Hi Christina,In a Short Sale (or even a traditional sale), who pays for the inspection? The seller or the buyer?Also, should an appraisal be done before submitting the Short Sale package and should the seller pay for the appraisal (or the buyer)? Hi, Those are great questions, the home inspection in almost all transactions is paid for by the buyer. Here are a couple of different ways it is approached and the pros and cons of each: 1) Do the inspection at the time written into an (3 comments)