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Creating A List Before You Go House Hunting



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othing is worse than            been thinking. Since turning      
buying a home only to           around and selling it immediately 
realize you don’t like it.      probably does not make financial  
Creating a checklist before you       sense, you are stuck.             
go house hunting can help prevent                                       
this situation.                       One way to beat buyer’s remorse   
                                      is to focus on your goal. The     
Creating a List Before You Go         first step to house hunting is    
House Hunting                         not to go look at houses. It is   
                                      to sit down and make a checklist. 
Finding the perfect home can be       The checklist should include a    
both a grueling and incredibly        wide variety of things. On the    
euphoric task. It is a rare day       positive side, it should include  
indeed when the first home you        a list of things you like         
look at is the magic one.             including particular home styles, 
Instead, you are going to do a        locations, layouts and those      
lot of driving and rolling of the     particular little things you want 
eyes. As this process continues,      such as a workshop or whatever.   
you can lose sight of the goal        Once you have the list of         
and get frustrated. The next          positives, you are half way       
thing you know, you own a home        there.                            
that ultimately isn’t really what                                       
you were after. Welcome to the        You should also create a negative 
concept of buyer’s remorse.           section for your list. This       
                                      should include elements that you  
What is buyer’s remorse? It is a      absolutely do not want in the     
nightmare. It is sitting in a         home you are going to buy. Items  
home you paid hundreds of             can include the location in       
thousands of dollars for and          relation to major roads,          
wondering what you could have         particular styles, layouts, yard  



size, garages and so on. The          home in a bad area, move on.      
point is to get everything you                                          
don’t want on the list.               Your list should be like a        
                                      religious document to you. Stick  
Once you have a master list, you      to the guidelines you have put    
must stick to it. Discipline is       down and you stand a very good    
the key. If you find a home that      chance of avoiding buyer’s        
has everything, but is located        remorse. Stray from it and you    
one house from a high traffic         have nobody to blame but          
road, don’t make an offer. Don’t      yourself.                         
be tempted! Stick to your             

                              
checklist! If you find a great        




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Raynor James is with http://www.fsboamerica.org - view homes for sale by owner across the nation for free.


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