When you’re looking for a home for sale in Midland, TX, you’re going to see a lot of houses – and after a while, they might all start to blend together. Check out this list of five walkthrough tips that can help ensure you’re looking at all the right things in each house and keeping track of which features you liked (and didn’t like) about each one.
5 Home Walkthrough Tips to Use While You’re Looking for Your Dream Home in Midland
Searching for a house is exciting, but if you have more than a handful of homes on your “short list” to tour in person, it can be a little overwhelming. However, these five tips can help you keep it all straight.
- Limit yourself to a few homes a day.
- Ask your REALTOR® for printouts of each home’s listing.
- Bring your smartphone for pictures or video.
- Take notes on each paper copy.
- Use a checklist to remember important features.
Here’s a closer look at each tip.
Home Walkthrough Tip #1: Limit yourself to a few homes a day.
Because the homes you see can start to blend together in your head – and because going through homes looking at every last detail can be exhausting – it’s best to limit yourself to a few homes you want to see each day. That way, you’ll also be able to make a fast offer if there’s one you know you want – you won’t have to wait until the end of the day and hope for the best. (Often, people want to make an offer on the first home they see in a day… but by the time they’re finished touring other homes, someone else has already put in an offer and the seller has already accepted it.)
Home Walkthrough Tip #2: Ask your REALTOR® for printouts of each home’s listing.
Before you leave for a day of house-hunting, ask your real estate agent for a printout of each listing you’re going to see (or print them out yourself). You can use these printouts to take notes, which will help you keep each home and its features organized.
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Home Walkthrough Tip #3: Bring your smartphone for pictures or video.
Before you go into a home, take a picture of its exterior – preferably one with the house number clearly visible. When you go inside, take photos of features you like, you don’t like, or that you’re not sure about. You can go back through your photos later; they’ll help you make a decision.
Home Walkthrough Tip #4: Take notes on each paper copy.
It’s a good idea to take notes about each home you see. That way, you won’t forget details that you like (or don’t like) about each house. You can go through the notes and compare them with your partner’s or your agent’s to see whether a house is a good fit for you.
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Home Walkthrough Tip #5: Use a checklist to remember important features.
If you have a home walkthrough checklist, use it as you tour each home. That way, you can make sure you’re checking out the important things and not answering important questions.
Related: The ultimate walk-through checklist for Midland buyers
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