Emotions will blind you...

The beginning, not the middle or end, determines how most investments turn out. Yet buying a home is such an emotional event for most people that they are unable to treat it as the truly significant investment that it is. Rather, they can only thing about things like: how to decorate the baby's room, what color to paint the living room, how nice the pool will be in the summer, how beautiful the flower garden is in the back yard, how happy they will be to invite over family and friends or what improvements they may like to make down the road.

Furthermore, most home buyers are so unfamiliar with the legal and factual aspects of buying a home and the potential dangers or risks involved, that they lack the confidence needed to be assertive or to protect themselves, even when the need to do so has become crystal clear.

Many are reluctant to engage in tough price bargaining and often pay more than the seller would have taken. Others forego a thorough professional inspection, because the seller assure them that it's a good home or everything has been fixed or is up to grade.

Speaking from experience, don't let yourself be swept away in the frenzy of the home search. Protect yourself from your own ignorance of the process by taking your time to fully explore, examine and research each and every situation.

Our VA Realtors, including Virginia Beach real estate agents, will answer your questions and help you consider all the factors affecting your decisions.