A few brief notes to help us help you find the best home?

1. If you don’t like something, just let us know and we can finish the showing and leave. talk all you want about homes you don’t like, it allows me to learn what’s important to you. If we love something silence can be best... sometimes someone may have forgotten to turn a baby monitor off...
2. If you like something but are hesitant on the price don’t let it stop you from placing an offer. In a strong sellers market, if we're out seeing 10-15 homes and on the 4th home you think its perfect, let us know right away, we can finish the showings and start the conversation with the other agent (time is of the essence)
3. Once we see a property that you do want to place an offer on that’s when our homework starts to show you how the listing agent came up with their price and start negotiating you the best deal. See a list of the questions we go through with other agents https://buschteam.ca/b/blog/buyers/questions-we-ask--details-we-gather.html
4. If you are going to go to open houses on your own make sure to take one of our cards with you, or let the agents hosting the open house that you are working with an agent.
5. If the homeowner is home please DON’T look too interested!
6. Look past staging and decor! Look at neighbourhoods and functionality
7. DONT TAKE TOO LONG, you may get priced out of the market. We've seen it happen too many times!
8. Take our pricing advice, combine it with your own thoughts/ budget and when it comes to a multiple offer, draw your high price line in the sand and be happy to walk away if you reach it.
9. DO NOT be discouraged by price. Shoot your shot! You don't know what a seller is thinking in terms of a price, sometimes their agent doesn't know either, so if you like the property just place your offer.
10. Download the "House Sigma" app and make sure to follow / track properties as you have interest or see a home so you can keep updated with prices, ect.

FIRST THINGS FIRST. HAVE A CHECKLIST OF MUSTS/ NICE TO HAVE'S. IF THE PROPERTY YOURE LOOKING AT ONLINE DOESNT MEET THE "MUST" CRITERIA YOU SHOULD SAVE YOURSELF THE TIME OF GOING TO SEE IT
 

Property notes

Liked:
 

Didn’t like: 

Renovations / work to be done + expected costs : 

Location:   1. - 10

Finishings:        1. - 10

Room Sizes:     1. - 10

Lifestyle            1. - 10

Schools:          1. - 10

I believe this property is priced 

Low 

Well

High 

Age of:

• Furnace 
• A/C 
• Roof 
• Windows

Alternatively a tool I use this model to make every decision. Its called “the decision maker” 

List the positives 

Score 1-10 (higher the score the more important to you) 

List the negatives 

Score 1-10 (a score of 10 is a major drawback) 

Is the positive score at least double the negative score? If the positives don't outweigh the negatives by a ratio of 2-1 then don't do it or at least think twice about it 

Final score 

When you decide that you like the home and you know you want to place an offer, you may want to give it a professional home inspection, or you may want to give it a quick once over yourself, if you choose this option please see our home inspection checklist here