Course
Home Buyer Course
A no-nonsense course for home buyers who want to walk into the process with their eyes open. Covers everything from building your wishlist to surviving the closing table, with one goal: keeping your money in your pocket and the power in your hands.
11 classes · 42 lessons · Free
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01Know What You Want and Don't Let Anyone Talk You Out of It
- Your List, Your Rules. Write It Down Before They Get In Your Head.
- The Dream Home Bait. How Agents Use Aspiration to Loosen Your Budget.
- Your Wishlist Is a Weapon. And They're Trained to Use It.
- Lock In Your Deal-Breakers Now. Before the Pressure Campaign Begins.
02Get Your Finances Straight Before Anyone Else Gets Involved
- Your Credit Score Is Already Being Judged. Know Your Number First.
- The Debt-to-Income Trap. How Lenders Use Your DTI to Control What You Buy.
- What You Can Actually Afford Versus What They'll Tell You You Can Afford.
- The Hidden Costs Nobody Volunteers. What Closing Actually Costs and How to See It Coming.
03Picking an Agent: The One Decision That Can Make or Break Everything
- How Agents Get Paid and Why That Changes Everything.
- The Interview Questions They Hope You Never Ask.
- Red Flags Hiding in Plain Sight. What to Watch for Before You Sign Anything.
- The Buyer's Agreement. What You're Actually Signing and How to Protect Yourself.
04Pre-Approval: Get It, Use It, and Don't Get Played by It
- What Pre-Approval Actually Is and What It Is Not.
- How Lenders Use the Pre-Approval Process to Lock You In Early.
- Shopping Multiple Lenders Without Destroying Your Credit Score.
- How Agents Weaponize Your Pre-Approval Against You.
05Do Your Own Research. Don't Just Take Their Word for It.
- How to Read a Listing Without Getting Played by the Marketing.
- Pulling Comparable Sales Yourself Before Your Agent Cherry-Picks Them for You.
- Researching Neighborhoods the Way Agents Don't Want You To.
- Property History: What It Reveals and Why Agents Go Quiet When You Ask About It.
06Making an Offer Without Getting Played on Price
- How Offer Prices Get Manipulated Before You Ever Write a Number Down.
- The Multiple Offer Situation. What's Real, What's Manufactured, and How to Tell the Difference.
- Contingencies: The Clauses Agents Pressure You to Waive and Why You Shouldn't.
- Writing the Offer on Your Terms, Not Theirs.
07Negotiate Like You Mean It. This Is Your Money.
- Why Buyers Negotiate Badly and Why the Industry Needs Them To.
- Reading a Counter Offer. What the Seller Is Saying and What They Are Hiding.
- Repair Credits and Concessions. Money the Seller Owes You That They Are Hoping You Won't Ask For.
- When to Hold, When to Walk, and How Your Agent Will Try to Talk You Out of Both.
08Home Inspections: The Step Your Agent Might Try to Rush
- What a Real Inspection Looks Like and How to Know If Yours Was Done Right.
- How to Pick Your Own Inspector Before Your Agent Picks One for You.
- Reading the Report Yourself. What Agents Gloss Over and Why.
- When the Inspection Reveals Something Serious. Your Options and the Pressure You Will Face.
09Closing Day: Where the Real Traps Are Hiding
- The Closing Disclosure. They Changed the Numbers and They Are Counting on You Not to Notice.
- Every Document at the Closing Table Is Written for the Lender. Not for You.
- Last-Minute Surprises. How the Closing Table Becomes a Pressure Chamber.
- The Final Walkthrough. The One Protection You Have That Your Agent Will Try to Rush.
10After the Keys: Protecting Yourself Once the Deal Is Done
- The First 30 Days. What New Homeowners Miss That Costs Them Later.
- Title Fraud and Deed Theft. How Criminals Steal Homes and How to Stop Them.
- Contractor Scams. Why New Homeowners Are the Perfect Target and How to Avoid Becoming One.
- Property Taxes, Homestead Exemptions, and the Money Sitting on the Table That Nobody Told You About.
11Find an Agent Worth Trusting: Here's How We Vetted Ours
- Why Almost Every Agent You Meet Failed Our Vetting.
- The Ones Who Made It Through. Here's What to Do Next.