Home Buying Workflow
This is the tracker for my state in the process. I spend too much time raiding in World of Warcraft, so I’ll format this like a boss kill schedule complete with completion dates. I arbitrarily decided that my first meeting with my realtor will be day 0. Current tasks will be in bold.
Select Agents 6/2/2009(-4)
Call Realtor 6/2/2009(-4)
Call Loan Officer 6/3/2009(-3)
Agent Determines Purchasing Power 6/6/2009(Day 0)
Obtain Lender Pre-Qualification 6/25/2009(Day 19)
Select Home 7/1/2009(Day 25)
Make Offer 7/1/2009(Day 25)
Contract Acceptance 7/2/2009(Day 26)
Home Inspection 7/8/2009(Day 32)
Obtain Hazard Insurance
Mortgage Application
Lender orders Credit Report and Appraisal
Work with Title Company
Mortgage Approval
Designated Party Obtains Termite Inspection – decided against it since the place is 8 years old and thus not likely to have any issues on this front yet.
Contact Utility Companies
Final Walk-through Inspection 7/30/2009 (Day 54)
Settlement 7/30/2009 (Day 54)
Move
Looks like I failed to update this as time goes on. Maybe I’ll go back through my records and start trying to fill in dates.