Lakeside is East County horse country — ranch homes, manufactured homes, and acreage with wells, septic, and barns, all in a high fire-hazard zone. Here's what a careful home inspection checks that a listing photo never will.

Escondido is four housing markets in one ZIP code — historic Craftsman homes, mid-century tract homes, and rural well/septic acreage. Here's what a careful inspection catches in each, plus the one enemy every Escondido home shares: heat.