#4 Home Search

There are a few ways to go about doing this. You can access local publications highlighting available real estate in the area, you can contact local Neighborhood Associations, visit the local Chamber of Commerce, look on the Internet, and you can even drive through neighborhoods that you feel would meet your needs. Driving around a particular area looking for a home that is for sale is good because you can actually see the house, but it can be very time consuming and very "hit or miss."

Your agent can save you time and money by keeping up-to-date on available properties that possibly meet your criteria and your agent will screen these properties for you. You can eliminate the haphazard searching through papers and the Internet and let the listings come to you through your agent. Then, when you find one that you like, your agent can arrange for you to walk through the property when it is convenient for you.

10 Steps to Buying Your Home

 
 1- Needs Analysis

 2- Preapproval vs. Prequalification

 3- Neighborhood Information

 4- Home Search

 5- Making an Offer

 6- Negotiating to Buy

 7- Vendor Coordination

 8- Pre-Close Preparation

 9- Closing

10- Post-Closing

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