Mold testing kits, or professional? or??

[ILoveMyBabyBird]

So i know we have mold/mildew, should i buy a testing kit? any suggestions or just have a professional come in and analyze the situation? Since i know there is mold, would it be wiser to forget the diy kit since the professionals will probably charge to test it anyway??

[roxemama]

When we moved into our house, we had mold and DH have to tear out the sheet rock in one room and replace it, what a mess. I looked into the kits, it would probably cost you $55 from amazon -read the reviews (that's 2 kits, and $30 to have it shipped and analyzed by a lab. 1 kit for indoors and 1 for outdoors to compare). The lab would identify what kind of mold it is. I thought we had mold again but I got an air filter and it's much better. DH says if you have mold you should be able to see it. It's up to you but I'd call the profs and see what they charge.