220 - Interview With Clarisse - Home Inspections: When And How To Walk Away From The Deal
How to Buy a Home: The #1 First Time Home Buyer Podcast
David Sidoni
4.8 • 891 Ratings
🗓️ 8 March 2024
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
For a first-time home buyer, ending up with a money pit can be a nightmare. That's why it's crucial to ensure that home inspections are thorough, checking every nook for potential issues. But how do you know when and how to walk away from a deal? Here to guide you through the process is someone who has walked the very same shoes as you. First time home buyer Clarisse joins David Sidoni to share how she eventually found her dream home on the third attempt. With a keen eye for detail, she shares valuable insights into the importance of a robust inspection process and the necessity of not getting emotionally attached to properties. Clarice, who navigated the real estate landscape from Seattle to Dallas, provides practical tips for purchasing a home with a partner and sheds light on the nuances of acquiring an older resale home. Join us as she unfolds her experiences and lessons learned, offering a wealth of advice for those embarking on their own home-buying adventure.
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| 0:00.0 | for lots of first-time home buyers out there, buying a money pit is their biggest fear. |
| 0:06.3 | You end up buying a home, you're super excited about it, and then bang, everything starts to |
| 0:11.6 | break and it costs you tens, if not hundreds of thousands of dollars. |
| 0:15.9 | So here's an interview today with Clarice. |
| 0:18.4 | Now, Clarice is a major planner, and that was very helpful in her |
| 0:22.6 | process. But listen closely to this interview. She ended up buying the third house, third |
| 0:28.3 | times a charm, that she put an offer on. The first two, she went through the inspection process, |
| 0:33.1 | and because she had a really strong team helping her and supporting her along the way, |
| 0:38.0 | the inspection was enough for her to pull out from the house and walk away. |
| 0:42.8 | She realized that her and a partner, |
| 0:44.6 | they decided not to get emotionally attached to anything and make sure the inspection |
| 0:49.3 | was enough so that the home was exactly what they knew they wanted and something that they |
| 0:55.6 | could handle. She also talks about moving from city to city. She was in Seattle when she was |
| 1:00.2 | getting ready to buy a home in Dallas. So there's some great tips there. Tips on buying with |
| 1:05.0 | a partner and tips on buying an older home, a resale home, in what a little section that we talked about called |
| 1:13.8 | buying a unique home versus a new home. There's a lot of great stuff here. And thank you to |
| 1:20.0 | Clarice for on the road. the episode because I have some majorly exciting news. The How to Buy a Home Podcast and me, |
| 1:45.7 | your host, David Sedone, we're going on the road. Come and get your questions about home buying |
| 1:51.2 | answered from me directly, live and in person. And our first stop is Dallas, Texas. Yeah, |
| 1:58.0 | baby, it only took me five years, but the unicorns are finally bringing me out on the road, |
| 2:02.3 | and I'm going to be live in Dallas on Monday, April 1st. And no, this is not an April Fool's |
| 2:07.4 | joke. This is real. This is legit. I am literally used correctly coming to Dallas for a live |
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