The lender I’m dealing with advised that “sometimes appraisers don’t go in the house” and that I can take a gamble and see if they will just appraise it from the outside and approve me for a traditional loan but it’s not guaranteed.

Done - Grand Teton with family, Vegas with friends, a couple bachelor parties and Iowa gambling trip, visited college friends in California.5.

Even better, read HUD SFH 4000.1 which is 1,100+ pages of HUD/FHA guidelines. 

Not your question, but something I want to mention is that you need to be aware that rentals in Nijmegen and Arnhem have certain guidelines that you need to follow.

It's gambling. 

Check your state guidelines with respect to evictions as they are mandated at the state level.  

Governors are merely following the CDC mandates and guidelines. 

We were planning to move forward with filing for judgment under some new guidelines when we discovered that the property had been boarded up after we bought the loan.

Does each state have its own guidelines or are the regulations federal?

Apparently, they are considered portfolio loans and have very strict guidelines; particularly when it comes to Debt to Income ratio.