Getting ready to purchase your home? Whether you have purchased homes before or this is your very first home, here are a few tips...

• Get pre-approved prior to making an offer.
  
  
• Include a complimentary note to seller when making an offer. Sellers will negotiate for the benefit of buyer, if they like the buyer.
  
  
• Ask your agent for a market analysis on the property you want to buy.
  
  
• Choose a top agent - an ABR, CRS, GRI
  
  
• Know the difference between your wants and needs.
  
  
• Have your agents search other sources beyond the MLS.
  
  
• Have a home inspection prior to close.
  
  
• Have as little contingencies as possible in making an offer.
  
  
• Work with an agent that has a quick return call guarantee - when negotiating, time is money.
  
  
• Work with an agent that has a transaction checklist to be sure that ALL details are tended to and completed for a positive and closed transaction.