Most inspectors won't do an inspection without a 3rd party to protect them from the liability questions above.Also note that most standards say that home inspections are non-invasive so we aren't moving furniture, or tearing off dry-wall.  

Hello,The inventory of investment grade SFRs has completely dried up in my target markets on MLS (foreclosures and short sales).

So he would have a capital contribution, it's just not as cut and dry as him writing a check.  

Or dry rot. 

The buyers had dropped their offer down to $197 based on an appraisal that came in at 190k (the exact thing that we were drying to avoid by writing an exception into our initial counter offer).

Pay for a Prelim Title Report - - this is what the bank and title company would be looking at.If a few hundred dollars keeps you dry on the docks, it's better than falling into the water filled with sharks.

Some climate is of course is impacted by elevation so it's not exactly cut and dried but generally that would serve as a guide.BTW I vote for Denver but I'm biased and I know we don't have the stock of multis that other older areas do.

Most all the land that I bought and sold where dry lots so I know the meaning of raw land.

In the meantime the repairs are being paid by the HOA (to repair the section of pipe only that leaked) and the dry out, which has depleted the HOA reserves.  

On the other hand, that extra "dry powder" in hand would come in handy so likely higher reward too.