Local Buying Tips

1.  Find an agent that will listen to what you want in a home.  One that will go the extra mile to help you find the home of your dreams. 

2.  Get pre-approved with a local mortgage company.  Your agent will help you choose one that will be easy to work with and get the lowest closing costs and best interest rates. 

3.  After touring each home write down what you liked and didn't like.  Develop a rating system that will help narrow the field.  1 to 10 with 10 being the highest.  You may want to bring a digital camera. 

4.  Eliminate right away the ones that clearly do not meet your standards.

5.  When you find your new home, make an offer right away.    When they are sold they are gone. 

The "Red Shoes" Experience for a Home Buyer

Women will relate to this. Say, you need a new pair of red shoes. You go to the mall. At the first shoe store, you find a fabulous pair of red shoes. You try them on. They fit perfectly. They are glamorous. Priced right, too. Do you buy them? Of course not! You go to every other store in the mall trying on red shoes until you are ready to drop from exhaustion. Then you return to the first store and buy those red shoes. Do not shop for a home this way. When you find the perfect home, buy it.