Our parents all taught us not to buy anything quick but to take our time and compare. Of course, that is good advice I would give that same advice to my children, but there are exceptions we need to be aware of. One time I met a new buyer at my office, and we went through the whole process of buying a home, I then got them pre- qualified with our mortgage broker (who is conveniently located in our office), then jumped in the car and went shopping for homes. The very first home we walked into had everything they wanted, the right community, floor plan, condition, and price range. We couldn't have found a better home but there was one major stumbling block, it was the very first home my buyer had seen. My buyer was in love with this home but decided they better not jump right in quick but take their time, so we finished the rest of our viewings and scheduled to go out two days later to see some more homes including visiting the one they loved for a second time. Sadly, the home they loved had sold the next day. They were a little disappointed but felt that if one good home came up so fast there would be others. We ended up searching for weeks as we had no luck finding a home as good as the first one. What made the search even more difficult was that they compared all the other homes to the one that got away. Eventually, we did find them a suitable home they were happy with, but I think given the chance they would still trade in the one they bought for the one they missed. What I learned from that experience was this "If you find a home that really checks the boxes and the only reason you can come up with to not buy it is that you feel you haven't seen enough homes yet, that maybe the wrong reason to not buy it".
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