Taking that first step to buy your acreage home can be scary and daunting. As an acreage home buyer, you may think, “Can I really afford a home that I’ll love and that will meet my needs?”
It can be done and let me show you how!
In my series, Finding the Perfect Home within Your Budget, you’ll learn how to incorporate my strategies with your own to find a home that is the right fit for your lifestyle and your budget. You’ll know what to do every step of the way and completely avoid that dreaded buyer’s remorse.
Keep in mind, that this is a home that you plan to stay in for the next however many years and you want to do it right. Whether this will be your forever home to retire in, or your very first home, you want to be confident when making this huge financial decision. And I can help you with just that!
Here’s a weekly run-down of our “perfect home” buying formula:
Week 1 – Questions to Ask Yourself Before Attending an Open House
Before you do anything else, you mustevaluate your needs and wants for a home. It’s time to brainstorm and figure out what’s best for you and your family and why. This will be the very first, but most important step on your home-buying journey. Your answers will set you on the right path!
Week 2 – Are You a “House” or a “Location” Person?
It’s time for some more self-evaluation to determine what’s most important to you in your daily life. Usually people tend to lean toward one or the other – being a “house person” or “location person”. The reason I ask you this is that it’s rare for any buyer to find their dream home in their dream location within their budget. That’s why you need to figure out what’s more important to YOU and where you’re willing to compromise.
Week 3 – The 3 Steps Most Acreage Home Buyers Skip
There’s a very specific strategy I use with clients to make sure they end up with the right acreage property that best fits their lifestyle and budget. It requires some patience to make sure things are done right. This might be the biggest financial decision of your life, and it should be done slowly, steadily and with precision. This article will go over the 3 steps you need to take to figure out the right home for you budget.
Week 4 – Financing Options Out There
When was the last time that you made a home purchase? Many acreage home buyers have lived in their current homes for long enough that different mortgage loan options sound so distant to them. Did you know you need to get pre-approved for a loan BEFORE you can start looking at homes with your agent? This article will go over why it’s important to get the lender and pre-approval process done early and correctly so that you can move forward quickly if you want to make a serious offer on a acreage home.
Week 5 – Putting It All Together
These three factors – budget, location, and your criteria for a home are intertwined and play a key role in searching for the right home. This article explains how these three factors influence each other in your search for a home with land; and how you “put it all together” is essentially your roadmap for house hunting. Going through this process and understanding how they’re linked will help you make the right decision on a home.
Week 6 – What You Need to Know About Buying for Schools
Kids or no kids, living in a neighborhood with excellent schools can be beneficial to homeowners. For those of you with school-aged kids, “moving for schools” will most likely dictate the location of you next home. But remember that fair housing laws prevent your real estate agent from offering any opinions on the quality of schools or school districts. This article is a great starting point on how you can best search for a home if a school district is your #1 priority.
Week 7 – “As Is” Home – Deal or No Deal?
Some acreage home buyers may be tempted to buy an “as is” home especially considering the price of large properties so they can get into an area they love. You do need to tread carefully though since there can be vast differences on the state of that “as is” condition. Remember that the seller has no intention to do any repairs before selling it. This article will discuss the steps you should take if you plan to make an offer on an “as is” home, and how to determine if it’s a deal or no deal.
You’ll be right on your way to make the most educated and confident decisions in your acreage home buying journey, and I’ll be right along your side to support you in any way I can. Cheers to the new year, and the new dream home goal!
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