What are the top three first time home buyer mistakes? Hereโ€™s how to avoid them!

๐€๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐ ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ž ๐“๐จ๐ฉ ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐Œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ฌ ๐–๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‡๐จ๐ฆ๐žโ€ฆ

What are the top three first time home buyer mistakes? Hereโ€™s how to avoid them!

1. ๐‹๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž-๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐!

Some people assume they could afford a million dollars, but not many people go back and think about what that monthly payment looks like or what kind of down payment you need. On top of mortgage payments, itโ€™s important to consider taxes, HOA fees and other maintenance fees.

2. ๐„๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐š ๐ ๐š๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ง๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ก๐›๐จ๐ซ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐!

This will help you realize where you want to buy, by doing some open house shopping or exploring neighborhoods. Find a local realtor who knows that market inside out! This is to avoid any surprise of the process and timeline when you're ready to make an offer.

3. ๐ƒ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ€™๐ซ๐ž ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ง ๐š ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐ž & ๐๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐.

Make a clearly defined list of your must haves and your like-to haves. This is to assure you don't start looking at properties and get emotionally attached to a home that isnโ€™t yours, and you may wind up in a property that may not be right for you.