Thanks for the advice, I appreciate it. LMK if you think of anything to add.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Edward Franks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 3:28 PM Subject: Re: [SWCollect] House (Off-Topic) > > On Saturday, February 8, 2003, at 02:56 PM, C.E. Forman wrote: > > > Hey gang, > > > > Getting way off-topic here, but I'm looking at buying a house, soon, > > and > > could use some advice from anyone who's been down this road before. > > Here's a couple of thoughts just off my head: > > I'd suggest getting a home inspection, especially if your state > doesn't mandate the seller listing all known problems with a house. > > You might look into getting two loans (one big, one small) if you want > to get around having a 20% down payment. Just make sure that before > closing time your loan company actually wrote _two_ loans, not one. We > ran into that one. :-/ > > Don't take points on a loan. Points are a way of making you pay for > the privilege of reducing the loan. It is especially bad right now > because interest rates are pretty low. > > The most important thing of *all*: the real estate agent works for > the _seller_ not you. Because they get paid by the seller their > 'loyalty' is to them, never you. (Note: If you are using a > buyer-broker this is different.) Also, they see so many people > house-shopping that until you have completed a close you might just be > another hot/cold buyer. > > If this is a brand new house make sure you budget for blinds/curtains. > Builders don't provide those. Many, many people get tripped up by > that and move into a wide-open house... > > -- > > Edward Franks > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to > the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' > Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/swcollect@oldskool.org/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/swcollect@oldskool.org/
