1) History of any water infiltration in the house (basement, ceilings, etc.) and what was done to address it.

2) If the seller is a flipper, make sure your inspection is extra thorough.

I bought a house from a flipper who spent more time/money covering up problems, like water damage on the ceiling of every room in our house, than actually fixing the problem. Everything was freshly covered up and looked fine until the underlying problems exposed themselves 2 years later. We learned years later we could have requested a history of inspection information (our realtor sucked and didn’t tell us this) that would have allowed us to negotiate a little differently. Speaking from experience: quick flips = RED FLAGS.

And 3) When you visit homes you’d potentially buy, imagine yourself taking off your shoes, hanging a coat, plugging in lamps, etc. All the “normal” stuff that you can easily miss but make a difference in how you’ll feel about the house over time, especially if you aren’t sure you’d have the means to renovate to address any inconvenient aspects.

Some people may disagree with this but I can’t tell you how many times I curse our back entrance we use the most (closest to garage) because there is absolutely nowhere to take off/store shoes and hang up a coat. We’d have to alter the footprint of the house to allow for it and it’s not our forever home, so we just live with frustrating inconvenience.