Here we go!

OK, you have your lender, you know what you can spend and have a price range.  Now what??

What we are not going to do is go look at houses.  WHAT!!!  Not look at houses??  No.  That is the very best way to be sure you end up unhappy.

First we are going to visit.  Meet at my office and visit about you, your needs, your wants, your expectations.  This visit is all about you.  This is where I find out who you are and what is important to you and what you want to avoid.  This is maybe the most important part of the entire process.

There are 2 main reasons we do this.  The first is to help you sort out what is really important to you.  I bring up a lot of things that you would not have even considered.  This information helps keep us all on track.  The second reason is so I can help you avoid the things you said you wanted to avoid.  Believe it or not, when you get into the emotion of home shopping, you forget a lot of what was really important!  You would not believe how many people will tell you that after they bought a home, they realized they got the wrong home!  It is usually because they forgot something that really was important to them.  I don’t let that happen.

One couple that I helped sell their home actually had purchased that  home when it was already way too small for their family.  They had 6 children and the home they bought was huge!  It had huge living areas, kitchen, living room, family rooms, office.  But it had only 3 bedrooms.  But they got so caught up with the large living spaces that they forgot what they really needed.  It was a very expensive mistake.  It is one they would not have made if I had been their Realtor.  But the agent they used to buy that home was more interested in getting a commission check than in what was right for their family.

From this point on, we work as a team and find your perfect new home.

Next entry will be on listing your home and the current market in Bonneville County, Jefferson County and Shelley, Idaho.