Is it ever possible to get back money from inspections and/or appraisals as well as earnest money?

uming that you put a home inspection as a condition of your offer you will get back all the money tied up in the sale of the house and will legally be free from the contract. You will NOT recieve the money you paid the home inspector back. When you hire a home inspector you are investing money in to the house, if you choose not to buy it afterwards you are still on the line for the money to pay for the service. Consider yourself lucky, you spent maybe $500 to save yourself a ton of cash in the long run.