What steps does it take to buy a house? We will break this question down to be a simple and actually fun process. 1: Connect with a Lender. ⁃make them compete. ⁃They’re your friend. ⁃We have good lenders we can send you. ⁃Get pre approval. 2. Let’s go shopping! ⁃What’s your criteria. ⁃We are locals. ⁃We have software to help. 3. Submitting an offer. -What is an offer exactly? 4. Acceptance, celebrating! - Escrow is opened and deposit earnest money, due diligence, inspection. For the inspection, we’d be happy to schedule that for you with an inspector we trust. -Sounds confusing, but your job at this point is to sit back and watch the professionals work their magic! -Lender takes over. Quite for awhile. 6. Appraisal. 7. Close!