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The 13 Worst Mistakes Made by Homebuyers
Buying a home can be one of life’s most exciting and rewarding times. Or, it can be a roller-coaster of financial and emotional devastation. It depends on what you do and what you know. Most homebuyers do not have enough accurate knowledge. Worse, many are ill-informed.
This booklet lists 13 of the worst mistakes made by homebuyers. It briefly suggests how to avoid these mistakes so that buying a home will indeed be an exciting and rewarding experience.
- Exceeding financial limits
- Buying what you want instead of what you need
- Ignoring the extra and hidden costs
- Failing to research the area
- Tolerating poor service from agents
- Negotiating the quoted price
- Losing money with auctions
- Being unprepared for Gazumping
- Being too 'clever' with an offer
- Realising the need for INDEPENDENT inspections & advice
- Being too quick or being too slow
- Being caught by an Investment Scam
- Failing to complain
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ask to be placed on one of our mailing lists,
apply for a job with us,
make an enquiry about our services,
visit our web site, or
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You provide most of the personal information directly to us and for a specific purpose. How we use the information we collect
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You should be aware that we may use your email address to contact you in the future. We will not sell or pass on your details to third parties.
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However, we will endeavour to take all reasonable steps to protect the personal information you may transmit to us or from our online products and services. Once we do receive your transmission, we will also make our best efforts to ensure its security on our systems.
In addition, our employees and the contractors who provide services related to our information systems are obliged to respect the confidentiality of any personal information held by us. However, we will not be held responsible for events arising from unauthorised access to your personal information.
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