How To Manage The Rollercoaster of Emotions That Come From Buying a Home, with Samantha Livesay – The First Time Home Buyer Podcast – Episode 40

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Samantha Livesay is the Community Relations Coordinator for CHP Homeownership, an organization that provides a straightforward home buying experience by connecting home buyers with the resources that they need to make informed decisions when purchasing your new home.

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Top Tips for Buying a Home

What is your biggest piece of advice you can give to someone trying to buy their first home now

• Educate yourself in the process
• Build a great team early on

What have you seen are the top mistakes homebuyers make? How can they avoid them?

• They are in a time crunch to buy their home because their rent is over very soon. Allow several months to buy a home. You don’t want to be stressed out in the process. Know your timeline.

What could help first time home buyers save time?

• Find local professionals and use them so you can focus on doing the fun stuff.

What could help first time home buyers save money?

• So many ways!
  1. shop around for lenders
  2. shop around for home insurance
  3. get advantage of the down payment assistance programs and grants from lenders, and the government.

How can first time home buyers choose the best professionals to work with?

• Go to HUD agencies and trust the expert they recommend, because they are unbiased agencies.

The Ask

Is there anything we can do for you?

• Educate yourself, and spread the word about HUD agencies
• Like us and follow us in social media
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  • – Twitter

Contact information

• Website: https://www.communityhousingpartners.org/
• Phone number: 540-260-9039

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