Mold In Florida: What agents (and their clients) need to know about mold

Mold. The four-letter word that can kill a real estate deal. As a result, a culture of fear has developed around the word. Buyers bolt at the mere mention of it, while remediation specialists publish articles on the danger and devastation mold can cause.

It’s gotten so bad that in some states, home inspectors are advised to no longer use the word mold, instead they are told to use the term “fungal growth.”

But it all mold really that bad? No. Here’s what you need to know to help your clients negotiate that fuzzy world of fungus.

Fact No. 1: A mold is a mold but not a mold

The writer Gertrude Stein once wrote a poem stating that a “Rose is a rose is

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