Relying alone on your gut feeling can often be misleading so avoid a big mistake the next time you are buying a house. Learn how to prepare a home buyer checklist and keep your search for the perfect house on track.

Always bring along these three things in addition to your home buyer checklist - a tape measure, flash light, and note pad. 

For ease of comparison, keep an individual home buyer checklist for each house you walk through and create a method to score each item on the list.  You may give certain items higher values than others or you can give them all an equal value.  Regardless, be consistent so that after you have visited several houses you can go back and analyze the scores.

Use your home buyer checklist to discuss any concerns you have with your Realtor, your greatest ally when buying a house.

Avoid a big mistake home buyers make when previewing houses by being prepared with a valuable checklist.  Put simply you will accomplish two things.  First your Realtor can suggest possible solutions to your concerns. Second your agent will better understand what you are looking for and show you properties that may be more to your liking.

Take your time when buying a house to shop around for the best housing fit.

See you tomorrow with more on checklists and the actual checklist itself!

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