Yep, it's a gamble, you just have to weigh the risk vs. cost of the home and the engineer and how badly you all want this home and the neighborhood it resides in. You and your wife have a lot of talking to do. ;)
I agree! We have to let it sink in some (no pun intended but yet still funny). I dont mind the hard work it will take to get the house back in good shape. The realtors only major remark on it was that the sun room scared him the most. He knows we can fix it up and when the house is all said and done would increase drastically in valve. We just dont have the money up front to fix that room unless we get a really good deal on that house.