In this episode, we talk about what you need to know and do before starting your home search! As a home buyer, it is extremely important to link up with a lender to get your pre-approval before starting to write offers on homes. Sellers will not take you serious without this! We also go over what types of costs are associated with buying a home. Surprise, you don't pay a real estate agent a commission (usually on the buy side anyways)! Lastly, we briefly go over contingencies and how they protect you when we enter into a contract. We will dive more into these on a later episode!