10 Simple Tips to Take the Stress Out of Home Buying Process - Focus on the Positives!

Tip 8: Buy it because you Love it!

A home's most important role is to serve as a comfortable, safe place to live, so don't get bogged down with thinking about your home's appreciation.

It's easy to love the home when it has great curb appeal...is perfectly staged with gorgeous furnishings and smells good. Those are the obvious things. But...before we can fall in love...

Remember our first steps in our Home Buying Process:
1. Getting Pre-Approved - so once we see that perfect home and we love it...we can buy it! 
2. Stick to that Budget - let's not look at homes we can't afford!
3. Keep your Emotions in Check - did you fall in love and forget being practical!
4. Your Lifestyle - will this home fit the way you live?
5. Physical Aspects - don't get caught up loving it that you aren't even thinking!
6. When to Buy - just because you were looking doesn't mean this is the right time for you.
7. Family & Friends - they may talk you out of it, or may even talk you into it because they love it...but remember...some advice isn't always good advice.

Thinking about how much of a home you are buying...in the neighborhood you are buying...and how much equity you will have doesn't mean a thing if you don't stay in the home long enough to recoup any of it. Don't get bogged down with all that if you don't even care about the home. Buy it because you love it!


Tip 9: Negotiation in Real Estate.