If
you are a first time home buyer, then this is the blog for you. As a
first time home buyer, most of you know exactly what you want, how much
you want to pay, and where you're going to get it from. Most of the
time, as a Realtor, we can not get that for you.
Maybe you are asking for too much house, in too low of a price range,
so the ones we show you need too much work. Maybe you just have to be
in this neighborhood, but the ones that are for sale, don't have the
floor plan you are looking for?
This happens, but there are ways around it.
Keep
an open mind. If you are not building a house, then you can't make a
list of things you want every room to have. Chances are there is not a
house like this, because you did not have it built for you.
Be
patient.
Let the Realtor send you things that meets the area you want to live
in, the price range, and how many bedrooms & baths you want. Go
through the pictures of the houses online, map out the exact location,
and read all the descriptions. You never know, something you thought
you would never like, could just turn out to be the home of your dreams.
Be
Flexible. This goes hand and hand with the other two. Be flexible on
smaller things, like the lot size. Let's say you want and acre, but we
have a house that is just what you have been looking for that is only
on .8 of an acre. Not much of a difference, so try not to dismiss a
house over these smaller things. Chances are if you ask for
an acre, we are not going to send anything your way that is way smaller
than you asked for.
I believe that if you can do these three things, you will have a much
better first experience at buying a home! We are here to make this
process as easy and stress-free as we can!
Irene: this is true, a lot of first time home buyers have their expectations too high from the get go. Hopefully the buyers who read this, will have a better understanding of the process.
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Great advice and well-written. Buyers can be a bit unrealistic at times.