How to Buy your First House AND Save Thousands of Dollars!

A Step-by-Step Guide to Buying Your First Home - Save Thousands Buying a Home using Real Examples, Real Contracts
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Liam Orton
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Learn how to buy a house right the first time and save thousands of dollars in the process. I will walk you through, step-by-step in full transparency on the full house buying purchase process from start to finish, how to think about buying a home, where to find the best deals and how I saved over $90,000 on a $198,000 house. This course is a MUST for First Time Home Buyers!

By the end of the course you’ll walk away well prepared knowing for the entire home buying process:

  1. How much of a home you can really afford (based on income and savings)

  2. Pros and Cons of Buying vs. Renting & Buying vs. Building

  3. A Balanced Approach to House Buying, taking into consideration Finances, Function & Preferences

  4. A 5 Factor Analysis to Comprehensively Review the Factors that Impact Your Ability to Buy a Home

  5. How to Manage Your Finances and Understand if You’re Saving Enough

  6. The Full House Purchase Process from Start to Finish

  7. The Key Terms You Need to Negotiate in the Purchase Process

  8. Pitfalls to Avoid

  9. How to Compare Different Homes with Simple Valuation Techniques

  10. Why Your Credit Score Matters and How to Improve It

  11. The Types of Financing Available 

  12. The Loan Pre-Approval & Approval Process

  13. Concrete Action Steps You Can Do NOW to prepare yourself for Success when Buying a Home 

  14. How I Found My Deal

  15. How I Saved Over $90,000 on a $198,000 Home and How You Can Too!

Here are a few of the resources I’ll be sharing with you (with a video explanation & download for you to fill out):

  1. My Actual Real Estate Sale & Purchase Agreement

  2. My Actual Credit Report

  3. My Actual Seller’s Property Condition Disclosure Form

  4. My Actual Loan Pre Qualification Letter

  5. My Actual Home Inspection Report

  6. My Actual Home Appraisal Report 

  7. My Actual Loan Closing Disclosure 

I‘ll also be giving you Custom Checklists & Resources that I made to make the First Time Home Buying Process Much Smoother:

  1. Home Buying Timeline Management Checklist (to help you keep track of what’s done & what isn’t)

  2. Financial Checklist (to help you keep track of the many costs, so there aren’t any surprises)

  3. Family Income Statement (to help you know where you’re at financially and what you can afford)

  4. Functional Checklist (to make sure you’re getting all of the features you want & need in your home)

  5. Preferences Checklist (to help you keep track of which home you liked and why as you view many properties)

  6. Lender Comparison Sheet (to help you compare lenders apples to apples across multiple loan estimate formats)

Disclosure:

In the interest of full transparency, please note that I am not a licensed real estate professional, and do not have the same level of technical experience and understanding that a real estate agent, broker, title agent, real estate attorney or other such professional will have. This course is based on the actual process that I went through in buying my home, and the hours and hours of research, interviews and ground work that I did in order to get a great deal. I believe that as one new home buyer to another, that this course will be of great value to you, I just want to be transparent and up-front.

I did save over $90,000 on my home purchase, which is over the course of the life of the loan. It is important to consider out of pocket expenses today, as well as into the future. I have not adjusted this number for “net present value” or inflation or any other financial techniques to increase it. I have simply added up the savings I will be enjoying today, and over the course of the loan and report them as is. 

How long do I have access to the course materials?
You can view and review the lecture materials indefinitely, like an on-demand channel.
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