02/05/2026
If you’re buying or selling in this market, skipping an inspection is a gamble that doesn’t make sense anymore.
More buyers are backing out of deals lately. You are paying the price for the last guy thay skipped the inspection.
For years, buyers were waiving inspections just to get an offer accepted. That’s caught up to the market. Now inspections are happening again, and long-ignored issues are showing up. Flippers terrible work is not sliding through anymore.
With higher rates and tighter budgets, buyers can’t absorb surprise repairs anymore, so deals fall apart instead of sliding through.
A $250-$400 inspection might be the only thing separating you from a chump.
Inspections aren’t killing deals.
They’re exposing problems that were always there.
