I'm in a similar situation to the OP and looking to buy first home. My loan officer actually encouraged me to put $0 down. I am buying a fixer upper and said it would make better sense financially to put my savings toward the renovations. My interest rate wasn't effected and my monthly payment barely would be.
Government backed loan? If you can get by with that that is an option. One thing to remember is if you sell it in 3-5 years, the broker commission is 6-7%. So I make sure you have that taken care of so you don’t owe more when you leave then what you get.