Buying a home, especially for new home buyers, can be overwhelming. There are a number of variables to consider. If it's your first time in the market, you may not know where to start. Real estate experts Tom Postilio and Mickey Conlon shed light on some of the most common mistakes people make when buying a home. They share some tips on how to avoid them. Postilio and Conlon also discuss the questions that home buyers should be asking both themselves, and their realtors, before signing on a home. The first is, "should I even be buying a home?" Positilio and Conlon say that many people come to them thinking they can afford a certain home and realize that, in fact, they can't.

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