Checklist for home walkthroughs? No inspection clause?

[Nader Hachem]

Hey all,

I’m purchasing my first primary residence for my fiancé and I. We’ve been putting very strong offers - most 40K over (price range is 200-250k houses) But we keep on losing them. One thing I am doing is putting 3 day inspection periods rather than eliminating inspections completely because I know things could pop up. 

Does anyone have a word or excel document they use to checklist things when doing their initial showing walk through? I feel like if I had something to check everything off, it could help me waive inspection and get leverage over other potential buyers. 

I’m currently putting appraisal gaps of 10k. Do you think this turns off the seller and that’s why we’re losing opportunities? I’d hate to have to gap 20k on a small starter home that we only plan on being there for 5-6ish years max