only lived in for less than six months.
The key takeaway here is to know the house that you are buying. You should always hire a home and pest inspector on your own to investigate the house, particularly for termites. If you are going to make such a huge investment in a new home, the small price of precaution is worth it. Unfortunately, scenarios such as Jason's nd Erica's happens more often than I would like to mention. Howver, to drive my point home, I will give you one more! I recently met a lady at a café with an incredible first-time buyer story. I happened to overhear her conversation, so I decided to step in and ask about it. Sandy and her fiancé were searching for their first home with the intention of buying before their wedding. They had been told about a great real estate agent in the city where they wanted to call home, and so they looked him up to ask his help. What was the first problem? If you said, this couple did not do their research into this agent, you would be correct! Another problem was that the only praise they heard about him was from clients who had hired him to sell homes and not from any buyers. The agent met up with Sandy and her fiancé to go over different homes he had on his list, and then it was time to take a trip around town to see them. There was one home that he talked profusely about, so they went to take a look. Sandy and her fiancé knew what good quality was, therefore, they were able to see problems immediately. The basement doorway was weak. The upstairs bathroom floor bounced, and the light switches in the hallway seemed to pop and flicker. Although very
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