Prelisting Inspections are smart!  Folks living in this home in Metairie had me inspect it 1 year before they plan on putting it on the market.  They are being proactive and planning for the future.  I alerted them to several deficiencies that they said they would work on in the coming months.  That way when it's on the market and it gets inspected, there won't be many issues or road bumps during the negotiating process and things will go smoothly.  Buyers won't be threatening to "walk away from the deal".  They said all this, not me.  But they are right, its just simple logic.