10 Best-Kept Secrets for Buying a Home

#11: Don't accept a December closing date. If you do, the issue for the seller/builder will become one of taxes and not one of the home being ready for you to purchase.

The advise that you are buying a house not dating it seems to be the biggest problem for a lot of people. If you are emotionally attached and have to have something, you are dealing from a weak position and will end up over paying in my experience. You have to be ready to walk away.

Thanks for sharing. Numbers 1 and 2. Really needed those when I bought my house. At least I'll be wiser for the next time.