Well, hey you guys, so if you live in a rapidly growing area like us here in Nashville,

then you probably heard your friends debate all kinds of different housing

strategies. Right, like get an older home that has good bones, no, get new construction,

get the tall, you know, skinny houses, get the retro ranch style house. I mean, there's so many options out there,

and because mortgage rates have been on the higher end over the last year or two,

and because the cost of living keeps going up, people are having to compromise

what their home wish lists are.

And this is a really tough discussion, I think, because priorities and expectations are shifting and

setting more into reality of what it looks like today.

So I want to talk through all the pros and the cons and

remind you of the most important things to consider

if you are a current or a future homeowner and if you enjoy this channel and this kind of

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all right first let's talk about when the right time to buy a home is.

So to get into the housing market, financially, you want to be in a great place.

So what does that mean?

I want you out of debts.

And I want you to have a fully funded emergency fund

of at least three to six months of expenses.

So that's really important because what happens is if you are

living paycheck to paycheck with a ton of debt and you have no savings and you go and

buy a house, it's probably going to end up being more of a stress point in your

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