As a life-long Saskaton resident, I’m finally starting to consider buying a home here. But things have changed so drastically and I’ve never done it before so the whole process seems a bit scary. That being said, my mother bought a house about ten years ago and she didn’t even use a realtor. She just found one on a real estate website and bought it. Or at least that’s how she recounts it. But I’m not quite sure so I did what most millennials would do and consult reddit.
So it looks like I should:
Get my mortgage pre-approved, aka have my financing in order.
Find a house inspector
Maybe hire a plumber?
Use a realtor
Make a list of my wants/needs
Okay so that’s no small feat. But I’m pretty scared of finding a good realtor, it seems like they are a dime a dozen around here and it’s hard to find a good one. So again, I acted my age and went checking online and checking reddit again. That and I needed a good objective house inspector too.
Reddit had an awesome thread and recommended a fellow named Allan Brezinski. Multiple people recommended him from far back as a couple years ago. Which is crazy because he wasn’t in the listed results of my google search.
I think I like this guy. We had a brief conversation and I told him about the reddit thread. I mentioned that he did such a great service that he needs his webpage to be higher up in the rankings because if I didn’t consult Reddit, there’s no way I would have ever found him. He’s an old school guy and doesn’t like to spend a lot of time online, so he was a bit hesitant. But I mentioned that he should check out this site, which does affordable SEO in Toronto to help him out. Long story short he didn’t know anything about Seo or websites in general so I think this would be a good idea for him.
It’s such an emotional journey finding and buying a home that I really wanted to find people I could trust in the process and Allan really listened to all my fears. Also turns out that he’s a carpenter too? Though I think I saw that online somewhere and didn’t verify that with him.
So I have a home inspector. Now I just need about one thousand other things. This is scary and the fact is that I’ll have to spend what feels like a bazillion dollars really puts me off to buying a home. But ever since my mother retired and then paid off her mortgage I know finally understand the importance of having a place paid off when you reach retirement age and your finances decrease. Okay…. Wish me luck.