Can I ask the seller to make repairs?
Yes — after inspection you can request repairs, a credit, or a price cut. Under Florida's as-is contract the seller isn't required to agree, so it's a negotiation: focused asks backed by bids, usually credits over repairs, all resolved inside your inspection window.
Yes — the inspection's findings open a second negotiation, and how you run it determines whether it ends in a better deal or a blown one.
Know the baseline first
Under Florida's common as-is contract, the seller isn't obligated to repair anything. Your leverage is your right to cancel inside the inspection period — not a right to demand fixes. That's not weakness: a seller facing a documented issue knows the next buyer's inspector will find it too.
Repairs, credit, or price cut?
I usually steer toward a credit or price reduction over seller-managed repairs: you choose the contractor, the materials, and the standard, while sellers under contract have a way of choosing the cheapest possible version of "fixed." Repairs make sense for permit-required or insurance-critical items you need done before closing. Either way, it lands as a credit at closing or an amended price.
How to ask so the answer is yes
Short list, real items, real numbers. A focused request backed by contractor bids reads as fair; a twenty-line list of drips and scuffs reads as a shakedown and stiffens sellers. Frame it as solving the deal's problem together. And mind the clock — the leverage lives inside the decision framework and its deadlines.
This is one of the two moments where negotiation truly earns its keep. Bring me the report — I'll bring the framing, the bid strategy, and the calm.
This answer is general education, not legal, tax, or financial advice. Your situation is unique — let's talk through the specifics together.