Well Megan, thanks for the question and congratulations on being the first official poster of Coffee Talk with Joshua Dean. The home buying process is a very exciting experience and with the proper understanding and direction should be a very profitable experience. Right now, there are two steps that you should take. The first would be to call a lender to determine the price range of the home that you are qualified to purchase. Your lender will pull your credit, ask you some basic financial questions, discuss the best loan programs that you qualify for, and give you an estimate of what your monthly mortgage amount will be based on a number of different home purchase prices.

The scond step would be to contact a real estate agent at Joshua Dean Real Estate to set you up with an email based home search that meets your personal and financial needs. Your agent will input your search criteria into some specialized search software that will then create a home search webpage for you. Your home search will be set up to scan the entire MLS system on a daily basis for all homes that match your exact search criteria. This way, you will be one of the first people to know when a new home comes on the market that matches your criteria. From there, you simply let your real estate agent know when you want to see some homes that are of interest to you that appear on your home search webpage.

Joshua Dean Real Estate has created a great home buyer video series on the home buying process and this powerful home search software. Click here to view this short video series.