Buying a Home?
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Top 10 Signs That It's Time To Own Your Own Home
- You're ready to stop paying your landlord's mortgage payment, and start building wealth of your own.
- You could use the property tax and mortgage interest deductions.
- You want a vested interest in your community.
- It's mid-August and you can no longer tolerate waiting for your landlord to send someone to fix your air conditioner.
- You are working at a job where you won't leave the country every other year.
- You want to provide your family with a sense of stability and plant roots.
- There are more than twice as many people as bedrooms in your current residence.
- You want to paint the walls of your bedroom any color you please.
- You are tired of saving all your quarters for the laundromat.
- When you say you are "going home," you want to really mean it!
STEP 1 - DEFINE NEEDS FOR YOUR NEW HOME
Congratulations on your decision to purchase a new home! Your first step toward buying your new home will be to analyze your needs. Your real estate agent can help you determine exactly what you want your new home to look like and how it should function for you and your family.
First, write down why you are looking for a new home. For example, are you currently renting and would like to begin building equity? Maybe you recently married and have outgrown your current residence. Or, maybe you received promotion that requires you to move to a new city. These factors will all have a bearing on how you approach your home search.
Second, establish a time frame for buying your home. Depending on your reasons for wanting a new property and the current state of the market in the area you are looking to buy, you should be able to come up with a rough guideline.
Finally, you probably have a mental picture of what your dream house looks like. Turn these ideas into two lists: one should describe your dream home and the other should list features that are absolute must haves. In a perfect world, your new home would fulfill both lists 100 percent, but it is more likely the two lists will turn into a list of priorities, as you get clearer about what you want and what is available.