Thursday, 17 November 2011

How Much Are You Willing To Compromise On Your Dream Home?

By Ron Darby


When you're first checking out homes for sale, don't limit your possibilities by sticking only to a particular style of home, price range, or community. Give yourself a chance to explore the local market before turning away prospective properties. Give each home an opportunity to validate their positive features.

When using the services of a local Realtor, it's a good idea to keep an unbiased attitude. A qualified Realtor that's really concerned about your needs will make time to understand your passions, likes, dislikes, and financial strength. You don't want a Realtor whose primary goal is to just push you into any property. You want a caring Realtor who can get your home buying problems resolved.

To understand how important this step is, let's considered the analogy of visiting your doctor. Think how absurd it would be for you to visit the doctor for an ailment and recite what you want for medications and therapy. Rather, a good doctor will spend time learning about your symptoms and concerns before prescribing medication and testing.

Like a doctor, Realtors should utilize the approach of attentive listening and observation. A trained professional should be able to provide answers you may have neglected. After all, that's what they're being compensated for at the close of the purchase transaction.

A professional Realtor isn't only interested in finding a basic property to match your initial home buying criteria. He or she will invest the extra time to help you discover several other possible options. When the home searching dust settles, you may just end up coming to the realization your original criteria was unattainable or way out of your financial capability.

You might realize a different type of home is more desirable to you. You could also decide to trade off some less important features( such as home-style or community )for other more desirable features (investment potential or higher resale value as a fixer) you may not have considered in the beginning. With a little creativity, your initial decision to reject a property may change to keeping a property under consideration. Or, after reviewing all properties, you may be lucky enough to locate a home suited just for you. As you search homes for sale, just remember to keep an unbiased opinion towards each home until it proves itself unsuitable for your needs.




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