Today, I want to talk to you about home buying myths.
Annalisa Burgos, senior editor with HGTV’s frontdoor.com, wrote an article called “6 Myths of Homebuying.” I like the article very much, and I wanted to share some of those myths with you.
Myth #1 is that the perfect home is out there.
I totally agree; I sometime have clients that go out and look at a house that really suits them well; it is in a great neighborhood and meets the vast majority of their criteria, and yet they seem to focus on the one thing that it doesn’t have. Home buying is always about compromise—I don’t care if you are spending $50,000, $500,000 or $5 million. The perfect home doesn’t really exist because it is either a little more than you want to spend; or the house is great, but the lot is not so great; or maybe it faces the wrong direction: you wanted a south-facing house, and it faces west.
Those things happen every day out there in the real world as folks are looking for homes. You need to get out of your mind that the perfect home is out there. There are lots of great houses for you, but you need to assess each one and try to make sure you pick the one that meets your needs as best as you can realistically find. Especially if there’s more than one person making the decision; if you have a partner, or you are going to have a roommate or you have a family, it is almost impossible to find the perfect house for every member of your household.
I will share with you more home buying myths in the future, but that’s Homebuying Myth #1.
Do you agree that the “perfect” home is out there? Has that been your experience? You can comment below or email me at Amy@AmyShair.com. I look forward to seeing your comments.
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