Moldy Matters within the home

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A friend of mine is in the process of purchasing her first home. ANd as it turns out because of the location she is getting a very good deal on the house. But after inspection they found some mold. She said the inspector is going to test it to see what kind of mold it is and she asked me how to either get rid of it or prevent it from happening again. Apparently it has to do with the foundation of the house and when it rains water collects in a certain area. SO I suggested to her to make sure you fix that to help prevent it. The inspector told her that she could have it cleaned by specialist and depending ont he type of mold it is the realtor may have to pay for the cleaning. Here is my question....I do know some mold can be cleaned and there is no problem after that and the family is safe to live in the home. But the bad mold what I have heard as "black mold" is very dangerous and hard to get rid of. In fact I have seen on many home shows where they had to completely get rid of the areas in the house where the black mold existed. So can yu ever really get rid of the black mold by simply having professionals clean it? Any experts out there on home remodeling and repairing old homes who have come across this please give me any advice I can pass on to her.