After meeting at my office to talk about the home buying process and the market, we schedule a time to go see a house together.

When we walk in, you pretty quickly realize that the house is perfect or nearly perfect.  It has everything you said you wanted in a house, and it's in a great location relative to family, friends and work.  It doesn't need too many updates, and it has room to grow.

But... it's the first house we have viewed.

So, yes... it is absolutely the BEST house you have seen... but... I suppose it is also the worst house you have seen...

When we have looked at 5 or 10 houses together, you'll have a better sense of what you can buy, and how any given new listing compares to the options that have existed over time.  This context allows you to walk into a house and recognize when it is truly a unique house and one that will, uniquely, work really well for you.
 
But sometimes... the first house is the one.

So... if that happens... be open to it.  Don't talk yourself out of what you are feeling just because it is the first house.  Some buyers find their house on day one.

At the same time, if we write an offer on that perfect (but first) house and it doesn't work out -- and it might not, because a house that feels perfect to you can feel perfect to others too -- we'll need to trust and believe that there will be other perfect (or near perfect) houses to come.

It's Spring in the Valley (or, alternatingly summer and winter this week) and we'll see plenty of new listings hitting the market over the next few weeks.  The best house -- the perfect house -- your first house -- might be right around the corner!