@Rich Hupper if you are looking to own/operate a business then buying palates of returned items from Amazon, Home Depot, etc then breaking them down and selling off the contents in a deep discount retail model could be a good use of the space.

I believe the standard fee may be a bit higher but we have so many with her that she gives us a discount.

Discount your properties to incentivize one buyer to pick them all up as a package. 

So I'm at a loss for how much I should estimate the repair to cost/ how much I should discount my offer by.Thanks in advance for the help 

Believe it or not I've seen sellers take heavy discounts on their home purely based on the fact that they don't want to deal with showings and the whole listing ordeal.

At the end of the day, you're trying to get this person to discount his fees.

As an investor you must get a decent discount when purchasing.

If there is significant interest in the property you will not get much of a discount.  

They (and I) do not like having problems continually popping up that could have been avoided.My primary reason I like inspections is they give me more ammo to use along with contractor bids to justify my purchase discount requests.Hope this helps

@Chris Mason I would never discount information from Jay, the Oracle of Oregon.