on this episode of the Personal Finance Podcast,

how to buy a house the right way in 2026.

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I'm your host, Andrew, founder of MasterMoney.co. And today on the Personal Finance Podcast, we're going to be talking about

how to buy a house the right way in 2006. If you guys have any questions, make sure you join

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Spotify, or your favorite podcast player. Now, in today's

episode, we are going to be talking about how to buy a house in 2026. Now, this is one of those

episodes that is a staple that we want to make sure that we are doing every single year because

the market is shifting. The market is changing. And I'm going to give you the exact steps that you need to take if your big goal is to make sure that you want to buy a house in 2020. And so in this episode, we are going to walk you through the steps of, hey, how do I run the numbers up front and how do I understand if a house is even in the cards? What do I do when I'm ready to go out and buy a house? How do I think about the pre-approval process? How much house can I actually afford? Then we're going to walk you through the steps, the exact steps to take, in order to make sure you can get a house at the best deal. I'm going to give you all the options and negotiation tips that I have that are going to help you buy a house. And in addition, this is going to be one of those areas where we're also going to talk through insurance. We're going to talk through making sure that you don't make big mistakes that are going to cost you a lot of money and how to get your finances in order before and after you buy a house. So this is an action-packed episode and I can't wait to share with it. So for those of you out there that are like, well, what is Anders qualifications to even talk about this? Well, if you don't know this already, I have bought and sold millions and millions of dollars worth of real estate. And in fact, when I was investing heavily into rent a properties, I went out and got my real estate license. And so I bought tons of different properties.

I've gone through this process dozens and dozens and dozens of times. But in addition,

when I had that license, I would help family and friends go and buy houses. So I've done this

over and over again for myself. I've done it in my businesses and I've done it for family and

friends. And I have seen time and time again the classic mistakes being made

when your agent doesn't actually understand what needs to be done. They don't understand

the financial side and what your dreams and what your goals are. And so we're going to dive into

those dreams and goals and we're going to talk through the steps to take in order to buy a

house right in 2006. Way too many people out there make

mistakes when it comes to buying houses. I'm going to make sure you avoid those mistakes. And if you

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