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    • Step 10: Closing
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      • Step 7: Review Title
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      • Step 9: Escrow
      • Step 10: Closing
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      • Step 2: Write Your Needs
      • Step 3: See Homes
      • Step 4: What to Look For
      • Step 5: Know Your Home
      • Step 6: Make Your Offer
      • Step 7: Appraisal
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John P. Sharp, Premium Real Estate Broker with Skyline Properties, Inc.

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    • Selling
    • Step 1: Preview Your Home
    • Step 2: Prepare Your Home
    • Step 3: List Your Home
    • Step 4: Recieve Offers
    • Step 5: Accept Best Offer
    • Step 6: Contingencies
    • Step 7: Review Title
    • Step 8: Appraisal
    • Step 9: Escrow
    • Step 10: Closing
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    • Purchasing
    • Step 1: Get Preapproved
    • Step 2: Write Your Needs
    • Step 3: See Homes
    • Step 4: What to Look For
    • Step 5: Know Your Home
    • Step 6: Make Your Offer
    • Step 7: Appraisal
    • Step 8: Title
    • Step 9: Disclosures
    • Step 10: Closing Day
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Purchasing Guide: Ten Steps to Buying Your Home

Steps to Buying a Home

Congratulations on your first step toward buying a home. Our goal is to save your time, finances, and stress by being steps ahead of potential roadblocks in your path to success. Check out this free Purchasing Guide to learn more about the 10 steps to buying a home and how John P. Sharp will be with you every step of the way forward.

10 Steps to Purchasing Your Home

Step 1: Get Preapproved

Step 2: Write Your Needs

Step 2: Write Your Needs

A woman is checking her credit report to make sure she is ready to get preapproval on a mortgage.

The first step is to find out how much you can afford to borrow.  If you are planning to buy a house with cash, prepare your proof of funds. 

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Step 2: Write Your Needs

Step 2: Write Your Needs

Step 2: Write Your Needs

A woman is thinking about how she is going to renovate her kitchen in her new home.

Be clear on what you want and need out of your new home so you can be successful in finding and purchasing it. 

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Step 3: See Homes

Step 2: Write Your Needs

Step 4: What to Look For

A real estate agent is showing a couple details about the view of the condominium they are seeing.

Create a strategic plan with your real estate broker to efficiently see the best homes that align with your wants and needs. 

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Step 4: What to Look For

Step 4: What to Look For

Step 4: What to Look For

A man is performing a home valuation on a home that buyers are considering.

There are specific details you should always look for when seeing a home. Use a checklist so you remember to cover everything. 

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Step 5: Know Your Home

Step 4: What to Look For

Step 6: Make Your Offer

A person is going over important paperwork related to the sale of their home.

When you want to make an offer on a home, make sure you understand any restrictions which may come with its purchase. 

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Step 6: Make Your Offer

Step 4: What to Look For

Step 6: Make Your Offer

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When it is a seller's market, buyers need to work with their agent to create a compelling offer that can compete with many others. 

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Step 7: Appraising

Step 9: Closing Disclosure

Step 7: Appraising

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If you are applying to a lender for a mortgage, you will have an appraisal.  This process is usually uneventful, but sometimes it can be a surprise roadblock. 

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Step 8: Title

Step 9: Closing Disclosure

Step 7: Appraising

A home is symbolized with prefabricated wooden sticks on paper on a desk, with coffee, laptop, pens.

Before you can move to closing, you have to make sure the title is free and clear and insure yourself against future claims.

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Step 9: Closing Disclosure

Step 9: Closing Disclosure

Step 9: Closing Disclosure

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The most important document of your real estate transaction is the closing disclosure form. 

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Step 10: Closing Day

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Step 9: Closing Disclosure

A real estate agent is handing over the key to a buyer's new home they just closed on.

This is the day you have been waiting for.  Be prepared, be thorough in your understanding, and then enjoy your new home upon the payment of all closing costs and signing of legal documents. 

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Selling Your Home

Schedule an Initial Consultation

Schedule an Initial Consultation

You might need to sell your current home before you buy your new home. Learn more about the homebuying process with our homebuying guide. 

Selling Guide

Schedule an Initial Consultation

Schedule an Initial Consultation

Schedule an Initial Consultation

Ready to buy your new home?  Schedule an initial consultation with John P. Sharp today.  Let's discuss your real estate goals and how our real estate services can help you achieve success.

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