Field notes for your next move.
Good decisions have good questions behind them. Explore the practical side of buying, selling, and finding your place in the Bay Area.
A useful place to begin.
Buying
Buying a home in the Bay Area
Build a clear buying plan around your daily life, total ownership costs, property research and the terms of your offer.
Making sense of property disclosures
Turn a large disclosure package into clear questions about condition, title, permits, hazards and the decisions ahead.
Understanding the cost of home
Look beyond principal and interest to closing cash, property taxes, insurance, association obligations and the costs of keeping a home.
Evaluating a condo
Look beyond the unit to ownership documents, shared maintenance, reserves, insurance, building rules and financing.
