Two university's and all the usual suspects for a city of 25k.

We found a house in Spring Grove Mn, and it is perfect. We get a showing tomorrow at 10.
www.zillow.com/homedetails/428-Maple-Dr-Spring-Grove-MN-55974/106686797_zpid/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=emo-SendToFriendHDP-image&zuid=ZUr4rjbaqfsvex_a6mey

Darn it

Some say a regular home inspection is stricter while others say the VA inspection is. It seems to come down to areas of focus. A regular inspection may pay more attention to home systems (e.g. electrical, plumbing, HVAC...etc.) The VA has minimum requirements for these and looks more into safety (air/water/soil contamination, lead/asbestos. safety devices...etc.).

That's an old home (1904) which may have had a lot of DIY work done that's not entirely up to code. For instance, the pictures show handrails on the front porch steps; but, none on the steps leading off the deck. There may be other shortcomings in structural and systems modifications/upgrades/repairs. The buyer would have to pay about $500 for a VA inspector to identify all issues and then determine whether or not correcting them would be worthwhile. If the realtor pointed out, up front, that the home would not pass a VA inspection, I'd take that to mean the seller isn't interested in making corrections... it's probably cost prohibitive.