1. Time Frame (four to six months from start to finish?)
2. Purchase price and your pre-approval.
3. Buyer broker agreement: is it necessary?
4. Your preferences: using a buyer interview and industry check list
5. Search for properties that match your preferences (especially in the MLS)
6. Developing a short list of choices, with photos and maps
7. Site visits and a tour
8. Your attorney, your offer and your inspector
9. Condo association due diligence: assessments, association documents, their rules
10. Your offer, their counter-offer, any contingencies, and the negotiation
11. Getting the loan, and at what rate?
12. The closing date, the final walk through, taking possession
PJFugiel, Consultant, ©2006