Making Your Home Buying Checklist

In The Checklist Manifesto: How To Get Things Right, author Atul Gawande explains how checklists have significantly improved everything from air travel safety to surgery survival rates. They help pilots, doctors – and everyone else – remember important steps, criteria, and other details that might otherwise be missed. A checklist can be particularly helpful when shopping for a new home. It will help you focus on what you need to see and know, and then help you make the right decisions.

Have you ever viewed a home on the market and forgotten to check something important, such as the property tax expense or the age of the furnace? By having a checklist, you’ll be sure to get this information – and, at the very least, save yourself some time.

There are many ways to create a checklist. You can make one up on your computer and print copies as needed. Alternatively, there are many checklist apps available for your computer, notebook or smart phone. (The basic versions of most of these are free.)

What should you put on your checklist?
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