If you're in the market to buy or sell right now it's helpful to know what kind of market we're working in locally. 

Are they selling drugs?

Is it possible to do inspections without DD if I am okay with taking the risk of the home selling??

However, a year ago, I opened a brokerage here in Tampa called Investing N Florida, where we manage short-term rental properties, provide training for agents on selling and purchasing investment properties, and specifically equip our agents to work with investors.

They provide no real protection at all for the borrower/contractor relationship.So, if your house had some plumbing work that was done, and your contractor did not pull permits and they did not have the city inspect the work, then when you go to sell the house you will get caught and they will tell you that they need to open the walls to inspect the plumbing and then closing the walls and repainting are on you.The draw process is way too easy, I've learned that it is sooooo worth paying your personal inspector like $100 to do a deep inspection. 

The easiest way to explain it for many is we are similar to home flippers - with the difference being in lieu of fixing up a property that is in distress and selling it, you do this with the borrower.

(I’m referring to capital gains not from selling rentals). 

Unless you have a solid plan in place to sell or refi the property within a year.A HELOC on your existing rental would prob still be the best bet, and you may just have to keep calling around. 

@Lou BarPicture thousands of lenders all selling the same product with the same base guidelines. 

My neighbor is selling their house (estimated $180,000 - probably higher when it hits the market).