Go Shopping
When I have prepared a list of all homes currently for sale that meet your requirements, I would like you to pick out any that interest you and drive by them to get a feel for the neighbourhood and location.
Once you have your short list of possibilities, contact me to let me know which listings are of interest, and I will set up a suitable time for us to see these homes. Plan on spending about two hours and looking at no more than 4 to 6 homes. I find that if we try to see any more than this, you will have trouble remembering what you have seen. Again, I will be showing you all listings that fit your needs, whether listed with my company or any other real estate company.
The objective in our tours is not to memorize all details of every property, but to remember the ones you like, put those on our short list, and plan on looking at them again in more detail. We will repeat these tours until we have exhausted the current listings or until you have found the home you want to buy. If we don't find it among the current listings, I will keep searching the new listings.
This approach gives you an excellent education in current market values. You are not only looking for the right home, but also determining what it is worth. Some of the homes we look at will sell and I will tell you the selling prices. This first hand knowledge will very quickly make you aware of values, so when you find the right place, you will know if it is fairly priced.
So now you have found the perfect place and you want to buy it! You are excited and nervous, you are worried about another buyer beating you out, but you don't want to pay too much. The next step is preparing and negotiating your offer.
