• Check your pocketbook, your savings and your buying power. Call a lender or two to find out about rates and mortgage plans.
  

• Decide what are your housing needs. Keep a running list -- if you're a family, let everyone participate. Separate "musts" & "wants".

• Begin snooping around. Start looking in magazines, newspapers and the internet. Go to open houses, see what's available.

• Location, location. Do you know buyers rate neighborhoods as the top criteria for choosing a home. Walk down some streets.
  

• Set a time line. Schedule ahead when it's a good time to move. Do you own a home now? Get ready to put it on the market!

• Find the right REALTOR for you. Search for someone you can count on to look out for your interests and help make good decisions. (Generally, buyer agent fees are paid from the sale proceeds at the time of purchase closing)

Eleanor Beasley, Realtor
Allen Tate Realtors
605 South New Hope Rd.
Gastonia, North Carolina

Direct Line: 704-861-2486
Mobile: 704-616-3330
Toll Free: 1-800-841-8128

Email: eleanor.beasley@atcmail.com