Kalyan Chakravorty Blog

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Often times I pick up a book loose interest in it and leave it and it is on my to do list to finish the book. Have you ever faced such situation?

I have realized this plan works for me and I am sure it will be different for every individual

- Decide what you want to study
- Question yourself as to why are you studying
- After I read a chapter can I summarize the chapter in a few sentences.
- Can I write a good/bad review for this book.
- Use the book learning and APPLY

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Trying the new Newsgator (mamidi) to check the RSS thing now.

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From: Here

Posted by kalyan at 7:33 AM 0 comments  

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I am not in the market for hunting homes but thought it might be a good idea to check what the process is

First steps detailed here are pretty good

Home Ownership

Some highlights

• Education


• Credit History


• Budget


• Research


• Pre approval


• Your Priorties


• The search


• You are home

I think choosing the right people for the job is what matters. To start with I will focus on choosing the right Realtor.

I see that most of the realtors claim that they are not pushy and are not like car salesman. Why are car salesman looked so down upon? Can a car salesman not say that I am not like a Realtor.

Well from my perspective these are two different salesman in two different contexts, one is selling you something in the range of 20K to 30K (if you are buying cars like Camry , Accord, Corolla, Civic etc).

Realtor is trying to get you into a house you like worth close to 200K to 400K (shouldn't I just go to Redfin). So the Realtor cannot be pushy like a cars salesman since I would be uncomfortable since it is such a huge amount and will walk away from it. I am not an expert but I would choose these when selecting realtor

• Experience


• References


• In all circumstances he should have your interest


• How comfortable he is with comparable sales and running repeatedly
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Choosing a realtor is almost like you started a small company and hiring your first employee, would you hire someone if he did not have your interest.


A lot of home ownership is dependent on whom you choose at the end of the day as he or she can be the deal breaker. I will not like a realtor recommending me something without doing his research and showing me the numbers (As said "numbers don't lie").

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