You are buying your first house and your offer has been accepted by the seller. Now what is the next step . . Inspection.

Inspection is a right of the buyer. It will disclose many of the imperfections of the home. Some of these could be code inadequacies of electrical, plumbing and heating.

What is important here is to hire a very professional inspector. If the inspector is excellent, they will not require you to be present as the inspection proceeds. The resulting written report will be so complete you will not have needed to spend the time (hours) accompanying the inspector but will have some important information.

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You need to protect your financial resources when  buying your first house.  You may move in only to find the toilet has Chinese Water Torture or the thermostat is shot.  These are emergencies which cannot necessarily be anticipated. They also cannot be ignored.

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When buying your first house, it is difficult to know what to look for as you visit the housing market.

Does the house you are looking at have possibilities? What I mean about “possibilities” are, could you add storage or lighting somewhere or add an addition to support a larger family?

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Are you clueless as to what to look for when buying your first house? There are many things to look for.

Why be knowledgeable? To protect the largest investment, undoubtably, of your lifetime. Put emotion aside and get real.

An older home, starter home, can have lots of problems. For example, a house could have combination screens and storms. The screens could have large holes, allowing bugs and even critters to enter the home when windows are raised or you may not be able to wash the screens and storms from the inside of the home due to new inside windows whose frame does not allow enough space to bring the combinations into your home.

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Why is planning important when buying your first house?
No matter how many years you have rented a residence, you will need to know the “nitty gritty” when buying your first house.

Your rented space has a heating system so you are acquainted with “a” heating system. Do you know what the other heating system possibilities are? Do you know how important it is to change furnace filters and perform other maintenance tasks? Chances are, your landlord did most of the maintenance tasks for you.

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