Every one is different, but my preference is to buy a car that has never had an advisory, although thats only one clue in the puzzle.
My logic is that if a car has advisories the owner hasn't kept up with maintenance, why else would you find a problem at test time. Cars that have no advisories at all will have had all the same problems but the difference is the owner splashed the cash to get them sorted.
Now obviously you can't go on that alone but its a good start.
Out of all the ones you listed, the brake hose would be the least likely to put me off, but the other two I probably wouldn't even go and look at. There will be plenty of other cars to chose from.
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