Once we have met for the initial home buyer consultation, we have gone to the lender for the pre-approval and we have discussed all the specific wants and needs for the buyer, we are finally ready to see homes.
We will initially sit at the computer together to determine the best homes that are in our price range, list of must haves, school district and other important needs. Once we have determined the 10 best options, we will list them in the order of most favorite to least.
How do we arrange to see the homes that we like?
First, we will map out the most direct route for the showings. This will make the best use of your time and mine. It will also make it easier to determine the time that we will need to travel to each showing.
Depending on the company and agent that the home is listed with, I will call either the showing service or the agent directly to arrange for a showing. If the home is vacant, it will be easier to fit these homes in between others that are lived in if we are running ahead or behind schedule. It is important that we do our best to keep on our schedule to be courteous of the hour time windows that I arrange.
I will give you a clipboard with a packet of information for the showing day. In this packet, you will have all of the MLS sheets for the properties that we will be seeing in the order that we are seeing them, a map with all the properties listed, your notes from your webpage about the things that you liked about each home, the property disclosures and feature sheets, as well as a page for you to take specific notes about what you liked and did not like for each property. This will help you keep them straight in your mind and you can decide if you want to narrow it to your top 3 that you need to view again.
I don't expect you to make a decision the first time that we go out and look. However, don't be afraid if that first house is the one! This very well could happen, since it is your most favorite house, we will compare the rest to this one. You will still see all the ones on your list, but don't be surprised if you keep coming back to your favorite. Nothing wrong with that!
Once we get the point where are viewing homes, it gets exciting! You are narrowing down your options and getting to see what is out there in the market. No harm in waiting for the perfect one if you have the time. Call me to get started on your Cedar Rapids area home search today! Spring is just around the corner and you will have many more homes to choose from in the next month.
Keep smiling!
Karen
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