tell me about it...

Gene will tell you, before you start house shopping, make a list:

a) must have
b) nice to have
c) cannot have.

A & C are your deal breakers. Do not shortchange yourself. Everyone's list is different, but everyone needs a list.

Minimum 2 car garage was a deal breaker for me. The 1st house our agent showed us had no garage, the 2nd house had a small 1 car. I told him if he showed us one more house without a minimum 2 car garage he would no longer be our agent. We never saw another one w/o one. Now I wish I pushed for detached and flat driveway, but those would have been nice to haves at the time..

Well, it wasnt up to me on the house. But the first house we were sold on had a sweet oversized 1 car, detached. I had such high hopes for the house...oh well.

Yea, I kick myself now for not holding out for a garage. I have a decent sized car-port, but my wife has claimed it for herself.

Another house we looked at had a 1 car wide, 2 car deep attached garage that would have worked out very nicely for us, but there were too many other negatives (like no dining room, and a kitchen that was about the size of a postage stamp).

- Justin

Couldn't agree with you more. I told my agent the homes he showed me needed to have at least a one car. I was fortunate enough to find the house I did with just about everything I wanted in a first home. My only quip is no basement but that's not something I needed to have but would have been nice.

im glad that i came across this post

im in the market for a house

ive never owned a home, and have been saving up $ to buy a home.. mmaybe i shoud look into this tax credit more.. and talkt o a realtor.. thanks for the info...

I am a realtor any questions you have hit me up on PM be glad to answer them for you.

Gene