Home Inspector Kansas City MO. - Bulldog Professional Inspection Services (816) 564-3081
Did you know Kansas City, MO., was almost called Possum Trot?
Yep. Rabbitville was also in the running (like what I did there? running…rabbit…anyway).
Thankfully, wiser heads prevailed, or we might be rooting for The Possum Trot Chiefs or the Rabbitville Royals. 🙅🏽♂️
In fact, these two rascally critters were so popular that they may have given Kansas City a little nudge toward becoming the barbecue mecca it is today.
But, along with world-class barbeque, Kansas City, MO. also has the world-famous jazz music with its district that’s home to the American Jazz Museum and the Negro-Leagues baseball museum that honors black baseball’s rich history.
Kansas City also has a thriving downtown area, world-class dining and entertainment venues, Plaza shopping, casinos, and a sprawling metropolis surrounding the city, which helped Kansas City, MO. rank #51 in the top 150 Best Places to Live in the U.S in 2022 by U.S. News and World Report.
Kansas City is also home to the world champion Kansas City Royals (2015), Kansas City Chiefs (2020 and 2023), and boyhood homes of Walt Disney (3028 Bellefontaine) and Ernest Hemingway (3733 Warwick).
There are also infamous mafia ties (hey, you didn’t hear it from me), a thriving housing market, and historic and award-winning Kansas City communities everywhere you look.
And with all the hubbub and central geographic location, Kansas City has literally become the place to be in the US – bringing unprecedented growth and making homes fly off the shelf faster than Tickle Me Elmo in 1996.
But, before you roll out the welcome mat, your new home needs solid, top-rated property inspections to make sure it’s NOT a money pit in disguise.
October 31, 2025 - Full home inspection, termite inspection, radon test, and sewer scope on an occupied 101-year-old 2-story home in the Rockhill Park subdivision of Kansas City, MO.
November 7, 2025 - Full home inspection, termite inspection, radon test, and sewer scope on a 55-year-old first-floor condominium located in the Plaza Hills subdivision of Kansas Ctiy, MO.
November 10, 2025 - Full home inspection, termite inspection, radon test, and sewer scope on a vacant 57-year-old raised ranch located in the Jefferson Highlands subdivision of Kansas Ctiy, MO.
November 18, 2025 - Full home inspection, termite inspection, and sewer scope on an occupied 117-year-old 2-story home located in the Logan Park subdivision of Kansas Ctiy, MO.
November 26, 2025 - 5-point major items inspection on a vacant 54-year-old ranch-style house located in the Coach Light Square subdivision of Kansas City, MO.
December 4, 2025 - Full home inspection and termite inspection on a vacant 58-year-old raised ranch home located in the Norfleet Acres subdivision of Kansas City, MO.
December 8, 2025 - Full home inspection, termite inspection, radon test, and sewer scope on an 81-year-old ranch-style home in the Brookwood subdivision of Kansas City, MO.
December 16, 2025 - Full home inspection, termite inspection, radon test, and sewer scope on a vacant 100-year-old ranch-style home in the Marlborough Heights subdivision of Kansas City, MO.
December 23, 2025 - Full home inspection, termite inspection, radon test, and sewer scope on an occupied 76-year-old 2-story home in the Moore's Southland subdivision of Kansas City, MO.
December 24, 2025 - Full home inspection, termite inspection, radon test, and sewer scope on a vacant 53-year-old reverse 1.5-story home in the Coves subdivision of Kansas City, MO.
December 26, 2025 - Full home inspection, termite inspection, radon test, and sewer scope on an occupied 60-year-old raised ranch in the Bannister Slopes subdivision of Kansas City, MO.
October 31, 2025 - Leaking gas valve inside a 30-year-old furnace during the hvac inspection of a 101-year-old two-story home in the historic Rockhill Park subdivision of Kansas City, MO.
November 3, 2025 — Radon test result came back low at 2.8 pCi/l for the radon testing of an occupied 101-year-old 2-story home located in the Rockhill Park subdivision of Kansas City, MO.
November 7, 2025 — Black and dark green mold growing inside a hall closet during the mold inspection of a 55-year-old first-floor condominium in the Plaza Hills subdivision of Kansas City, MO.
November 12, 2025 — Radon test result came back high at 5.0 pCi/l at a vacant 57-year-old raised ranch in the Jefferson Highlands subdivision of Kansas City, MO.
November 10, 2025 — Radon test result came back low at 0.7 pCi/l an occupied 55-year-old condominium located in the Plaza Hills subdivision of Kansas City, MO.
