The easiest way to understand how to start house shopping, is from the other end of the experience.

Imagine that you’re standing in front of “The One” that you want to buy. What happens if you need financing but haven’t talked to a mortgage lender yet? What happens if you’re standing next to an agent that you aren’t sure about? The risk here is that you might miss out on the One or pay too much.

If you haven’t spoken to a mortgage professional, it could mean that the time it takes to get everything set up for financing means that you lose the home to another buyer. If you aren’t confident that your agent can lead you through a negotiation, you may end up being too aggressive and missing the house even though you would have bought it for market value.

If you want to end up in The One, our suggestion is that it starts much earlier.

The perfect start is with understanding what your buying power is with a mortgage professional, because we don’t want you to waste your time looking at the wrong houses.

Second, good agents can show you how your decisions impact your options. If you have a house in mind that doesn’t exist in the place you want to live for the price you want to pay, we should tell you that. Also, if you explain to us what you are trying to achieve, it could be that the perfect house exists, but you’ve never walked through it so you wouldn’t know.

The best way to shop for a home is to develop a blueprint for success with market information. If you have a budget set out, you can only choose the best of what’s available in the market.

 

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