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Prismsblade posted...

If your market isn't that competitive then take your time. Even if you're looking still after weeks or months.

This is one of the most important decisions of your live. So don't take it lightly. And if your realtor isn't treating it as such themselves then find a new one.

Also even if you make a offer don't be afraid to back off still if you get a bad feeling later. Or the numbers you made budget you had before doesn't pan out.

On the flip of this don't dismiss a house out of hand just because it's the first house you see. If you feel like that house is the house then put an offer in.

I put an offer on the first house I saw because I knew it was what I wanted. It got accepted and my house hunt took 3 days.

More important than the length of the search is knowing what is a need, what is a want, and what you can settle with. Because no house is perfect. There will be some things that you are gonna just have to settle on. As long as it isn't infrastructure. Like my house was filled with ugly wallpaper. Truly awful shit. But I knew that I could take down wallpaper and paint it. It would suck, it would take months, but I could deal with it. On the flip side my friend when buying a house basically had a no wallpaper clause. It just wasn't something she was gonna fuck with. Neither if us are right or wrong, Everyone has different pain points.

Never waive an inspection. That's the kinda pain that can financially ruin you. Or even if you do waive an inspection have one done anyway. If the report comes back dire, you can still bail. You'll lose your ernest money but that's small potatoes comparatively. Two of my friends had deal-breaking inspection reports come back when they were buying houses. One friend was able to get the seller to pay for repairs. The other just had to move on.