Choosing a location depends on your lifestyle, your work, and whether you want to. How close you would like to be from various places and services has a major impact on the your home purchasing decision.

Monthly Expenses
It's great to have a beautiful home, but don't invest every penny so that you have no additional funds to enjoy life. Your home buying decision must take all factors into account. Be realistic. If you begin by overestimating the costs, rather than underestimating them, you're less likely to find yourself in a financial bind down the road.

Your Team of Professionals Worksheet
It's essential to have the right people working for you to make it happen. Useful advice and professionalism are key.

Home Features Checklist
Being realistic is so important at this stage of the process. Determine which features are "absolutely essential" and which fall into the "nice but not necessary" category. Don't forget to give your agent a copy.

Home Hunting Worksheet
There's a limit to how much one can remember. When you're house hunting, there are plenty of details that could be crucial at decision time.

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