November 18, 2025 - Cedar shingles installed beneath two layers of asphalt shingles in the attic found during the roof and attic inspection of a 117-year-old 2-story home in the Logan Park subdivision of Kansas City, MO.
November 26, 2025 – Active plumbing leak at the master shower drain found during the plumbing inspection of a vacant 54-year-old ranch home in the Coach Light Square subdivision of Kansas City, MO.
December 4, 2025 – High quality tieback (dead man) and steel I-beam braces in the garage and basement found during the foundation inspection of a vacant 58-year-old raised ranch in the Norfleet Acres subdivision of Kansas City, MO.
December 8, 2025 - Mismatched roof shingles on an occupied 81-year-old ranch-style home located in the Brookwood subdivision of Kansas City North.
December 8, 2025 — Radon test result came back high at 4.9 pCi/l at an occupied 81-year-old ranch-style home in the Brookwood subdivision of Kansas City, MO.
December 16, 2025 – 2x6 wood boards bracing the top of steel i-beam foundation supports at a vacant 100-year-old ranch-style home located in the Marlborough Heights subdivision of Kansas City, MO.
December 18, 2025 — Radon test result came back low at 3.8 pCi/l at a vacant 100-year-old ranch-style home in the Marlborough Heights subdivision of Kansas City, MO.
December 23, 2025 - White attic space (and floor joists) inside an occupied 76-year-old 2-story home in the Moore's Southland subdivision of Kansas City, MO.
December 24, 2025 - Pushmatic electrical panel found during the electrical inspection of a vacant 53-year-old reverse 1.5-story home in the Coves subdivision of Kansas City, MO.
December 26, 2025 — Well-maintained 60-year-old cast iron sewer drains discovered at an occupied 60-year-old raised ranch home in the Bannister Slopes subdivision of South Kansas City, MO.
December 26, 2025 — Radon test result came back low at 2.8 pCi/l at a vacant 53-year-old reverse 1.5-story home in the Coves subdivision of Kansas City, MO.
December 26, 2025 — Radon test result came back high at 5.2 pCi/l at an occupied 76-year-old 2-story home in the Moore's Southland subdivision of Kansas City, MO.
December 30, 2025 — Radon test result came back high at 7.5 pCi/l at an occupied 60-year-old raised ranch home in the Bannister Slopes subdivision of Kansas City, MO.
This means your home will NEVER be inspected by an amateur, apprentice, or hourly employee with no vested interest in you or your home inspection.
Steve Rodriguez is an award-winning Certified Master Inspector® and the owner of Bulldog Professional Inspection Services.
He checks more than 2000 items in the average home, has personally performed more than 15,000 home inspections, and has uncovered hundreds of thousands of defects in homes of all sizes, ages, types, conditions, and areas around Kansas City since 2003.
Do you want maximum return on your investment with minimum risk? Then Call Bulldog Professional Inspection Services.
In 2008, we created our MaxInspect™ home inspection process. A group of inspection methods revamped to solve the most common problems homebuyers and real estate investors have with home inspections:
"How did my home inspector miss this [fill in the blank]?"
Professional home inspections are as much art as science. Mastering the craft takes years of experience, which is why they are not created equal.
Here are the three parts to our MaxInspect™ Process:
#1) 100% inspection
This may come as a surprise, but professional home inspectors are NOT required to inspect all the items in a home.
In fact, they only have to check a representative number of items. In the average-sized home, this usually comes to roughly 400 items.
But Bulldog Professional Inspection Services checks 100% of the items we can see, touch, and test during a house inspection.
This comes to about 2000 items and includes every outlet, switch, door, window, floor, wall, ceiling, tub, shower, faucet, toilet - and everything from the roof ridge to the sump pump.
But being hands-on also means we know HOW to check the things in your home that break, crack, click, buzz, arc, and leak because turning them on and off sometimes isn't enough. Sometimes, the order of things reveals problems that less experienced house inspectors would have missed.
We do this to give you a complete understanding of what's working and what's not. Unlike some inspections that skim over areas, our goal is to provide you with the information to make educated decisions about your home.
So, whether you're buying, selling, or maintaining your Raymore home, you'll get a house inspection that prioritizes depth, accuracy, and understanding.
#2) Mystery Glitch Technique
A mystery glitch is an electrical anomaly that makes you scratch your head. For example, a switch in one room works a fan in another, or a loose wall plug that turns on the ceiling fan when you use it.
