The inspection report became a negotiation you did not agree to have.
A buyer under contract sends a repair list, you decline, and the deal ends. Now the findings exist and they follow the house to the next buyer.
Sell without an inspectionWhat actually ends these deals
Rarely one item. It is a report with forty findings where the buyer asks for a credit covering all of them, calculated from the highest bid they could find. Sellers see a number that feels punitive and say no.
Roof, electrical panel, foundation movement, sewer scope results, HVAC age, and water intrusion are the categories that produce the biggest asks in Kentucky.
The disclosure problem afterward
Kentucky uses a seller disclosure form for most residential transactions, and once you know about a defect, that knowledge generally becomes material. A failed inspection converts unknown problems into known ones.
So the next buyer starts from a disclosed defect list rather than a clean slate, and prices accordingly. This is why the second sale attempt often nets less even at the same asking price.
Removing the contingency entirely
We buy as is without an inspection contingency. There is no repair list, no credit negotiation, and no renegotiating after a report comes back.
Send us the inspection report from the failed deal. Most sellers assume it hurts them. In practice it helps, because it replaces our conservative assumptions with actual findings, and that frequently raises the number rather than lowering it.
Five questions. That is the whole thing.
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Question 1 of 5
What people ask about this
Should I send you the inspection report?
Yes. Known findings usually beat our assumptions. Withholding it means we price for the worst case.
Do I have to disclose what the inspection found?
Known material defects generally belong on the Kentucky seller disclosure. Ask an attorney about your specific obligations.
Do you do your own inspection?
We evaluate the property, and our offer is not contingent on an inspection outcome. We are not looking for a reason to renegotiate.
Often it is more than one thing at once
Sell without an inspection.
No cost, no obligation, and nobody shows up at your door unless you ask them to.