The purpose of this home search spreadsheet is to help you, the buyer, make an informed and unemotional purchase when searching for a home. And you - the Real Estate Professional - a product to prove that you are worth your commission and future referrals. This sheet will help you sell and get the listing the first time.

A home is probably the largest investment and emotional purchase that you will ever make without being completely informed. I have gone through 2 home buying experiences and am currently working on my third. This time around, I am going to make a more logical decision so that I am fully aware of what I am buying and what hidden expenses might await me. This logical approach to buying real estate also helps a buyer to make an informed decision about buying a property and to avoid drowning in a money pit which could lead to financial and emotional stress. These stresses could ruin a relation or your credit down the road. This spreadsheet can act as your emotional mediator when buying a home or real estate investment.

Your agent, if well-qualified, should be able to help you fill in this sheet. This sheet should be used once you have narrowed it down to a few houses or help you skip past all the unnecessary homes that you are not interested in. One recommendation would be to print the spreadsheet out and take them with you while shopping and then have the agent fill in the necessary details after you narrowed it down to a few choices.

This spreadsheet may also help you find exactly what you are looking for in a home. This will save you time and money searching for your next home. Your real estate agent will be able to get a clearer understanding of what type of home you are searching for and your emotions will not get the best of you.

If you are a well rounded professional Real Estate Agent,
then buy this for your potential clients. As an agent, you will be one
step ahead of any other agents. Here are a few suggestions-

1. Add this sheet to your laptop and compare homes on the market to the open house that you are hosting.

2. You can write this off as an operating cost.

3. Send it via email. This tells your potential client that you are an technologically advanced.

4. It proves that you are worth your full commission.

5. It helps you speed the transaction along faster. What agent does not want to close a deal faster?

6. It proves that you are "with the times".

7. Use this sheet to get the listing the first time. This could be the
difference between you receiving the listing or the next agent coming
through the potential clients door and grabbing the listing underneath you.

8. It will help you convince the seller to list the home at a respectable market price.

9. Using this sheet will give you the professional word of mouth that will translate into more sales channels. More sales = more $$$.

10. Bottom line - YOU WILL MAKE A HOMEOWNER HAPPY. A happy homeowner gives referrals. Referrals = income $$$ !