and have watched a few YouTube videos since then, doesn’t mean that you and your power tools are…

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Who’s Ready For Some Real Estate Humor?

By Brenda Masse / March 20, 2024 /

Has anyone else noticed that real estate news has been pretty crazy lately? Change is hard, and people in the industry might be feeling a little stressed these days. But spring has officially sprung, and there’s nothing to cure stressful times like laughter. And you know that we, here at Upon Closer Inspection, are always…

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May These Irish Proverbs Inform Your Next Home Purchase

By Brenda Masse / March 13, 2024 /

With St. Patrick’s Day just around the corner, we can do a lot better than wishing you luck with your next home purchase. “Luck” isn’t really good enough with what could be the biggest, most important purchase you make. Luckily, the Irish culture has ever so much more to offer in wise, charming, and often…

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