Visiting Model Homes?

In life, there are occasions when we find something, or come across something that changes our perspective on how we look at things. In the field of New Home Construction, the book, Home Building Pitfalls is such an item.

What's so different or groundbreaking about "Pitfalls"you may ask. That's a fair question. The answer is: it provides you with a unique, inside-out perspective on house building that you cannot find anywhere else. It reveals to you the strategies employed by the builder and his sales team to sell you a home. These are things you can't possible know if you are on the outside looking in - which is exactly the perspective that a normal buyer would have.

Rather than trying to explain this let me give you a brief example from the "Pitfalls" book:

In short, “Pitfalls” gives you an inside perspective so you can see and understand the strategies, tactics, tricks, traps and thinking employed by the builder and his sales team.  Don’t get me wrong, you are there to buy a home and we’re not trying to discourage you from doing that.  However, we want you to understand what's going on behind the scences and we do want you to get the most house for your money, and avoid the traps and pitfalls in the process. 

In case you are wondering WHERE this unique insider’s perspective comes from, here is the answer: Pitfalls was written by someone that worked for one of the largest home builders in the country.

That are dozens, probably hundreds of books available on new home construction. You can look “until the cows come home” but not a single one of them provides you with the insider perspective that “Pitfalls’ does. 

Pitfalls was written specifically for consumers buying from a tract builder.  Some people may not know what kind that is - - I call it the Model Home Approach to buying and building a new home.  In short, if you are visiting model homes where you review one or several different models, and then you select a lot from the remaining inventory of lots the builder has available.

If you are planning on buying from a model home builder, now or in the near future, “Pitfalls” is a must have resource.  There is nothing… I repeat nothing that will be a better investment than the $30 bucks you spend on Pitfalls.

There is one other myth that needs to be exploded as you begin the process of buying and building your dream home.  That myth:  the builder is your partner and you can rely upon him.   This is a misfounded trust, it is naïve, and it is a recipe for disaster. 

Don’t get me wrong, I am not saying that home builders are thieves and crooks.  The building industry  is no different than any other profession; it is populated by competent, ethical, and professional people - - and those that are no quite so. 

You need to understand the shoddy home construction and builder complaints are one of THEE most common consumer complaints - -  so much so that there are several national organizations that have been founded to help and protect consumers that are building new homes.  One of these is an organizations is HADD - and we have received their wholehearted endorsement.

The examples that follow below are actual or real headlines from newspapers across the country.  There are literally dozens of these articles that appear daily.   So remember when buying and building that dream home. In addition to the commonsense axiom... CAVEAT EMPTOR (buyer beware) grab Pitfalls so you can also be Buyer Aware.

Regards,