Home Loan Focus

If you are going out today shopping for a home there are a number of tools that you really must have.  Times have changed and those people that are technically savvy will benefit the most during the home shopping experience.  Here are few items that you definitely should invest in and most of them are even on sale before you make one of the biggest investment of your life in your future home.

• A Good GPS Device - You need a GPS device these days to insure that while you are house hunting, you do not get lost, you have the option of reviewing routes from a prospective home to your work, to the store and your children’s school.  Plus, it helps you to remain orientated so that your realtor does not confuse zipping in and out of subdivisions and backroads!
• A Radio - Make sure you have a good radio in your car.  Its kind of a weird item as things go extra digital, but many homes have the option at the curb that allows you to listen to information about a home.  Use this to your advantage!
• Laptops and Wireless Cards - Take your laptop with you and look into investing in a cellular air card while you are house hunting.  It will help significantly, if you can review other homes in the area, check comparables on the spot, and even find the next house to visit if necessary.  Plus, if you happen to drive by a great looking house on the way there, you can check its listing on your computer!
• Digital Camera with lots of Extra Flash Cards - Don’t be shy, take pictures of everything and Video is even better.  Make sure you snap a picture of the address or mailbox as the first shot so that you will know one set from another as you review them later!
• Cell phone – Really we shouldn’t have to mention this, but don’t forget it.  You will need it and while you are in the house check to see how many (if any) bars you have for cellular reception in all the rooms of the house. 
• Take your own car - This is not the time to save gas money.  You will need private time after each house viewing to think things over and talk with your spouse or family.  Give yourself that by taking your own car.

Looking to get a little extra juice out of the seller? Ask for a cellular repeater antenna to be installed on the house for a couple hundred bucks.  It is a buyers market and if the house doesn’t get signal this could help and make it home sweet connected home.

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