Flips were about 8% of U.S. home sales in early 2026. A renovation hides the evidence an inspector normally reads — here's how to find the gap between what was made pretty and what was actually fixed.

Is "toxic black mold" really deadly? A Florida mold assessor sorts myth from fact: why all mold matters, why you can't judge it by color, and why testing is the only way to know what you're dealing with.

Buying new construction feels like the safe choice. Everything's brand new, it's built to current code, and nobody else has ever lived there. So a lot of buyers assume the usual homework — inspections, due diligence, asking hard questions — doesn't really apply. That assumption is exactly what gets people into trouble. New homes have their own set of risks, and they're different from the ones buyers worry about with older homes. Here are seven of the most common myths we hear

A bathroom fan that's too small — or vented straight into the attic — quietly feeds mold in humid Northeast Florida homes. Here's how to tell yours isn't keeping up, how to size one correctly, and the venting mistake we find most often on inspections.