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First-time Homebuyers
Your decision to buy a home is both a sound financial decision and a commendable achievement.
Today's market offers more choices and options than we've seen in years.
As your real estate agent ...I will help you with:
Finding A Home
- Get to know you and understand your dream home
- Help you understand what you can afford
- Recommend mortgage loan professionals who will provide you with appropriate loan options
- Help you decide what neighborhoods to consider
- Screen homes so that you only look at homes that are likely to be right for you
- Show you homes on a convenient schedule
- Help you evaluate the surrounding neighborhood
- Provide local information on utilities, zoning, schools, noise, traffic patterns, government, development plans, and other items of interest to you
- Help you evaluate the property's potential resale value
Make an Offer
- Review the disclosure statement with you and advise you on pertinent issues
- Advise you on the local transaction practices, such as
- Pricing strategies
- Buyer and seller responsibilities
- Escrow procedures
- Local regulations
- Evaluate comparable home pricing in the neighborhood and advise you on a fair offer price
- Write a purchase offer and make sure you're fully familiar with the price, terms and contingencies
- Advise you on your best negotiating strategy and maintain regular communication with you during the negotiation process
- Negotiate purchase contract terms in your best interest, including
- Price
- Financing terms
- Date of possession
- Inclusion/exclusion of repairs and fumishings and fittings
- Contingencies
- Make sure you understand everything you're signing
Complete Your Purchase
- Advise you on necessary inspections
- Help you choose vendors and schedule, monitor and complete inspections and repairs
- Coordinate the mortgage appraisal and work with you to resolve any issues that may arise between yourself and the appraiser
- Help you investigate title status of the property and flag any potential issues
- Maintain a closing calendar, making sure all tasks are completed and that the closing happens smoothly
- Coordinate with the title company and help with any escrow issues
- Open the door and let you into your new home!
Helping you find your perfect home is my business!
(831)-331-0599 Direct
Alex Peña REALTOR®
American Dream Realty
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