San Diego realtor Scott Ennis gives his top tips on how to tackle the process of buying a home.

How to Tackle the Market Like a Pro

What's that, you say? It's a seller's market? Is the market too hot? You're waiting for the right time to buy? It sounds to me like you're just waiting for other people to buy your dream home. My name is Scott Ennis with the Whissel Realty Group, and I'm here to give you a few tips on exactly how you can win in this real estate market today.

When it comes to this real estate market, one of the biggest things you want to do is you want to have a game plan. Proper planning prevents poor performance. Think about all the coaches in the great dynasties of history. They didn't just sit around all week and wait for the big game on Sunday, and then go in and throw the ball up and hope that they won, right? They practiced, they watched game film, they studied the other team, they studied their competition, and they went in and they lived eternal glory. and they lived their dream.

The real estate market, it is a competition. You're not the only one that wants to buy a home. So making sure that you have a proper game plan, maybe it's an eight-step home buying process, and you're putting your best foot forward to win that home that you want. Number two, be specific. You know what you love in your current home, and you know what you're looking for in your next home. Maybe you love that west-facing window because you love being around when the sun's setting.

Maybe you love your living room, your patio, because you have outdoor, maybe even love the neighborhood you live in, and you know you want to own a home there. Be specific, so that when we're searching for homes, we're not searching for homes in San Diego county, 'cause you're going to get thousands of homes in San Diego county. We're searching for your specific home. And that's where expertise like mine can come into play. I know the neighborhoods, do you want to live in a suburb life, do you want to live in, you'll have a nightlife, do you want to live west of the five, east of the five? Those are specific things so that when we're looking for your home, you're getting the results of homes that you want to live in. And number three, you've heard it time and time again, get pre-approved.

Again, the real estate market is a competition. You want to make sure that you're going in there with a specific game plan. You're going in there ready to rock when you find that home. And when we find that home, we want to make sure that we can put in an offer on that home when you want to buy. We don't want to find your dream home and then go and get pre-approved for two or three days, while others are putting in offers on your dream home. And then we come back to the table, we're either bottom of the list, or we've got to put in a higher offer because we had to wait to get pre-approved.

So once your game plan is ready, once you get specific on what you want and we get you pre-approved, we go out and we go home shopping for you. My name is Scott Ennis with the Whissel Realty Group here in San Diego. And if you are even considering buying a home in the next six to 12 months, my 10 digits are right below there, give me a call.