My First Home

Unless you know quite a bit about home construction and quality, you will probably want to get a Home Inspection done when your offer is accepted.

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I haven’t blogged about this in a couple of weeks and am therefore a bit behind, actually I’ve been behind all along.  However, our offer was accepted and there is much to write about.  Some forthcoming entries will discuss things such as:

The Home Inspection
Getting Homeowners Insurance
Moving Day - Moving into your first home

Since the home [...]

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I asked my realtor “now that we have put in an offer, whats next?” Right now - nothing, but if our is accepted a whole mountain of things must be done in short notice.

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We’ve discovered that when you find a home that is a good value, someone else is probably discovering it too.

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In my last entry I stated “Consistently searching for a home will not only help us find a home, but help us become better at finding homes”.  In this entry I will elaborate on what I meant by that.

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Looking for a home can be fun, but after a while it becomes tedious and one can easily easily discouraged.  This is our experience and some advice.

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My realtor told me that on the house we put the offer in on, the potential buyers did get into a bidding war and the offers were driven up beyond our maximum target price.  I find it disgusting how some of these mortgage companies have a practice of offering bad loans that end up putting people [...]

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It turns out there are a few other offers on this home and the home has not yet been foreclosed on.  The owner has a primary and secondary lender for the mortgage.  The primary lender is demanding bank account information from the owner so they can determine if the owner is trying to get out [...]

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We found a home that meets many of our requirements.  It is exciting, we have been looking for some time without any luck.  This particular home is a pre-foreclosure - it is in good condition structurally, but the previous owners evidently left in a hurry so it will need some cleaning up if we get [...]

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In this blog I am going to document the experiences I have and the problems and solutions I come across as I become a home owner.  It is easy to find people who will tell you the benefits of home ownership, and there certainly are things you can do as a home owner that you [...]

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