3 Mistakes To Avoid When Buying A Home For Buyers

This Article On 3 Mistakes To Avoid When Buying A Home Was PUBLISHED On July 22nd, 2019

Are you ready to buy your dream home, a second home or a rental property?

• There are many mistakes that can be made
• But if you know what they are, then you will avoid these pitfalls
• Not being prepared can cost dearly and stop the entire process from even beginning
• On this article, I will talk about the 3 mistakes to avoid when buying a home

In this article, we will cover and discuss 3 Mistakes To Avoid When Buying A Home For Buyers.

Shopping For A Home Without Being Pre-Approved

The top first of the 3 mistakes to avoid when buying a home is NOT TO SHOP FOR A HOME if you have not been pre-qualified and fully pre-approved by a lender.

• You should not look at houses without consulting with a mortgage lender first to pre-qualify you
• Being that this is the first step to take when buying a home, you can already see how the buggy would be put before the horse, so to speak
• This could pose some problems

Here are considerations to thoroughly think about prior to pulling the trigger on home purchase:

• #1 How do you know you can afford a house?
• #2 How do you know that you are not cheating yourself out of what you really want since you don’t have an estimated purchase price and monthly payments
• #3 How do you know you are ready at all to start shopping for a home

Getting Pre-Approved By A Mortgage Lender

A lender has to take an application and analyze different components of your file:

• It is best not to spend your wheels to avoid any type of negative feelings
• At least if you start off on the right foot, you will know exactly where you stand

Home Inspections

HOME INSPECTIONS ARE AN ASSESSMENT OF YOUR HOUSE.

• Ducking a home inspection is like going to a doctor and not let him check you
• A home inspection can cost anywhere from $300-$500 and it is absolutely worth it
• Let me tell you why. A professional home inspector can see things that your eyes cannot
• I had a client who was about to sign a lease-purchase with a seller
• I repeatedly advised her to find a home inspector
• About six months later, she called me back and told me that she wished she would have listened because there was water all over the place
• Whenever she turned her kitchen faucet on, water shot up from the sink and out of every sink in the house
• She was very upset, but to tell you the truth, had she got an inspection, things could’ve gone a little different. #1
• She could have requested that the water issue be fixed before signing the lease-purchase contract #2

She could have simply walked away and kept at least $4500.00 of the $5,000.00 that she

The Dangers Of Co-Signing

DO NOT CO-SIGN FOR ANYONE. I mean ANYONE.

• You might think, well, I’m a cosigner and it’s not my debt
• But on the contrary, a lender considers a debt that you co-signed for as your own liability and it is counted along with your credit accounts unless you can show otherwise
• If you can prove that you do not pay for the account, then the lender will waive it
• You will need the last 12 months of canceled checks from the borrower of the account that you co-signed for

So if someone is pressuring you to co-sign while you are trying to buy a home, I’d suggest that you don’t.

3 Mistakes To Avoid When Buying A Home And Have A Smooth Home Buying And Mortgage Process

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