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Identifying Problems when Getting a Home Inspection

In this article I will post some items that you should examine when purchasing a home. A good home inspector will go over each of these in much more detail than presented here.

Home Inspection

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.

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 …

The Steps to Buying a Home

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.

We Found a Home – Again

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

Consistent Home Searching Has Benefits

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.

Looking is Hard

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.

Pre-Forclosure Update

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 …

Pre-Forclosure Problems

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 …

We found a home

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 …