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phase 05
shop like a buyer.
Tour with a system, not with your feelings. Separate ugly from expensive.
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- Set your monthly payment ceiling
- Write your 'absolutely not' list
- Write your 'I can fix that' list
- Pick your target areas
- Compare what your budget buys in each target area
- Treat the first tours as market research, not romance
- Start a home tour log
- Save photos and details by property address
- Test windows, faucets, toilets, and cell signal on tours
- Look at the neighbors and immediate surroundings
- Review the HOA info when there is one
- Identify property-specific inspection risks
- Separate 'ugly' from 'expensive'
- Think about resale reality
- Ask: would you still want this home in about 6 years?
- Use open houses to calibrate the market
- Check price history and days on market for anything you like
- Visit finalists at a different time of day