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1. make sure you can pay for housing
sounds obvious, but not the first time someone makes an offer on a house and then can not afford it. therefore, by placing a bid on the table, you must be very, very sure you can afford it, this means you have the money, you’ve sold your old house or the mortgage is specifically

2. Is it an investment or your primary residence?
if the purchase is purely for investment only have to think in terms of profitability per rental (trying to get and possible rise in house prices. well, you should be aggressive in the final price, without sentimentality. On the contrary, if the home is to live there for 10 years or more, you can be a little more flexible if it is the home of your dreams, but always ask yourself if you really handle all the housing costs, especially if is a big jump from your previous home

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A new home does not have to be fresh out of package … or even paint odor. Your house or apartment used may have been home to other people or families previously, but that does not make it any less yours.

Before you rent or buy a home with years of use is important to check while some details. The house or apartment can be well preserved in appearance, but just a small revision to bring out those imperfections that ultimately complicate the decision.

Most of the buyers used a real estate agent, but there is also the option of waiving and reach an agreement directly with the owner of the property.

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9. Check with your attorney tax costs of the transaction and other costs that are usual in such operations as the cost of the Deed.

When one buys a house or an apartment or land usually used all their savings to raise the sale price and then forget that a number of tax costs and other measures that may be a little elevados.Su lawyer must to report these costs so that then you have no surprises.

10. If you buy the house, apartment or land with a mortgage, ask your lawyer to explain clearly what their rights and assume obligations to the bank.

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4. Learn about municipal zoning in which the property is considering buying. Urban areas are classified into zones in order to determine what can be built in a particular area or what businesses or industries may exist.

If you are buying a house to live tomorrow will not like his neighbor install a nightclub so it is important to know the zoning of the property you are purchasing. Similarly if you are buying a house to live and have business there is also a small check local zoning will allow it to avoid problems later when applying for municipal operating license.

This research is very important municipal and should also include if maybe there is a track expansion plan that will lead to a future expropriation of the property you are buying.

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1. Have a title search that his attorney shall prepare the property you’re buying. This study has good titles should tell you:

* – Who in the owner or owners of the property you want to buy so that you buy from a person legally is the owner and not someone else.
* – If the characteristics of the home you are buying legally correspond to what appears in the titles such as determining which is the area recorded in public records, numbered certificate, declaration of works registered.
* – Determine who is the person who is living in the property (in technical terms the holder of the property) for which there must be a physical visit to the property to make sure there are no problems with the property owners to buy (a tenant or maybe someone who says he is the real owner of the property and does not appear as such in the Public Records).

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Before signing any deed or private contract by buying a home should check their legal position is correct.
* To this we must ensure that the seller to show your title, in the form of deed. For its part, the notary must always check the seller’s title prior to the signing of the deed of sale.
* In the Land Registry we sure that the building is inscribed with the name of the seller and is free of charge, we can check requesting a certificate of registration. In this case the notary should also check the registration status of the apartment before signing the deed.
* The Property Tax or IBI is a tax levied annually and which we can verify that it is a day at City Hall, if everything is correct the buyer will be responsible for paying each first day of the fiscal year.
* As the community shares ownership is something that we can also see that this day, although when you go to proceed to the notary is something to be verified.
* Check that the apartment is not leased, because even if you change the contract owner would still be valid for a period to be agreed aya.
* In case of a home that is built on land that is to develop urban burdens we must check that this will lead, these charges can be realized to pay the township for the work or give up some ground.

Buyer Guarantees
The most important guarantees that we must consider in buying a home are writing before a notary and property registry.

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