House Hunting: It's Not About the Hunt, It's About the HOUSE
When you're house hunting, especially in a market that moves quickly, it can get addictive to search online for homes. Digging for the perfect home in listings becomes a bit of a sport. So when you find a home that has tripped your trigger and you're ready to make an offer, stop looking at homes online.
Let's face it, there will always be something there to tempt you, but the thrill of the hunt shouldn't blur the reality that you have found a home you want. You can talk yourself out of home after home after home, only to be left sitting in your rental wishing you could find the perfect home. Perfect doesn't exist. Everyone makes compromises when they are buying.
So when you find a home that has you ready to write an offer, and you've written that earnest money deposit check, step away from the computer. Go to dinner with a friend. Watch a movie. Call your Mom. Why jeopardize losing a home you want, for the possibility that there MIGHT be a better one? A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. That's a saying that very much applies to house hunters who continue to hunt after they've found the house.
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