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This article is from the NewlyWed FAQ, by Vicky Larmour vicky@jifvik.org with numerous contributions by others.

3.2.3) Take notes

>You'll see so many houses, and in so many nearby neighborhoods, that
>it will be hard to remember whether that house on Jones St. had the
>full basement, or whether it was the one on Smith St. I made a
>"chart" for my notes, which was *enormously* helpful in weeding out
>over-priced houses. It had #Bedrooms, #bath, Sq footage, address,
>time on the market, full garage?, formal DR? basement? price? and
>other comments.
-Sandi Rollins

>Our realtor gave us printouts with most of the pertinent information,
>but we found out it's still good to take notes because all those 3
>bedroom, 2 bath ramblers started to run together very quickly. After
>a day of looking at houses, my DH and I would be saying, "which
>house had those neighbors with the junky cars" or "which house had a
>junkyard right behind it?" Those printouts have a lot of information,
>but not nearly enough. :)
-Lisa

>I sat down with my husband and made a list of what was needed, what
>was wanted and what was a dream. I turned this list into a check
>list and made copies. At each house we visited, I could fill out the
>cost, location, and check off the list. It made it simple to review
>the houses later. I also took a instant picture of the front of each
>house and paper clipped it to the info page. All the houses start to
>look alike after a while!
-Jenni Ewing

>We got into the habit of sketching the floor plan of any house we
>thought we might be interested in (usually on the back of the
>agent's flyer). That helped a lot! And we'd take a few notes on
>significant features, what appliances were included, and whatever
>information we could get on needed repair work (most sellers would
>have a copy of a pest reports available at the open house).
-Holly Lewis

 

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