We know homes well enough to find and uncover these annoying gremlins early, so you won't be cursing under your breath after you move in.
#3) Gravity Flow Process
Everyone knows gravity is an unrelenting force that weighs us down and tries to grind us into dust.
But we use this to our advantage by letting it help us find and follow the damage caused by leaks and structural movement.
Starting from the top of the home, we work our way downward to the foundation. Along the way, we follow the clues left behind until we find the origin, cause, it stops, or it disappears into a place we can't go.
Then we'll tell you what's happening, how concerned you should be, where we lost it, how far it went, whether we can see damage to other areas, if there are signs of past repairs, and what we recommend.
All to uncover the full story so you know what to expect.
Just like it sounds, this is a meaty, bare-bones major-items-only home inspection created in 2005 for homebuyers and real estate investors who didn't want the details and expense of a full home inspection.
This is the happy little alternative to the everyday home inspection everyone knows and loves, which checks 2000 items and not only makes you sift through the information you don't need, but it costs more.
Instead, our major-items inspection ONLY checks the 5 major areas of every home:
Foundation
Plumbing
Roof
Electrical
HVAC System
It trims away all the excess and only includes the most important 20% of a home, which causes 80% of the major issues that scare homebuyers and real estate investors away from a property.
It still includes a report with enhanced photos, usually takes about an hour, and only costs $395 for any size single-family home.
This handy dandy full-color 13-page digital field guide is our 5-point major-items inspection in print and the perfect companion for hands-on home buyers and DIY real estate investors.
Avoid hundreds (and thousands) in wasted home inspection fees by steering clear of the money pits before you make an offer.
Our home inspection checklist not only lets you check the bones BEFORE you order a professional home inspection, but it also lets you do it in about 30 minutes.
Only $18.99
With home inspections, nothing is more vital than your property inspection report.
This is the tool you use to work out, the document that sheds a crucial light on your home, the only thing you keep once the inspection is over, and what your better half will use to produce a honey-do list (do not state we didn't caution you).
That's why we've revamped that old, outdated market antique into something that NOT ONLY provides you the most info with the least risk; it helps you cruise through settlements like you own the place by getting you optimal price drops, repairs, and concessions.
Here's how we do it ...
1) We compose utilizing an inverted pyramid writing style.
A what?
In other words, when you're checking out one of our paragraphs, you will never need to sort through a long string of sentences that seem to run on with random ideas and disconnected concepts before you finally specify.
An inverted pyramid writing style provides the most crucial info first and constructs the remainder of the story from there.
We will ALWAYS get straight to the point in the real first sentence.
2) Our 10key ™ Comment Method asks the 11 most crucial questions every report must answer.
In Kansas and Missouri, home inspections can often seem like you're back in the Wild West - you only know what you're getting AFTER you've hired them.
That's why some property inspection reports raise more concerns than responses.
But not us. We not only know how to dig deep, find the defects, and uncover the real issues, but we also know how to share them in the best way possible so you really comprehend what's happening with the home.
What did I find?
Where is it?
What does it indicate?
What will happen if it's ignored?
Any indications of past repairs?
Is this a major concern?
Has it impacted anything else?
Has it harmed any surrounding locations?
What do I advise?
What triggered it?
Any indications of past issues?
These are the 11 big questions every report must answer if you wish to understand each flaw's full effect on the home.
3) Our reports are written in plain English.
Let's state we don't understand each other.
You could be an experienced specialist or a babysitter. A stay-at-home granny or vehicle salesperson.
It doesn't matter since we compose our reports so anyone can comprehend them no matter who you are, what you know, or what you do.
In fact, when I compose, I envision my 70-year-old hippie mother from California reading my report. And I'm pretty sure if she can understand it, anyone can (love you, Mom!).
4) Your home evaluation report will be clean and easy to browse.
A report clogged with things that don't matter makes it confusing and hard to understand.
We don't put anything extra in your home inspection report that will distract you from the important things that truly matter - the information that matters to you.
So if it travels through 5 or six different sets of hands before you close on your home, it'll constantly be easy for anyone to check out and utilize.
5) Your home inspection report will have plenty of pictures.
Your inspection report will include plainly labeled color photos that document all appropriate flaws. The images expand in size when clicked from your desktop or notebook computer to assist you in seeing the condition for yourself.
6) It will always be provided on the same day.
Time is essential when you're dealing with a 3, 5, 7, or 10-day assessment period. This is especially true when you must check the report and schedule other inspections afterward.
