05/09/2026
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We have learned so much on this journey, but if there’s two thing I can emphasize most is 1. get EVERYTHING in writing, and I do mean everything. We were told in passing by the selling agent that if course we could have the promotion rates that were being advertised once our homes were built, and we made a lot of decisions based around what our monthly payments would be. Only to find out after contracts were signed and due diligence was delivered, that those rates were only for homes *already* built, and we would not qualify. I wish we would’ve added the promotional rates to our contract, or written everything down while we were touring communities and gotten the selling went to sign off or SOMETHING. I just locked in at 6.5% when we were expecting 4.99%. 2. GET EVERY SINGLE INSPECTION FROM THE GROUND UP. Concrete, pre-drywall (including electrical, plumbing, etc), and the regular inspection. You’re spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on a home, spend a few hundred on inspections to make sure they’re worth it. If you read the comments on my previous videos, there are so many horror stories about lennar, DR Horton, kb homes, an basically any fast production builder. Almost all of these horror stories could’ve been prevented with a pre-drywall inspection. Plus, when the time comes for us to eventually sell, we have our predrywall inspection to share with the new buyers as proof that the bones of our homes were built correctly.
