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5 Tips to Ensure Your Real Estate Purchase Goes Smoothly
Buying a property is expensive and time-consuming at the best of times, but if you’re new to the process, or you don’t know the tips and tricks you can employ to speed things up and make them a little easier, it can be really tough. That’s why we’ve put together a list of 4 tips to ensure your real estate purchase goes as smoothly as possible.
- Triple-check your finances
Before you do anything else, triple-check that you have planned your finance correctly. This means taking into account everything from legal fees to closing costs. If you fail to get this stuff right, it could hold back your real estate purchase or even result in you losing that dream home, so it’s really important to get it right.
- Keep everyone in the loop
When you have a home loan provider, real estate broker, and various other people working alongside you on your house purchase, it can be easy for ires to get crossed, documents to get lost and people to fall out of the loop and not act on their part of closing the deal as swiftly or effectively as they could. A good way to mitigate against this is to introduce everyone involved in your home purchase, whether by phone, email, or in-person, and keep the dialog open, so that everyone is always up to speed.
- Keep on top of things
Whether it’s looking into the types of deed transfers you may need, booking a home inspection, or following up with an appraisal, it’s really important that you don’t drop the ball if you want to close as quickly and smoothly as possible. That means you should write everything down, create a schedule of when each issue needs to be dealt with, and stick to it come what may. It may seem a little stressful at times, but it will be much less stressful than what will happen if you drop the ball and have to play catch-up.
- Stick to your timeline
If you want your real estate transaction to go as smoothly as possible, do your best to stick to the timeline outlined in your closing contract. If you start delaying the various actions you need to take, everything could quickly fall apart. Oh, and if you’re doing your bit to stick to the timeline, make sure the sellers, realtors, lenders, title officers, and other involved parties are also doing so, even if you do have to nag!
- Take some time for yourself
Even when it’s going smoothly, buying real estate can still be stressful. But it will become overwhelmingly so if you don’t take some time out. Do what you need to do to relax. Meditate, hit the spa, stop thinking about buying the property for a while. Whatever it takes to give you some headspace will help things to go more smoothly too.
These five tips may be simple, but they work. If you want to ensure a smooth purchase, follow them as best you can.
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Kaya Wittenburg
Kaya Wittenburg is the Founder and CEO of Sky Five Properties. Since the age of 10, real estate has been deeply ingrained into his thoughts. With world-class negotiation and deal-making skills, he brings a highly impactful presence into every transaction that he touches.
He is here to help you use real estate as a vehicle to develop your own personal empire and feel deeply satisfied along the way. If you have an interest in buying, selling or renting property in South Florida, contact Kaya today.
