Being a plumbing contractor, I have many real estate investors who call my company to do plumbing inspections and they want us to put cameras in the drain and sewer pipes.

We replace some plumbing and made some small repairs, but otherwise this home was turnkey.

Nevertheless, finding a "deal" using traditional methods such as networking with local realtors and lenders has gotten much harder. 

Hopefully the plumbing, electric and A/C are just as good.

There are two methods of appraisals, Sales approach vs cost approach.

I recently purchased a small lake house in IL, which is sort of vulnerable to winter temps (= very lightly insulated crawl space where all plumbing is located).

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This method of 'No inspection contingencies' could cost you an EMD, but it's one more way to move your offer to the top of the list. 

Basically you should figure to replace all of the mechanical electrical plumbing lot of places are laughing plaster with no insulation true 2x4 construction which is nominal sizing.

However a refinance actually means breaking the mortgage or doing a mortgage renewal to get a better interest rate whereas a cash out refi means you actually take money out of the deal to use.I hope this helps clarify the BRRRR method.