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Home Sales Fundamentals: What Every Homeowner Should Know


Three Ways That First-Time Homebuyers Can Keep Stress Levels Low

If you've decided the time has come to purchase your first home, you're undoubtedly experiencing a unique combination of elation and apprehension. After all, becoming a homeowner is a big commitment, and experiencing some degree of stress is a natural part of the process for most people. Fortunately, there are ways available for you and other first-time homebuyers to minimize the stress of buying your first home. Following are three ways to dial down the anxiety after you've made a firm mental commitment to buy real estate.

Make a List

Make a list of features that you consider indispensable in a home. If you're going to be starting a family soon, for instance, you'll want to make sure that you choose a property with enough room for additions to your family. You may be the sort of person who loves to garden, and if that's the case, be sure your new home has a fairly large yard.

Only you can know what you're not willing to live without in a home, and writing these features down provides both you and your real estate agent with a clearer mental picture of the kind of property that would work for you. It's important, however, to only include things on this list that would be dealbreakers -- keep in mind that the more detailed your checklist is, the less chance you have of finding a suitable home. 

Don't Rush Into Anything

Although it does happen that some homebuyers end up buying the first property that they look at, it's better to give yourself some comparisons. Because looking at homes can be exhausting, especially if you've only got evenings and weekends in which to meet your agent and see houses, take advantage of online listing services to get a feel for individual properties before asking your agent for a showing -- this saves a great deal of rushing around to see properties. 

Let Your Agent Be Your Guide

Keep in mind that your real estate agent has invested significant time and energy into learning as much a possible about buying and selling real estate, so listen to that person and let her or him be your guide through the buying process. Your agent will know, for instance, whether the owner of a home you're interested in may be anxious to sell and therefore willing to contemplate a lower offer as well as be current on all applicable local real estate laws. 

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Home Sales Fundamentals: What Every Homeowner Should Know

When I decided to sell my first house, I had no idea how complex the process was going to be. From meeting with several real estate agents to completing the listing and scheduling open houses, it was more demanding than I thought. When it came time to entertain offers, I was at a loss for how to evaluate each one objectively and I made some mistakes that I wish I'd known better about. Now that we've left the closing table, I wanted to create this site to help others who may be new to listing a home. Read through what I've learned so that you can be better prepared for the process yourself.

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