# Tasks
## Plan
- [ ] #task Personal plan #hold
- [>] #task if changing over ID, do that now?
- [>] #task Create a timeline plan (based on end of rent)
- [ ] #task Have Cam come up to take a look
- [ ] #task Official Steps (in no specific order yet) #hold
- [ ] #task Get a mortgage preapproval
- [ ] #task Find a realtor
- [ ] #task get a home inspection (before sign mortgage)
- [ ] #task get an appraisal (before sign mortgage) - tells you home's worth
- [ ] #task thsi is a test 📅 2023-09-15
# Info
- [ ] Insert first time home owner tips
- [ ] note, new roof every 20 years
## Common Links
[[Zillow]]
- [ ] Add link to Hawks Ridge
## Goals
### Financial
**Budget:**
- goal: $170,000
- max: $210,000-$240,000
- Abs max: $280,000-$320,000?
- approved for: $??
### Physical
Bed: >=2
Bath: >=1.5
#### Must haves
- [ ] Look up what we should be looking for, from preference to structural requirements and plumbing requirements and any codes in local area
- General
- 1500 sq ft (1000-4000 sq ft)
- A/C
- Washer & Dryer hookups/location has reasonable space around it
- front entrance does not land on carpet
- not a mobile home
- original home dwgs included (showing weight bearing walls)
- Bedrooms
- Solid closet space in primary
- all bedrooms: >10'x10'
- Kitchen
- Plenty of kitchen countertop space
- Pantry, or plenty of storage for food
- space on both sides of stove (not up against something else)
- Garage: 2 car, attached
- Bathrooms
- Bathtub (not only standing showers)
- Location
- safe
- Driveway is not directly connected to a busy road (easy to pull out)
#### Preference
- Space for a workshop, like extra garage space
- Storage - so either attic or basement
- Pet friendly/some yard
- Kitchen cabinets
- Visually, wood but not oak
- hinges not visible
- fireplace
- outdoor patio
- outdoor shed (or room for one)
- appliances included (such as fridge, stove, etc.)
- brick siding
- at least 2 floors
#### Bonus
- Garage access on side of home, not front
- Good Schools
- Breakfast bar
- Style:
- Texture variaty - not purely squares
- blues/grays
## Home Options
```dataview
table without ID
link(file.link, Address) as Address,Cost, Beds, Baths, Size
where location
```
## Realtors
### Maybe
### Not
Fran from Homes Now has multiple negative reviews on Rockford reddit
```mapview
{"name":"Default","mapZoom":10,"centerLat":42.4552796757073,"centerLng":-89.02084350585939,"query":"","chosenMapSource":0,"embeddedHeight":600}
```
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