Buyer Tips and Advice

Buyer tips and advice from Sally English, an experienced and successful real estate agent in Atlanta Georgia. Buy an Atlanta Georgia home at a below market price and with the least amount of risk by following these proven buyer tips and advice from experienced real estate professional Sally English.

Buyer Tips and Advice Articles from The English Team Blog and Atlanta Real Estate Library:


Older Homes versus Newer Construction - In the Northeast Atlanta housing market, where many of our clients work at Emory or the CDC, a classic buying dilemma must be addressed. Do I buy a home with “good bones” built in the 1960s and 1970s when much of the housing stock was first constructed?  Or, do I buy more recent construction? Exacerbating...
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Where are all the Home Sellers? - Home buyers are asking me the right questions about this real estate market:” Where are all the Home Sellers? Why are there no new homes coming on the market? What happened to the spring housing market?” The answer is pretty simple: “Home Sellers are staying at home.” Homeowners who might have previously put their houses...
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The Housing Shift Has Begun The Housing Shift Has Begun - The housing market has reached a turning point and the housing shift has begun. Cheap money is gone, kaput, no longer available.  In the past couple of years, cheap money has fueled a booming housing market that resulted in record-low inventories of available homes and lots of frustration for potential home buyers. Record high prices...
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Homebuyer Insider: Avoid the Dirty Dozen - Homebuyer Insider: Avoid the Dirty Dozen Homebuyer Insider: Many homeowners know that there is a sabotage group, which we affectionately refer to as “the dirty dozen,” constantly at work to undermine their investment in home and hearth.  These fighters go behind the lines to attack the core of a home’s financial value. Over the years...
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5 Things Every Homebuyer Should Know - 5 Things Every Homebuyer Should Know Here are five things every homebuyer should know. This homebuyer insider information includes sure fire ways to make a better buying decision. LEARN THE NEIGHBORHOOD & SURF THE WEB. Every homebuyer should know using the internet can save a lot of time and effort in your house hunting.  Pick...
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Hire a real estate professional when buying a home - Hire a real estate professional when buying a home Hire a real estate professional when you buy a home.  Yes, I know it is stating the obvious, but obtaining the services of a real estate professional is a step in buying a home.  It is surprising to me that buyers sometimes skip this step. Why...
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Analyze home buying wants and needs - Analyze home buying wants and needs Dream Homes usually have a flaw or two.  How do you figure out and evaluate all the choices home buyers face when buying a home. Take some time to make a list of all the attributes you must have in your new home. Once you’ve got a good idea...
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Get Prequalified for a Mortgage - Getting prequalified for a mortgage is a critical step in buying a home.  Hopefully you have already tracked down a free copy of your three credit reports and have checked it for errors. Now you need to get prequalified for a mortgage loan so you know how much home you can afford. Pre-qualification is a process...
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Cosmetic Improvements a Home Buying Secret - Buying a home? Be willing to make cosmetic improvements. If you are willing to invest a little time in cosmetic improvements, you will find more houses that fit your criteria and get a better deal in the process.  This has always been true in my Atlanta market, but now it is even more so because...
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Buying a home? Get a Jump on the Competition - Buying a Home? Get A Jump On The Competition Are you thinking about buying a home this year? Literally thousands of Atlanta families are planning a move sometime in the next 12 months.  An amazing race occurs every time a new property hits the market, often with truly special homes selling within the first day...
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Home Inspectors - Home Inspectors and The Inspection Process Even though I supervised construction of close to one hundred custom homes in my previous career as a homebuilder, I now hire a home inspectors to look over the houses I plan to purchase for investment. Why would a seasoned real estate professional spend a couple hundred dollars to...
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THE HOME INSPECTION PROCESS: Buyers and Sellers Have New Inspection Considerations - THE HOME INSPECTION PROCESS: Buyers and Sellers Have New Inspection Considerations   Home buyers and home sellers have lots of options in the home inspection process. Even though I supervised construction of close to one hundred custom homes in my previous career as a home-builder, I now hire a home inspector to look over the...
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buyer tips and adviceAre you thinking about buying a home? Sally English and the English Team are Realtors serving neighborhoods convenient to Emory University and CDC in Northeast Atlanta. Our buyer tips and advice will help you make a more informed decision about buying an Atlanta Georgia home. Our clients have experienced success buying their dream homes for less money and with the least amount of buyer risk by following the buyer tips and advice we provide. Years of experience helped refine the essence of buying a home and the wisdom in our buyer tips and advice comes from these experiences. Some of this wisdom came at high expense from the school of hard knocks.

Whether you are buying your first home or your fifth, there is a nugget of information in these buyer tips and advice that will make a difference when you get ready to make a home purchase. The real estate market constantly evolves. We learn from real life situations in buying Atlanta Georgia homes and that wisdom goes directly into our buyer tips and advice. This information is constantly changing and our articles and blog posts are updated frequently so we can bring you the latest information about buying a home in Atlanta Georgia.

If we missed a topic in our buyer tips and advice that is of interest to you, give Sally English a call at 404-229-2995 and we will do our best to research your question and find an answer.

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