Do You Have a Plan for Buying Your Next Home? Part 3

We talked the other day about clients of mine that needed a mortgage for the Long Beach CA home they were buying.  While these clients are  buying a home in Long Beach CA, the strategy works for any market including those searching for Newport Beach and Huntington Beach CA homes for sale.  Where ever you’re looking, you need a plan.

Here are two more excerpts from my Home Buyers Guide:

1. Put Time on your side – Generally speaking, the Sellers are likely to be under considerable time pressure to sell their home.  They may be planning to relocate for a job transfer; they may have already bought another home and don’t want to be making two mortgage payments; or they may have had their home on the market for a while and are getting anxious about selling it.  This can be a negotiating advantage for you as a Buyer.
2. Fall in love with a person, not a house – Love is a wonderful thing, but a good rule of thumb is that you don’t want to fall in love with someone (or something) who can’t love you back.  When Realtors take you through a home for sale, they’re looking for the telltale signs of love. If they can see that you (and/or your spouse) are going gaga over the house, their eyeballs start turning into dollar signs – and you are toast, as far as your negotiating position is concerned.

I can’t stress enough that you have to have a plan BEFORE you start your home search.  At least you do if you want to find the best home, for the lowest price, with the best terms.  Give me a call and schedule a Complimentary Strategy Session with me.  I’ll help you develop your plan.

As you know, I work exclusively on referrals.  The best part of that is that the money I save in advertising can be filtered back to my clients in the form of lower fees.  So if you or someone you know is looking for Huntington Beach CA homes for sale and need help putting together a plan, then give me a call or shoot me an email.  I look forward to meeting with you soon.  Feel free to forward this blog post to anyone you think it would help.

Thank you!