April 12, 2018
5 Tips For A New Home Buyer
For anyone that doesn’t know – I work with Wafiq in Residential Real Estate. My history in real estate goes as follows: I assisted several people through multiple positions with commercial real estate after college, when I moved to Dubai I worked in residential real estate because they don’t separate commercial from residential, and now I’m assisting Wafiq in residential real estate in Austin. HE IS SO GOOD AT IT. I just wanted to cut to that point. There is nothing better than coming home to someone who is happy in their work everyday. It makes the worlds difference to our everyday happiness, relationship, and goals. SO MUCH BETTER than complaining about work. And he thrives, it’s the most fun to be a part of it!
We are both of the mindset that life is short & we should spend every day figuring out what we love doing – and do it.
Since working in Residential Real Estate in the U.S. we’ve met several first time home buyers (& the experience is much different than it was in Dubai). We have a few tips that we see w almost all our first time home buyers in the market right now. I was overlooking sharing this here but it finally clicked for me, this is some good info if you’re trying to make your first BIG purchase; a home. Once you have these 5 things figured out – you should have a smoother & smarter process.
5 Tips For A First Time Home Buyer
Don’t be Afraid of Multiple Offers: This is a tough one to get people to believe, but it’s true. All you can do with a multiple offer situation is put in your best offer & see if it works. If it doesn’t, it wasn’t meant to be. I KNOW that sounds very cliche but I have proof! In almost every deal Wafiq did in the summer – the clients lost homes in multiple offer situations, and were obviously bummed. BUT 100% of them ended up closing on a different home saying “I’m so glad that other offer didn’t get accepted, we love this one so much more.” Guys, I’m not lying to you. Trust the process, trust you’ll find what’s right for you!