Yes, a clean inspection genuinely helps you, mostly because it keeps your building financeable. Some background on why. After the Surfside collapse, Florida law required older condo buildings to complete structural inspections and fund reserves to a set level by a deadline. Buildings that fell short got hit with large special assessments to catch up, some in the tens of thousands per unit and a few over a hundred thousand, stacked on top of higher HOA dues and rising insurance premiums. Confirm the current Florida requirements, since the deadlines and reserve rules have their own timelines. Passing inspection with a healthy reserve picture removes the scariest unknown for a buyer: surprise special-assessment risk. It also matters for financing, which is the quiet dealbreaker in the condo market. When a lender reviews a condo project for Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac, the review looks at the HOA budget and replacement reserves (a reserve line of roughly 10% of the budget), owner-occupancy, pending litigation, special assessments, deferred maintenance and critical repairs, and whether the master insurance is adequate. Fannie and Freddie added specific critical-repair and special-assessment scrutiny after Surfside, and that scrutiny is now standard. A building that fails on those points can become difficult or impossible to finance conventionally, which shrinks the buyer pool to cash. A passed inspection and clean books keep your building sellable to financed buyers. So it's a real positive for your unit. Just be honest that it doesn't erase the broader affordability drag. Elevated dues, insurance, and rates still weigh on condo demand generally, so the clean inspection lifts your building's standing more than it lifts the whole market.