Buyer's Guide 

Buying a Home

Purchasing a home is most likely the biggest financial decision you will ever make. Whether this is your first purchase or you are an experienced buyer, this decision must be made carefully.

When you feel ready to begin the search contact Wendy Aylesworth.  Wendy is professional, educated thoroughly on the housing market and trained to negotiate on your behalf from purchase offer, to agreement on terms, to closing.

How does a Buyers Agent save you time and money:

1. Buying a home is a detailed process that requires knowledge and discipline to move through the steps effectively.
2. The buyer’s agent commission is paid by the seller, not by you.  Hiring a buyer’s agent is like hiring a personal real estate trainer (to move you through the process) for free.
3. A buyer’s agent can help you purchase virtually any home available — whether it’s already listed or about to hit the market. If it’s a home you can buy, a buyer’s agent can likely guide you through the process more efficiently and negotiate a better price and terms on your behalf.  Wendy Aylesworth will take this a step further and if there are not any homes on the market that fit your needs, she will go knock on doors and find you one.
   

The steps of the home buying process

1. Pre-approval

• Guide you to a mortgage broker who can offer the best rates

• Help you obtain preapproval

• Help choose the best mortgage finance for you

2.  Home Search

• Organize and schedule (with sellers) the home tour (s)

• Help you see more homes in less time you would see on your own

• Provide ongoing updates and showings of newly available homes

3. Make an offer

• Help compare selected homes to your final criteria list

• Help you make a final decision on the home to make an offer on

• Tell you the price paid for comparable homes in recent history

• Advise on terms and issues related to the offer

• Fill out purchase offer contract.

4. Negotiating to buy

• Present the offer to seller side

• Negotiate on your behalf (with constant dialogue) using skills from experience

• Provide knowledge of each and every concession possible

5. Vendor selection and coordination

• Advise and supervise on vendor selection (various inspectors, lawyer, contractor)

• Provide reliable, proven vendors that perform

• Coordinate vendor service and progress towards close

6. Closing

• Perform a Final Walk Through

• Resolve last minute issues (move-in date changes etc.)

• Complete transaction

7. Post Closing

• Assist with any issues that arise after closing