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Article #164: Home Buying Quick Reference Guide

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If you are in the process of buying a your children while providing an
home you may have noticed that there is a outstanding education? These questions
lot more to the process than meets the may seem like too much but they go a long
eye. If you have not yet gone through the way in helping you find the best possible
home buying process, you may have no real house for you and your family.
idea of all the steps and motions that Then there are the questions about the
are involved in the process. Not only is condition of the house you are
there a huge process involved, there are considering. Are there minor or major
also many subtle steps that can aid and repairs that need to be made to the home?
help things work out much more smoothly. Are you willing to make the necessary
Rather than just buying a home perhaps repairs? How much will they cost and can
you should be looking to buy the right you negotiate a better price as a result?
home. The right home for each and every Will you be able to do the work yourself
family will be different. This is the or will you need to hire professionals?
point where you should sit down with your How about legality? Are the repairs
family and discuss exactly what it is needed repairs that you can make on your
that you are looking for in a home. How own or will you need a licensed
many bedrooms do you want and how many contractor to do the work? Are the
can you settle for if there is absolutely repairs merely cosmetic? Most importantly
no choice in the matter? How many square can you live in the house while the
feet do you want and how many can you and repairs are being made or until the
your family comfortably tolerate? Do you repairs can be made?
need a basement or do you just want one? Asking these questions, debating the
What about parking? How many spaces do answers and reaching a compromise that
you absolutely need? Do you need a fenced everyone can agree on is part and parcel
yard? How much yard do you need? of the home buying process. Perhaps the
There are so many questions and this is biggest secret to buying a home is
only about the house. What about the compromise. Buying a home is a lesson in
community? Do you want a strong community compromise for all parties involved.
feeling such as you would find in a gated Remember if you already have children
community? Do you want a community park, this may require them leaving their
swimming pool? How about community friends and beginning again in a brand
activities in which you and your family new school. Giving them a voice in the
could participate? Would you rather be process can help ease the pains of
left alone? How close do you really want leaving behinds friends and those things
your neighbors? What about the stores that they find familiar. Most
nearby? Do you need to live within importantly, by learning to compromise it
walking distance of stores, schools, is quite likely that everyone in the
parks, and entertainment or do you prefer family will find something to love about
a little bit of a commute? How about the your new home.
schools? Will they serve the needs of






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