Uh ... so is this everywhere? Because if so, I might be freaked.
That depends. Unless it's something egregious (e.g. removing a load bearing wall that fails after the sale and kills the new owners, you rig up the exhaust from a gas furnace to vent into the dryer vent and cause an explosion) you can usually just sign the representation without issue. If a house is really old you're pretty much buying something that's had tons of work down without permits. However, in this inferno of information overload and oversharing, if do major things without a permit and sign the form you're probably going to be freaked if something goes wrong.
You'd be surprised what people will waive in a sellers market
There's a dipcrap I work with that's buying a house with freaking aluminum wiring and tons of visible friable asbestos without an inspection in north Arlington at $740K and thinks he's getting a deal.
