(Voltage) buffer properties: Very high input resistance and very low output resistance and unity gain.
If you speak about opamp realizations: Inverters have only medium range input resistances (kOhm range). Thus two inverters in series have bad buffer properties and 2 opamps are necessary (waste of money).
I think you use buffer (two inverters in series) can help improve the slew rate: it means rise/fall time is very small. It is very usefull if you place buffer at the output of comparator.