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BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast

879: How to Buy a House in 2024

BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast

BiggerPockets

Investing, Education, Business

4.8 • 16.6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

You asked, and we answered. Here’s our step-by-step guide on how to buy a house in 2024. Whether you’re looking for a first primary residence, rental property, house hack, or short-term rental, these are the EXACT steps you’ll have to follow to buy a house. But before you can even think about buying, you’ll need to ensure you CAN buy in today’s housing market. Ready to start? Let’s hop in! Here to show you how to buy a house are David Greene and Rob Abasolo, two expert real estate investors who have bought dozens of homes each. Now a real estate agent and mortgage broker, David knows the ins and outs of the industry and can give you insider knowledge on what most buyers, sellers, and agents don’t know (but wish they did). Rob has bought throughout the nation and has turned multiple primary residences into rentals, so he knows both processes like the back of his hand. Let’s make 2024 the year YOU buy your first property. Stick around because we’re going to walk through the six beginner steps to buying a house, the HUGE home inspection red flags you MUST watch out for, and how to get your money back if a deal turns into a dud!  In This Episode We Cover The step-by-step homebuying process explained  Pre-approvals vs. pre-qualifications and why mixing these up will cost you The surefire ways to get your offer accepted EVEN in a hot market  One initial sign of a BAD agent (and when to move on to a better one) The home inspection red flags that could KILL your real estate deal  How to get your earnest money back if the property isn’t worth the money And So Much More! Click here to listen to the full episode: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-879 Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email advertise@biggerpockets.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is the Bigger Pocket's podcast 879 and we're feeling fine folks what's going on

0:07.8

this is David Green your host of the Bigger Pocket's real-state podcast can't believe we've had 879 shows and we're still going strong and today is going to be one of the strongest shows you've ever heard. I'm here today with Rob Abbasolo, Real Estate Superstar, Wonderkin, and Short-Term

0:24.6

Rental Expert Extraordinar, and we are going to be talking about how to buy a

0:29.2

house. Well listen, before we get into that, while all those accolades you gave me and I'll ask for a few more after this, but while all those were really great, really it's about you today, my friend, because it is your birthday.

0:42.0

Happy birthday, David. Thank you, thank you. because it is your birthday.

0:42.6

Happy birthday, David.

0:44.2

Thank you, thank you.

0:44.8

And what an amazing present that I get to record

0:47.3

the best podcast in the freaking world

0:50.0

on my birthday and share with the masses the accumulation of knowledge that I picked over the last decade

0:55.6

of buying houses and help people be sheltered from buying them the wrong way or what's worse not buying them

1:01.3

and losing out on the potential wealth that they could build.

1:03.7

That's right and we have an awesome show for everybody today called How to Buy a House in

1:08.1

2024.

1:09.4

During this show we're going to break down the logistical process of buying a house, and you guessed it,

1:15.0

2024.

1:16.0

We're going to be discussing everything that you need to do before submitting an offer,

1:19.0

the strategy to get your offer accepted,

1:21.0

and then the step-by-step process of buying a house once

1:23.7

you're in escrow along with a lot of pro tips that will save you money make you

1:27.5

money or help you avoid making mistakes that I picked up over the

1:30.9

thousands at this point of transactions that I've helped facilitate as a

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