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Confessions of a First-Time Homebuyer: Home Inspection

Inspector: Kid, you’ve got shoes right?
Me: Yeah
Inspector: Then run!

A mere two weeks after my girlfriend and I decided that we were going to go for it and buy a home, we had selected a fantastic Realtor, obtained a pre-approval and even submitted an offer on a charming single family starter home in a near perfect location in my city. After we completed the short back and forth on the contract, my girlfriend and I celebrated over dinner and remarked on how incredibly easy everything had been so far. It was true; the whole process had been pretty much conflict free and a walk in the park up until that point. Then we had the home inspection. Read more

May 15 / 2013
Author Gustavo Gonzalez
Category First Time Home Buyer
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Real Estate 101: Hiring a Real Estate Professional

So you want to hire a real estate professional? Are you just going to hire someone  your friend likes or should you dig a little deeper.

Diann Patton of Coldwell Banker Grass Roots Realty talks about how you should approach trying to find the right person to work with on what is most likely the single greatest purchase of your life.

May 14 / 2013
Author David Marine
Category First Time Home Buyer
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  • 8 tips for finding your first home

8 Tips For Finding Your First Home

The following post comes from Coldwell Banker Vanguard Realty, Inc. agent, Kim Knapp. Kim is an experienced agent in Northern Florida and has a great team who has worked with countless first-time home buyers.

Here are her 8 tips to help make finding that first home go as smoothly as possible:

1. Research before you look.

Decide what features you most want to have in a home, what neighborhoods you prefer, and how much you’d be willing to spend each month for housing.

2. Be realistic.

It’s OK to be picky, but don’t be unrealistic with your expectations. There’s no such thing as a perfect home. Use your list of priorities as a guide to evaluate each property. Read more

May 14 / 2013
Author David Marine
Category First Time Home Buyer
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Confessions of a First-Time Homebuyer – Shopping Surprises

It has been a little over a month since my girlfriend and I took the leap and decided that NOW was the time for us to buy. With five plus years experience working for the Coldwell Banker brand and hours of HGTV television shows under our belts; we thought we’d be grizzled veterans who wouldn’t be surprised by anything. We were wrong.

While we did plenty of research, preparation and soul searching before we began shopping for homes, we’ve still discovered a lot of unexpected things about ourselves and the real estate market and process as a whole. Here are the top 5 things that have surprised us so far: Read more

May 14 / 2013
Author Gustavo Gonzalez
Category First Time Home Buyer
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Real Estate 101: The Importance of Interest Rates

You’ve heard on the news or read an article about interest rates being low. But what does that really mean? Why is that important when buying your first home?

Diann Patton of Coldwell Banker Grass Roots Realty share why interest rates are so important in this latest video.

May 14 / 2013
Author David Marine
Category First Time Home Buyer
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Real Estate 101: What is a Mortgage?

As part of our series of posts for first-time home buyers, we at Coldwell Banker Real Estate are going through some of the terminology you’ll hear when you embark on buying that first home.

In this video, Diann Patton of Coldwell Banker Grass Roots Realty explains the basic points of what a mortgage is.

May 13 / 2013
Author David Marine
Category First Time Home Buyer
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Confessions of a First-Time Homebuyer – The Leap

I have a confession to make. I work for Coldwell Banker Real Estate and I don’t own a home…yet.

It’s hard to believe but it’s already been 6 years since I officially entered the “workforce”. While I shared in the American belief in the power and true value of homeownership, I just so happened to be entering the “real world” at a time when global economies were all but crumbling and on the verge of collapse. As a 23 year old navigating the “real world” for the first time, I decided to play it safe and rent while I saved money and became acclimated to living on my own and building my career. Read more

May 13 / 2013
Author Gustavo Gonzalez
Category Buyer Resources
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Real Estate 101: What Does It Mean to Be Pre-Approved for a Mortgage?

You’ve heard the term before, but do you really know what it means? Don’t feel embarassed, I didn’t really understand what it meant or the importance of being pre-approved for a mortgage until I started the process of searching for my first home.

In this video and a number of other videos, we’ll be sharing this week Diann Patton of Coldwell Banker Grass Roots Realty will be defining some real estate terminology and explaining the basics of some of the most common but misunderstood parts when buying your first home.

Watch the video above or click here to view it on the Coldwell Banker On Location YouTube channel.

May 13 / 2013
Author David Marine
Category First Time Home Buyer
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  • First Time Home Buyer Week is Here

We Believe in First Time Home Buyers

According the National Association of Realtors, nearly a third of real estate home buyers this year will be entering the housing market for the first time. As a first time buyer, you’ll soon find out that there’s so many roads that need to be navigated before moving into that first home.

That’s why at Coldwell Banker Real Estate we’re dedicating this entire week to helping the first time home buyer as they venture into the world of home ownership. Throughout the week on this blog as well as on the Coldwell Banker Facebook and Twitter profiles, we’ll only be sharing content that’s geared toward first time home buyers. Read more

May 13 / 2013
Author David Marine
Category First Time Home Buyer
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How To Clean Your Bedroom

Today is May 10th and according to holidayinsights.com that means it is the annual holiday that every kid dreads…Clean up Your Room Day! Who am I kidding, adults dread it too!

If “Messy” is too nice of an adjective to describe the conditions of your child’s (or your) room then you are going to want push your pile of mess to the side and find a comfy spot to take notes because we are going on a cleaning adventure.

Before We Start… Read more

May 10 / 2013
Author Lindsay Listanski
Category Homeowner Resource
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