I started looking at homes and I found one that works for me but I can't overcome the anxiety to tell my agent to go ahead with the deal. I keep thinking I'll dislike it for something and or I won't be able to afford it even though I know I can. Like my agent asked what's stopping me and I don't have a good answer other then I don't like feeling locked in because I might change my mind. I am supposed to tell them tomorrow morning so naturally I can't sleep.
>>34410961If you like the house as it is, you can imagine how you'll have things set up, where you'll be spending your evenings, etc., that's half the battle right there. If you can afford it, COMFORTABLY, just make sure to get it properly inspected by a reputable third party neither your seller nor your agent works with. Whether they admit it or not, your agent probably doesn't have your best interests in mind any more than the seller does, so you want to ensure whoever's making sure the house doesn't have any issues is neutral.Otherwise, you're going to be stuck in decision paralysis and never feel good about what you choose. And you very well might end up finding things you dislike about the house; everyone does. My place supposedly had never had water in the basement for the last 30 years, but we got one bad rain and I had wet carpet. The gutters looked perfectly fine, but it turns out one of them likes to leak into the living room wall if it gets too full. Roof needed to be replaced less than 5 years after we moved in. The neighbor kids smashed up my car for literally no reason. There are trees that keep growing out of one of the basement window wells that won't stay dead no matter how much gasoline I pour on them.I think I've made my point.
>>34410961>>34410996I guess I also should have confirmed, are you at the "closing the deal" part of the process or just "making an offer?" Because if you're just making an offer, I wouldn't worry about everything else just yet. Some rich asshole could swoop in and offer 50k more than you and ruin your week.
>>34410996>If you like the house as it is, you can imagine how you'll have things set up, where you'll be spending your evenings, etc., that's half the battle right there.this. visualization is powerful. but OP, the real problem here is what you're worried about. It already checks all the biggest boxes for you, clearly. Otherwise, why consider it seriously? No, you're worried about smaller shit you didn't think about to check or will find only once you're in.But op.... by that point....you own the house. Change it. its yours.
>>34411025 makes a really good point. Once you own a house, you can do whatever the fuck you want with it, outside of knocking out a main support column. I mean, you could, but you probably wouldn't like the outcome.Yeah, some things would be expensive, but you can fix practically anything you end up not liking about the place.Going back to my house, for another example, yeah, the basement waterproofing is a shit show, but I could always spend $5k and get it fixed. I just don't care enough.
>>34410961EVERYBODY - literally every single human being - who has ever bought a house has gone through this.
>>34410961Ask if you can do another viewing, ask if you can be allowed to spend some time there alone (like an hour or two) and just go around the place, imagine the layout of stuff as another anon said.Really really review stuff, get a home inspector if you're SERIOUS about it, because they can check stuff fully and properly, that's important cause you don't wanna buy a place then find out you're gonna have to spend 30k on fixing like, air vents or mold or whatever
