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Old 02-19-2009, 06:02 PM
 
Location: NorthTexas
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1. Spend less than the lender says you can afford
2. Make a list of must haves with a top 5
3. Buy with your brain and your heart
4. Commit time to do regular maintainace to your home
5. Plan on living there for at least 5 years
6. Get to know your neighborhood within the option period
7. Don't expect any house in any price range of any age will be perfect

Enjoy your new home!
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Old 02-20-2009, 11:46 AM
 
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1. Spend less than the lender says you can afford
2. Make a list of must haves with a top 5
3. Buy with your brain and your heart
4. Commit time to do regular maintainace to your home
5. Plan on living there for at least 5 years
6. Get to know your neighborhood within the option period
7. Don't expect any house in any price range of any age will be perfect

Enjoy your new home!
# 1 Should have be done by all HO and we wouldn't have been in this mess and the banks shouldn't have allowed the zero down....what a difference it would have made!
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