"What Do You Mean I Need 20%?!"
The First-Timer's Home Buyer's
Survival Guide
Survival Tip #1 - Make your house an email address.
Send everything house-related to that email.
Realtor inquiries, your Zillow account, the contract paperwork, the home repairs, the warranties - all in one easy place.
Pro Tips
01
This is YOUR House
Buy the house you like - not the house your realtor likes or your mom likes
03
Your Realtor is YOUR Employee
You are paying them.
If they suck - fire them and find someone else.
02
This is YOUR House to Live In
Buy a house in a location that actually works for your life - in a neighborhood you like, with a commute from your office that is do-able not something you will dread every day
04
ASK QUESTIONS
Ask your realtor how he gets paid. Ask your mortgage broker how she gets paid. Ask the seller for receipts about the "work" they had done. Ask the inspector to explain structural foundation engineering to you like you're 10.