. $5,000 over asking, no inspection requests for individual items below $2,000 (a no-nit-picking clause), and the lender agreed he could close in 22 days.

They're still inspecting large commercial "essential" projects though. #2 contractors are having a tough time convincing their workers and subs to show up.Personally as a plumbing and heating contractor I want to limit my exposure to absolute emergencies only for existing customers.

Valuation applications are better than they were in the past, but don't take them as gospel and 100% accurate.I've seen online appraisals vary by almost 10-20% (think Zestimate) for the same property, whereas physical appraisals tend to group closer together.I think valuing properties is still done best by the old-school method of physically inspecting a property and the neighborhood it is in to generate a value for it.

Inspection date Nov 18, 2019.

At any phase of construction you are going to get to a point where you will need to have an inspection whether it be for your framing, your rough-in, or your final.

So we are doing deals with cash buyers, no inspection contingencies, and (ahem) pretty low offers.

We got a property inspection which helped us negotiate.

Had to do an HVAC inspection per city inspection (sec 8)  they charged me $350 and the city did not accept their HVAC inspection  so I had to call one myself because of time sensitivity.

Was it found on the inspection? 

Very similar to their Premier Agent system.Zillow's instant offer is verified by a real estate agent who meets the seller and walks the property to verify condition (Zillow also does inspections to drop their price further if Seller accepts it) but the agent's goal is to take a listing by showing the seller how much more money they'd net, NOT to talk them into taking Zillow's offer.