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Everything nobody explains before you buy
8 plain-English guides, in the order the questions actually come up. Nothing here asks for your details.
Getting ready
Choosing where to buy: what changes from place to place
Taxes, insurance, association rules, commutes and zoning - the parts of a location that change the cost and the day-to-day.
Read 4 min
When is the right time to buy
Why the answer is about your situation rather than about the market.
Read 4 min
Do you need a real estate agent
What a buyer agent does, what it costs, and when people reasonably go without one.
Read 4 min
Under contract
Making an offer, and what is in it besides the price
Contingencies, earnest money and the terms that decide whether your offer wins.
Read 5 min
Negotiating as a buyer
What there is to negotiate besides price, and when your leverage is actually highest.
Read 4 min
The inspection, and what to do with what it finds
What an inspector does, what they cannot see, and how to read a report without panicking.
Read 5 min
Closing day, and the walkthrough before it
What to bring, what to check the day before, and when you actually get the keys.
Read 4 min
Telling a buyer market from a seller market
The signals that tell you which one you are in, and what changes about how you offer.
Read 4 min
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