Phase 4
Look at homes like someone who knows what they're looking for
This phase is intentionally free of professional recommendations. It's just you, learning to evaluate homes and neighborhoods with a clear head.
Sort each feature into a must-have or a nice-to-have before you fall for a kitchen. Optional.
Get to know an area at different times of day before you commit to it for years.
Train your eye to notice what matters beyond the staging.
Learn to tell whether a listing price is grounded in reality.
The issues that look minor at a showing and become major during underwriting.