I had a home inspector (recommended by my agent) inspect a duplex (my second investment property) that I am in the process of purchasing.

@Lance Lvovsky On my properties, I make decisions on repairs, sign contracts with renters, approve contractors, and pay a property manager to collect rent and make inspections.

A lot of my clients buy site unseen, but I usually visit the property and they get a home inspection during the due diligence period.

Even if they are cancelling contracts (which I doubt they are cancelling anything post inspection)  The seller still gets the EMD at least with OD, not sure about Zillow. 

I got the pictures of the floor support in the crawl space through inspection and it looked little dicey to me.

The inspection is done and the repairs identified in the inspection have been addressed.  

This is a common scenario where buyers ultimately are not approved for their mortgage. 2) Home Inspection Issues 3) Home Doesn't Appraise 4) Buyer Can't Sell His or Her Home 5) Liens or Title Issues. etc ...All lenders are VOE before closing, the new mortgage scenario we all must accommodate as of today as a lender I know this was not the norm 4 weeks ago, but now I do. 

I'm mostly seeing the opportunity to leverage a bit more during the inspection process.

Have some inspection items to address for a property I have under contract initially, and then use as go-to’s going forward.

I ended up buying a house I had never set foot in, and was so confident in his ability to spot the cause of some damage that looked worse than it was, that I was able to beat a bunch of other cash offers by removing the inspection contingency.