3rd Party inspections. Sellers invovlement?

I would be doing a little pre-investigating and seeing if there was a mobile inspector nearby. If not, I would be contacting the shop they want to do the inspection and finding out what they charge. If it isn't very much, I would consider offering to pay for the inspection myself. That would give you a little more control over the situation. I would then tell the buyer that after the inspection if you agree to pay for any repairs you will chose the repair facility. It's just letting the fox into the hen house to give someone the control to have an inspection performed by the repair shop and telling that shop a third party is sitting there ready to pay for anything they come up with. That's why home inspectors are paid for the inspection and not often hired to do the repairs. It keeps honest people honest. (BTW, what a great scam. Have a shill buyer bring sellers and their rigs into your repair shop for inspection and repairs. After the repairs are made, the buyer turns rabbit and runs from the deal. Bingo! the shop has just created a new customer out of thin air. Then the shill goes out and finds another mark. Shady repair facility, you can thank me via PM anytime, my advice is always free)