ROAD TO YOUR NEW HOME – A BUYER’S GUIDE

Navigating the road to homeownership can be tricky. You can navigate with a compass, but that doesn’t keep you from the myriad pitfalls along the way. You can follow a map, but the terrain is always changing, so the map may be outdated. You might run into a roadblock or detour and not know how to get back on track. You could navigate with a GPS, but the information is only as useful as the latest software update. And a GPS can’t give you the personal attention that your situation may require. The best way to find your path to homeownership is with a personal guide. That’s what we offer.

Your Personal Guide

We not only help you get on the road, but we also guide you along the way. We help smooth out the rough and bumpy places, steer you around hazards, help you avoid potholes and sinkholes, negotiate complicated processes, and connect you to helpful coordinates. When you let us be your guide, you can trust that the process—all the way from your decision to buy to closing day—won’t leave you stuck in the mud or off course. Depending on anything less for something as important as your primary investment—your home—doesn’t make sense.

Getting Started

Before you even get underway, you need to know if you are ready to buy. Let us help you sort that out. There are tools to help you determine what you need, what you can afford, and what is available. Knowing how these areas interconnect determines your destination. It’s not as simple as having enough money for a down-payment. There are other questions to answer too, such as:

Having sufficient funds doesn’t automatically qualify someone for homeownership. There are multifaceted life-stage questions that you should ask yourself before even initiating the home-buying process!

These questions may include:

• Do you plan to stay in your job?
• Will your household increase/decrease within five years?
• Is this the place you want to settle?
• Are you prepared to be a property owner? (maintenance, repairs, taxes, etc.)
• How do you feel about commuting?

Having a well-defined endpoint allows us to compensate for all the parameters to get you there. Then, we can guide you onto the right road, keep you in the right lane, and complete your journey without missing any of the points along the way. Once you’ve made your decision to buy, here are the waypoints along the road to homeownership.

Follow our point-by-point guide to begin your journey to owning your new home today! Depend on us to help you navigate it from start to finish. We look forward to setting you on your way, negotiating the road with you, and handing you the keys to your new home!