Location, Location, Location...
I know we’ve heard that many times before and for many years, but it still holds true. The amount of homes available for sale right now that will meet your basic wish list criteria can be overwhelming. To reduce the number of homes that you’ll visit, you should first decide what the most important factors are – i.e. number of bedrooms, comfortable price range, neighborhood and type of house.
The location of the home is a factor that most affects its value.
Most homebuyers are prepared to trade off certain factors on their wish list in order to be able to buy a home in the area that they most prefer. This is a very important insight, because you can always make changes to a house – you can upgrade appliances, enlarge a kitchen, put in a pool, build a garage or install a fence but you can’t change the home’s location. Once you move in, you can’t move the house from the city to the suburbs, to a better commute area or from a postage stamp size yard to a yard with acreage.
Consider your preferred location(s) first – then you can concentrate on the amenities.