...I'm closing on a HomePath foreclosure tomorrow that is in very good condition ...but having looked at several foreclosures over the past year, I have to agree with SO10 on the inspections ...the feds are very restrictive as to how their listing agents present and sell the property ...I've seen fannie mae properties advertised that looked perfect in the pics but were disasters in person ...one even had a huge hole in a front wall resulting from a fire that wasn't in the pics or mentioned in the details ...one looked perfect to me on first visit but my realtor noticed where it looked (to her experienced eye) like a roof leak had been painted over ...turned out the roof required complete replacement
...the home I'm buying now is in very good condition but I gladly paid for inspection including 4 point and wind mitigation ...total cost was $325 but it turned out the wind mitigation report found that the home had an almost new roof that wasn't reported anywhere and met the current south florida hurricane standards ...that alone saved me more than $1k a year in home insurance premiums
...hth
no, but like many on the verge of extiction, we learn to hide among the masses 
but seriously, except for the 2 bed thing, nothing else is a deal breaker. they are just wants. but we me & adult son - well - I'm not sleeping on a couch and neither is he - not if we buying a place. don't drive so doesn't matter about vehicle parking cause I know USDA requires a place to park 1 vehicle and it's only rare times I migh have more than 1 vehicle with people visiting. Single story - would love that but as long as a bedroom and essential rooms are on the main floor - I could care less. Heck a finished attic means my son could have his own space for entertaining his friends. I just have a knee that likes to give out randomly so no stairs to climb would be wonderful. I could save up to fence a yard and I know my brother and his teen sons would be willing - all I need to do is provide cold drinks and a nice meal. I like trees but what I like is smaller ones - like dogwoods and crepe myrtyles - trees that won't take out a roof if they come down. If the yard is too big to push mow, I'll just pay nephews to cut it or my son could do it or I'd find a riding mower.
I can work around almost anything other than a single bedroom. I'm actually more concerned about the overall cost of a place versus what I would like to have. With a cheaper place, I could repaint/remodel/fence yard.
But then again, I think anyone living under a slum landlord would be happy with just about anything. I'm tired of not being able to use my bedroom for roughly 3 months in winter. I'm tired of sleeping in a recliner because my living room is too small for even a couch to sleep on. I'm tired of not being able to run my heat over 62F even on the coldest days because the furnace can't keep up with demand and runs on auxillary heat continually. I'm tired of having a drink sitting in my living room feel like it came out of my fridge. But most of all, I'm tired of being in pain all the time because of how cold it is inside. I have fibromyalgia - and when it gets cold - my fibro flares up and I hurt worse.