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Every Home is Someone's Castle
Our 8 Step Buying Process
Navigate The Home Buying Process with Confidence
From start to finish, our step-by-step guide, expert guidance, and local market knowledge will take you from feeling overwhelmed to feeling in control and confident in your home buying journey.
Meet in person & create a wishlist
Let’s get to know each other! Once you’re ready to work with our team, we’ll meet together for a Buyer Consultation to focus your search and determine what you want and need in a home.
Pre-qualification
We’ll introduce you to one of our mortgage partners, who can help you determine your buying price range with confidence. Be prepared to dig into paperwork during this part of the process such as pay stubs, W2’s, and tax returns. The lender will do a full review and then tell you what you will be able to borrow in order to purchase a home. This is a vital step in the home buying process!
Listing alerts sent to you based on your criteria
Our agents get to know you — Need to move for a job? Want a shorter commute? Getting married? Having a baby? Need to upgrade or downsize? At this stage in the process, we’ll send you notifications about the listings that you’re most likely to be excited about. Be sure to let us know if one (or more) jumps out at you so that we can schedule viewings and be there with you every step of the way.
Schedule viewings & attend open houses
Here’s where the buying process gets really fun! We’ll go to local open houses together and schedule viewings of the homes that you’ve loved from our listing alerts. We’ll talk about how the budget will work and make sure that we find you the perfect home.
Find the perfect home & write an offer
When you’re ready to make an offer, your agent will present a written offer to the seller. And while everyone loves getting their offer accepted right away, the seller could come back to us with a counteroffer, or reject your initial offer all together. We’re happy to walk you through each of these possibilities and exactly how to handle them. Once the offer is accepted, it’s time to get your financing in order and move forward to the next step!
Acceptance, Inspection & Appraisal
The sellers accepted your offer, and the home is going through inspection and appraisal. The appraisal guarantees that the price of the property matches the condition of the property while the inspection makes sure that everything in the home is functioning properly and there are no major issues inside. These are the last steps before the shiny keys to your home are placed in your hand... for good!
Time to close & get the keys
Get excited because it’s time to close on your home! This process includes going through all of the final paperwork and signing your name (a lot!). Don't forget to bring all of the paperwork you’ve collected along the way, your driver's license and your down payment.
Celebrate!
Congratulations, you did it! The process of buying a home can be overwhelming, but with the help of the Slocum Home Team, you've navigated it with ease and confidence.
Melissa Andrews
Jon was so awesome in our journey to buy our home! I am a first time buyer and my fiance has bought a few houses before, and he was awesome at meeting both of us at our levels of understanding to make the process seamless. He gave great advice, helped us work through making decisions, and made every step of the process really enjoyable. House hunting can be overwhelming and complicated, but I had a lot of fun learning about it and felt Jon prioritized our goals and vision!
Betsy Rinaldi
I could not have asked for a better agent than Gayle Reid and the team behind her at Slocum. Buying a house is overwhelming; there are so many things to consider but Gayle guided me through the process with grace, poise, and the sometimes-firm hand I needed. She worked with my ever-fluctuating budget, spent her weekends with me at every open house, and made sure everything went smoothly from my offer being accepted to closing.
Gayle was my rock through this experience. She answered my numerous (and sometimes odd) questions, was honest about the houses we saw, and always made me feel like she was on my side. I cannot recommend Gayle enough. I never want to move again but if I did, she would be my first call.
Thank you, Gayle!
Julio Basabe
Right from the start the first phone call was very professional gave me information even before asking me any questions of if I was ready to buy a house or not after signing with you guys I was assigned Kathy Dowling I can't say enough about her she walked us through every step with us even the hard ones and I couldn't imagine going through this process without her being there she answered questions. always answered our phone calls texts and emails looked into things with us even though it wasn't her job found us a great house and a great price I would definitely do business with you again as long as she still working there I want to thank you guys for everything especially Kathy for her time and effort and patience being a new homeowner there's a big learning curve and she walked us through every step so thank you again guys and please at least buy her lunch
Kimberly Chomka
So thankful we got paired with Gayle! I would recommend her time and time again she was always available and truly cared that we found our forever home.
Lauren Bassett
Jessica G from Slocum Home Team is a fantastic realtor! She was by our side through the whole process and answered every silly question we may have had. Being first time home buyers is definitely a very overwhelming process but she knew how to handle every issue we came across. We will be working/reaching out to her in the future if need be. She's awesome.
Nick and his team were wonderful to work with. He gives great advice when looking for the right home. He is very knowledgeable and he knew what I was looking for in a house. He guided me every step of the way, from looking at houses to making an offer. I highly recommend Nick and his team to anyone who is looking to buy or sell a house.
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Don't give up on finding the perfect home
We help buyers like you every single day overcome the stress of finding the right home. So yes, it's possible. C'mon – you're next.
