For Buyers

Buying a home is an exciting time in one's life. Making the smart move of choosing a REALTOR® is your first step to ensuring that your new home and community meets your needs. My services and experience range from financial aid to helping you find the home that best suits you and your family. For your convenience, I also provide listings by email. I pride myself on repeat business and hope you'll come to understand why.

How I Can Help
Before you start looking
Closing Costs

As Your Agent, I Will:

Assure that you see all the properties in the area that meet your criteria.
Guide you through the entire home buying process, from finding homes to look at, to getting the best financing.
Make sure you don't pay too much for your new home and help you avoid costly mistakes.
Answer all of your questions about the local market area, including schools, neighborhoods, the local economy, and more.

Before You Start Looking For Your New Home:

Check your credit rating. Straighten out any errors before its too late.
Determine a comfortable monthly budget for your new purchase, including down payment and monthly payment.
Find a loan program that meets your needs and get pre-qualified (preferably pre-approved).
Choose a REALTOR® that you trust and who understands your needs.
Determine what neighborhood best matches your needs.
Identify important features you need your new home to have.

Closing Costs to Expect:

Lender fees include charges for loan processing, underwriting, preparation and establishing an escrow account.
Third-party fees include charges for insurance, title search, and other inspections such as termites.
Government fees include deed recording and state & local mortgage taxes.
Escrow and interest fees include homeowner's insurance, loan interest, real estate taxes, and occasionally private mortgage insurance.

Find out how much your closing costs could be.

"Dear Elise, Thank you for all of your work in helping me purchase my dream home. You worked tirelessly and carefully, first to ensure that we had collected all of the information we needed to know about the property, and then to negotiate the purchase and follow through on the many details that needed addressing throughout the process, and even after closing. You went above and beyond to represent my interests and to eliminate any potential surprises. I have no doubt that your warm and gentle style, combined with being firm when necessary, was a key ingredient in successfully negotiating the purchase."

All the best to you,

Joel

“Elise, We can’t thank you enough for all your time and patience. We really appreciated having you there to answer all of our crazy questions with your kindness and understanding. We really can’t even imagine how we would’ve done it without you! Thanks so much!”

… Joy Morin

For Buyers

Elise Hicks