10 Things I Wish I'd Known Before I Bought My First Home

We get it: buying a house for the first time is intimidating. Besides determining what it is you want and how much you can pay for it, there’s the task of sifting through listings in hopes of finding your dream home and a seller that’ll pick you from the crowd. The key to making this unpredictable, life-changing search more bearable is preparation. Two recent buyers and an online listing expert have spilled their ten best tips on going into the homebuying process with confidence, weathering the unpredictabilities and coming out of it all with a place to call home.