Purchasing your first home
Buying a house is a dream to many people. But at the same time house hunting can be very fun and dreamy, going from it to signing your purchasing agreement may sound really scary. Today, I'd like to share my experience with you and hopefully chase these fears away. Here you'll find a few tips and some lessons I've learned while searching for a house I could call home. Let's dive into it! Defining a budget As soon as my husband and I decided to buy our first house, we started to randomly look at what was available. We would stop at every house with an "Open House" sign in front of it, or every new construction we saw when running errands on the weekends. That was our first mistake. When you're randomly looking at things, you'll end up seeing a little bit of everything (which may be good if you already know what you need/want/can afford). But if you don't know any of those things yet, you'll risk getting frustrated after seeing so