That's why you will constantly get your report later the same day.
We walk on the roof
Did you know home inspectors do not have to walk on roofs?
It's true. And lots do not.
But we do (as long as it's safe) because there's no better way to examine the shingles, roofing system deck, flashings, vents, and chimneys.
When you select Bullodg Inspections for your home inspection in [Blue Springs], you're not getting a low-level performance. You're getting a Certified Master Inspector ™ who has performed thousands of roof inspections and understands what it requires to discover the most significant problems and address your greatest roof-worry concerns - like "How's the roofing system."
*when it is both accessible and safe
Home inspectors are also not required to remove the cover to the main electrical panel.
But few things get tampered with more often than this piece of electrical gear.
Double-tapped breakers, missing grounds, loose breakers, rust, and poor wiring are just a few of the things that can go wrong inside a main electrical panel.
We’ll always remove the cover if we can get to it and it’s safe.
we remove the cover to the main panel
Everything in your house will eventually wear, break down, or require replacing, whether it's appliances, roofing, or plumbing systems. Remaining ahead of these unavoidable modifications can save you from expensive surprises and demanding scenarios.
Knowing when to expect repairs or replacements allows you to spend time planning carefully and preventing emergency situations before they disrupt your life.
As a fellow homeowner, I understand the importance of planning for home maintenance and replacements. That's why I've personally assembled a detailed guide that outlines the expected lifespan of over 300 essential products commonly found in a home. From HVAC systems to hot water heaters, flooring materials, and light fixtures, this practical resource helps you plan for maintenance and replacement schedules, ensuring you're never caught off guard.
This digital flipbook is created for homeowners and buyers like you.
It is a convenient, easy-to-use field guide that simplifies home care planning and is a free thank-you gift for every home examination.
By investing in your inspection, you're not just getting peace of mind for today-- you're gaining a tool to protect your investment and enjoy your home with fewer surprises. This guide is a valuable resource that comes as a free thank-you gift with every home examination, serving as a convenient, easy-to-use field guide that simplifies home care planning.
When things in your home wear out, expire, and need to be replaced, they have a cost.
That's why I also curated this flip book with the estimated replacement cost of over 500 items around your home.
Another free thank-you gift with every home inspection.
When things in your house stop working, stepping up and fixing them yourself feels good. That's why you'll get a copy of the Home Maintenance for Dummies [Second Ed.] ebook complimentary with every home inspection.
This practical guide makes everyday home repairs and maintenance a breeze. From tightening a loose cabinet, fixing a dripping faucet, or changing a toilet, this resourceful book breaks down the steps with plain language that anyone can understand.
It's the perfect resource to save a little cash while making your honey happy by knocking out that honey-do list.
Keep it close whenever life shows up and tries to block your pipes!
You'll have an experienced Certified Master Inspector® on your side (15000 home inspections since 2003)
We are a veteran-owned business (Steve spent 10 honorable years in the US Navy)
We are Kansas City's first and only 25-under-25 home inspection company (2019)
We inspect 100% of the items we can see, touch, and test (about 2000 items in the average home)
Your report will always be delivered the same day (so there are no delays)
We include photos of all important data plates (to avoid age-related disputes)
We run water the entire inspection when the property is vacant (to find all the leaks)
We hang ID tags on all important shutoff valves (so you know where they are)
We were voted Kansas City's Best Home Inspector (2024)
We are one of the Top 3 Property Inspectors in Kansas City (2020-2024)
We're on Expertise.com's list of Kansas City's Best Home Inspectors (2016-2024)
We maintain a 4.9 Google rating (with nearly 600 reviews)
We encourage you to attend (It's the best way to really understand the information)
We explain findings in plain language (this helps when you read the report)
We don't make repairs (so there is no conflict of interest)
We push on the tiles inside tubs and showers (to find water damaged drywall or plaster underneath)
We move toilets in all 4 directions (to never miss a loose toilet)
We inspect the house from top to bottom (literally)
We turn on all lights and appliances before we trip GFCI outlets (to make sure they’re wired right)
We’ll follow up after the inspection (to make sure you got your report without any trouble and answer any questions
If you change your mind about the home after we arrive, there is no charge (at the start of the inspection)
If the home isn't ready when we arrive, we will reschedule (without charging you a fee)
We can do your inspection within 24-48 hours (usually)
We're a member of the International Association of Certified Home Inspectors® (since 2004)
We give away free home inspections (A real $770 value)
You get a free termite inspection with every full home inspection ($85 value)
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