It was a brand - new home . It cost over 250,000. Sara Bergan of Bay Shore, New York, was ready to buy it , but her real estate agent gave her instructions for getting a home inspection first. Although sarah did not want to make this process longer than it already was , she agreed. The inspector could not come our for two weeks. The Bergan family waited, and the inspection day finally arrived. They thought , "This is the day we can sign the papers for our first home" However, the inspection took over four hours, and ended with Sarah receiving a list of twenty problems that the inspector encountered. The problems were relatively minor and would not cost a lot to fix, so the Bergans decided to buy the house anyway. This inspection turned out to be a very important part of the home buying process.