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Sounds like you have checked all the right boxes, welcome to the "club"

Well there is not much to see from the outside, if it is a big ball of rust would be the only visible indication from the outside, or leaking It is really hard to tell someone what to look for as there is so much that can and in some cases not be a problem. If it does not start and run and drive...

If it does not run well do not buy it, you can remove the dog house and inspect the IP from the rear (look for rust on the bottom of the IP for one thing), but you should inspect everything, gear hubs, half shafts. Tell them you want it cold when you come to look at it and as stated above watch...

Also you need to budget a new set of tires, just about all trucks coming out of DRMO have very old tires, the ones out of CA are known to almost all have tire issues.

If the listing says it needs a fuel filter that is a huge red flag, if it needed one they would have replaced it, I suspect they are trying to cover up something else.

Does it run? I suspect if it is listed as needing a fuel filter it ether does not run or runs poorly in ether of those cases it will probably need an IP pump replaced, (read 2K or so total) many "pretty" trucks out of CA have bad pumps because they used JP in them. Don't worry about accessories...