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These are some of the things I learned so far while looking for our house. We’ve only been to our first house showing and we’ve researched for about a month now.

1. One can pay Bi-weekly to pay off one’s mortgage early ( 19 years instead of 30) – got this tip from a waitress in a café
2. Once you buy a house, your name will be in public records (I learned a lot of things just by going on the county appraisers website)
3. A home with pets is not necessarily a minus. One needs to go inside the house to see and smell.
4. 30 minute drive may seem like nothing until you try it once on a busy weekday.
5. Check for weird angles. eg. sloping backyards or driveways.
6. Check the builder.
7. Check if there are landfills, dumps,cemetery
8. Get your own realtor, not the sellers.
9. Talk to friends ,they are a good source of information
10. There are houses that are not listed on the internet