The adventure of buying a house that fits, inspires, and starts becoming a home.

1. The Joys of Buying a House
May 2014

2. • On the surface its simple, straightforward, and if you
are younger it’s a process of looking up and ahead.
• If you are a “little older” its usually a process of
downsizing, and yes…we all have our own situations
in life.
• A gazillion pundits have expressed their opinions,
thoughts, and a day does not go buy without an article
in the mainstream media on the twists and turns of the
real estate market.
• The real estate agent that is good at selling a house, is
not necessarily the ideal individual to assist you to buy.
• The more you know, the more challenging the buying
process becomes.
• Finding the right house that will become your next
home although a seemingly simple endeavor can
become challenging.
Seems simple on the
surface

3. • You know where you want to live.
• You know what size house you want.
• You are prepared to perform some renovation work.
• Should be easy to find a house that you can turn into a
home.
• If you are upgrading / moving up its straightforward.
• If you are downsizing, it can be filled with a myriad of
complexities and unexpected events.
Initial parameters will
change

4. • Buying a house to replace the wonderful home that did
not need to be sold is fraught with complexities.
• It becomes a personal / family experience that
ultimately tugs and plays on a wide spectrum of
emotions and sentiments.
• Some days words are insufficient to describe the
emotions that arise.
• Downsizing was a reflected, pragmatic decision, that is
valid, makes sense on a spreadsheet.
• Downsizing is a process which in our case was
precipitated by the lightning fast sale of our family
home.
Is a process and
challenge

5. • What on the surface seems easy turns into the
unexpected.
• An offer here, another there, and another and for a ton
of reasons putting a deal together is not meant to be.
• A myriad of agendas from a myriad of sellers, and
seller’s agents.
• One can write a book on the twists and turns that
buying a house can take.
• The harder one tries the more frustrating it gets.
• The unexpected and unthinkable happens, buying a
house is not happening.
Be prepared

6. The advantages:
• Time for the emotions to subside
• Actually experience downsizing
• Time to reflect on the next “home”
• Refine the priorities
• Experience a different neighborhood
• Additional input form the immediate family
The disadvantages:
• Must move twice
• Experience renting a home
• In a house not your home
• Enduring a landlord
A viable option

7. • We often read that in the current highly inflated real
estate market renting is a wise alternative to owning.
• Why own, when you can rent, and generate an income
from your investments…sounds good, makes sense,
and you will generate income.
• Why pay rent, why make someone else’s mortgage
payments, why be a renter and endure a landlord.
• Keep in mind that when you rent, its not your house, its
absolutely not your home, if you are no longer seeking
a home its all cool.
• If you require a family home, renting generates
intellectual anguish and frustration on several levels.
• It is good to take a break, take time to reflect,
experience downsizing, experience a landlord.
An experience like no
other

8. • The process of buying a house is facilitated by
technology.
• The listings are online, the photo galleries are
extensive, Google map and street view save vast
quantities of time.
• Technology makes it easy to perform all of the initial
steps in house shopping.
• Focusing on specific house, locations, that meet your
requirements is merely a few clicks.
• Knowing selling prices is again a few clicks away, from
either your agent, or subscribing to Zoocasa.
• Keep in mind that technology has increased the speed
and urgency of the process. Raised the level of
aggressiveness.
An appreciated
assistant

9. • The house that fits is facilitated by technology and
complicated by humans, and fraught with compromises.
• If you are upgrading its an easier process, than if you
are downsizing.
• You are downsizing the process acquires several
levels of complexities.
• Everyone has an opinion and a friend that has gone
through the process. You can have countless
conversations.
• Its a voyage and an adventure that will awaken raw
emotions that you did not know.
• In an unexpected fashion the house that fits appears,
and you know that it’s the one.
The all important fit
to become a home

10. • The house that fits is also the house that inspires.
• The house that inspires is the one that initiates the
process of becoming the family home.
• What makes a house inspire? We all have our personal
preferences, needs, requirements. The house that fit
will start to inspire.
• How will you know? You will know in your heart that this
house inspires.
• There will be something about the house, the location,
the design, that will trigger the inspiration process.
• Technology enables finding a house that fits, your heart
will discover the one that inspires.
The house that
inspires to become a
home.

11. • Compared to finding the house that fits, and inspires.
Actually buying the house is easy.
• The buying process will fit in with your preferences, as
well as your mental, and emotional perspectives.
• Accompanied by a bit of destiny “If its meant to
happen, it will happen”.
• You real estate agent and lawyer take care of all the
details. You have to ensure the money is available
when you close.
• Do you need a home inspection? Yes. Will it tell you
everything about the house? No.
• Will you be relieved? Absolutely, the house fits, it
inspires, and can start becoming the family home.
Its an easy step and
transaction