Are You A First-Time Home Buyer? 5 First-Time Buyer Mistakes You Should Avoid...
Being a "first-time anything" is always stressful. And mistakes are inevitable. When it comes to buying your first home, it's such a big financial and life-style commitment you want to avoid making mistakes as much as possible. The infographic below outlines the 5 First-Time Home Buyer Mistaks too many buyers make and provides a simple solution to each. The include:
- Unrealistic budgeting regarding what you can afford and what it costs to maintain a home.
- Unclear expectations when you haven't fully identified what you need versus what you want in a home, where you want a home, the type of home that's approrpiate for your lifestyle, etc.
- Emotional decision making is always dangerous when you are making a large financial investment.
- Insufficient research about the home buying process, about neighborhoods, etc.
- Not hiring the right Realtor® to guide you through the home buying process from start to finish and one who can help you avoid the first four mistakes.
Infographic: 5 First-Time Home Buyer Mistakes (And Their Simple Solutions)

Your FIRST Step After Hiring The Right Realtor®?
In case you haven't already been advised... your very first step is to get pre-qualified for a home mortgage. Getting pre-approved is a critical step to show home sellers you are serious about buying and capable to do so. And it often helps speed up the process once your offer has been accepted. Besides, understanding your budget up-front will give you the confidence of knowing whether or not your dream home is within your reach.
GreatHomesInCharlotte.com Can Help You Find Your First Home
Carolinas Realty Partners are first-time home buyer specialists. Our website, www.GreatHomesInCharlotte.com, can help you start searching for your Charlotte area first home. Our website offers great features that you can customize for your own customized and personalized home search, including:
- An easy-to-use design.
- Search by area, zip code, city, county, neighborhood, address, map, price range, by schools, by community features, and so much more -- check out all of the advanced search features at GreatHomesInCharlotte.com.
- Ability to receive automatic home listing updates when homes meeting your search criteria come on the market so you never miss a price drop or new listing.
- Ability to save your searches and preferences.
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This information about the the first steps to achieve the dream of homeownership is provided by Nina Hollander and Carolinas Realty Partners with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, your Charlotte metro area residential real estate experts. We have been opening doors to homeownership for Charlotte region first time home buyers for 20+ years. We can open the door to your dream home, too!
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