y learning what you need
to know and preparing how
to purchase a home ahead of - You're not encouraged to spend
time, you will be less likely to as much time as you need in any
become so enamored with a one place.
particular property that you fall
into the traps and the pitfalls - You're not able to ask as many
that are so often the result of questions as you would like.
IDM, or Irrational Decision
Making. - You're not asked if you would
like to set up another time to
Do not allow your emotions to come back and go through the
come before sound and rational house again.
reasoning when making the
decision to purchase a home. The option to sit down and have a
good conversation with the owner
Let's face it; if you've been out is not available to you.
house hunting, you know the
feeling you get when you finally In other words, you're expected
think you've found a house you to make a decision on the largest
really like. single purchase of your life
without having many of the facts
You're like a kid in a toy store, you really need.
excited about the possibilities
that this dream house could Of course, you're likely to get a
really be yours. home inspection and an appraisal
done. But, if you think that's
When you go to see the home, enough to protect you, you've got
you're herded through it like another thing coming to you.
sheep in a predetermined pattern.
After over 21 years dealing in After you purchased your home,
real estate and its many players, were there things that you saw,
I am here to tell you it simply noticed, or realized about the
is not. property that had they been seen,
noticed or realized BEFORE making
- When it comes down to buying a the purchase would have changed
home, nobody but you is going to the way you proceeded with the
be watching out for your best home buying process?
interest.
Possible changes might have
- You need to get as much included:
information as you can before you
buy. - Offering less for the home,
- There is no one who can (or - Making it a condition of the
will) be as thorough as you. sale that something be repaired
or replaced, or
Why? Because nobody else has to
be as thorough. - Not having gone through with
the purchase at all!
It's not their home. They're not
going to be living there. Think about that for a moment.
And, whatever issues you end up What is the probability that
having, they can't see them from you're going to be able to keep a
their house! level head when the real estate
agent is telling you that you
Ask anyone who has ever purchased need to act quickly because there
a home this one question: are three other showings after
you?
make.
And you "just love" the house...
- Take the time to do your
If you are unprepared, but homework and get the information
feeling pressured, how likely is you need to make a rational
it that you will make an informed buying decision, then
decision quickly when you haven't
even done any homework on the - Step back, take a deep breathe
property? and really look at what you're
about to buy.
Remember:
Copyright 2005 Don Berthiaume
- Don't be pressured into making
the mistakes typical homebuyers
About the Author:
Don Berthiaume gives you the questions you need to ask as a home buyer. For more details, and for a free 4-part mini-course in home buying, visit this site now: http://www.homebuyerdefenseguide.com/go/go.php/hbs4
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