Strategies To
Buying A Home
With 30 years of local expertise and comprehensive market knowledge, I will advise you through every step of the home buying process.
Your Home Buying Journey
A comprehensive guide to the key steps and considerations in your home purchase
- What is the Earnest Money Deposit… and is it refundable?
- What are the Investigations and Inspections?
- How long does a Buyer have to do Inspections and Investigations?
- What are the Reports and Seller Disclosures?
- How many days does the seller have to deliver the seller disclosures and reports?
- What is the Transfer Disclosure Statement?
- What is a Seller Property Questionnaire?
- What is a Natural Hazards Disclosure?
- What is a Title Report?
- What is the Buyer's Inspection Report?
- What is a Request for Repairs?
- What is a Removal of Contingency?
- What are the Timeframes for the Removal of Contingencies?
- What is a Seller Concession in Price?
- What is a Seller Concession for compensation to a Buyer's Agent?
- What is "Seller may consider a buyer concession if made in an offer"?
- What is a Seller Concession for the Buyer's mortgage?
- What is a Seller Concession for property improvements?
- What is a Seller Concession for Closing Costs?
- How to find a Seller's offer of a concession?
- How to include a Seller Concession in an offer?
- What is the "Seller Payment To Buyer's Broker"?
- When to use the "Seller Payment To Buyer's Broker"?
- How to connect the "Seller Payment To Buyer's Broker" with a Seller Concession?
- How to connect a Buyer Representation Agreement with a Seller Concession?
- How to connect the Purchase Agreement with a Seller Concession?
Using an Agent to search for properties will help a Buyer to understand:
- How properties and sellers may differ from one another
- How neighborhoods and communities may differ from one another
- How Loan Options are not all the same for all properties
- How Closing Costs Options are not all the same for all properties
- How to Frame The Market with a Market Snapshot (Closed Sales, Active Listings, and Properties Currently In Escrow)
- How an Agent will filter through the new Active Listings within your criteria
- How to Value a property using location, size, age, and condition
- How to use an Agent's insights into the Market Trends and different Price Ranges
- How Seller's Concessions may relate to the Buyer's Broker Agreement
- How a Buyer's Agent and Seller's Agent's cooperating relationships may make the difference to find the right property