prayers up please. It's kinda rundown bc that's all I can afford so I'm scared there will be something really big that makes it unviable to purchase. My neighborhood is starting to gentrify but the current owner wants to sell to me because she has only gotten offers from developers who want to tear it down and build some featureless cube. It's a really pretty old old brick house. I always wanted to live in a brick house and this might be my best chance.
That's awesome! Get an inspection, I've seen a lot of horror stories over the last couple of years (even personal ones) where people are pressured to skip an inspection to land a deal, only to discover some real harry problems afterwards.
Get two if you can, especially if the first inspector was recommended by your realtor. An inspector who gets work from a real estate agent is going to have an incentive not to jeopardize the sale, lest they not get called for the next one.
On top of that little bit of misaligned motivation, of the three home inspections I've had none of them found things that ultimately ended up being problems. The most recent move I did the inspection myself, wrote up a little list with pictures, and got the seller to fix most of it right up.
The OP is a first time home buyer and I wish them luck! Home ownership takes work even with the the best kept home. I just hope they take heed and go into it eyes wide open and we'll informed as possible.