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Real Estate Buyer Resources

So you are ready to buy real estate on the Emerald Coast. Maybe your job has brought you here or maybe you have vacationed here since you were a child and have always dreamed of retiring here. Whether you are ready to buy a home, condo, land, or investment property in Destin, Sandestin, SeaGrove Beach, Santa Rosa Beach, or any beach community in South Walton County we are here to help you and look forward to impressing you.

Choose the right real estate Agent

Learn the local real estate market by choosing a real estate agent whose job is to educate you about homes available and what you should offer by preparing a Comparative Market Analysis (CMA). Look for a buyer's agent. Your buyer's agent will protect your interests by including typical contingency clauses for a satisfactory appraisal, home inspection, and mortgage commitment.

Save Money on Your Mortgage

If you are looking for ways to save money on your mortgage, shop before you start looking at homes so that you can get your best rate and be sure of the amount of your pre-approval. A pre-approval is a negotiating advantage for you and is an absolute necessity in a hot market or ‘priced-right' homes with competing offers.

Timing Your New Home Purchase

The best time of the year to buy a house is when the season slows down and there are fewer home buyers in the market – Thanksgiving to mid-January. Homes listed and available during the slow season are from serious home sellers. Most people don't want to move until the summer months so they don't start actively looking until early spring.

Protect Yourself with a Good Home Inspection

Home inspectors say that all houses, including brand new homes, have defects but some are incurable. Some defects you will see yourself, such as being right on a busy highway, others may need the skilled eye of a good home inspector and other testing for presence of pests, radon, or lead paint.