My wife and I are buying our first house today. Both of our leases are up in two weeks, and we will be gone next week, so no time like the present! It's only 7:30 here and we are going to look at three today. In San Francisco, you have to get up early and buy the house ASAP to pay $200k more than asking price. Watch an episode of house hunters and you'll see what I'm talking about! Anyway, what should we be looking for as far as problems go? Most house here have some foundation issues (earthquakes and uneven streets), but is there anything else to look for? We are actually pretty excited