Purchasing Your Home With Confidence

Helping you gain confidence in your Home buying experience

What you'll learn

Overview

Roofing

Exterior

Structure

Electrical

Heating & Cooling

Insulation

Plumbing

Interiors

Requirements

No home owner experience needed. This course is designed to help you as a home buyer understand what you are purchasing in your potential new home.

Description

The task of evaluating and purchasing a home can be daunting. There is a lot to know and understand with homes and making a real estate decision can be overwhelming at times.This course will go over a large variety of items you should know in your home buying purchase.We will start with an overview of home ownership and some key items to be mindful of. These items include you location, understanding the value of your home and that the market value of your home does change. We will also be talking about what to do when you are away on vacation regarding to keeping your home safe and looked after.After we discuss the overview of your home we will go into detail of every module of your home. Included in this discussion will be the following. Each module comes with a PDF and a video of myself explaining the lesson.· Roofing· Exterior· Electrical· Structure· Heating & Cooling· Insulation· Plumbing· InteriorsOnce we have discussed the home as a whole we will review what a home owner should know about their home insurance policy.Lastly we will go through the viewing process and what you need to do when looking at a property.My goal is that you will come out of this course with a better understanding of your potential home, your insurance policy to make you better equipped for your next real estate transaction.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Section 2: Overview

Lecture 2 Understand your value

Lecture 3 Understand your use

Lecture 4 Location

Lecture 5 Home Inspections

Lecture 6 Vacations / Going away

Lecture 7 Video

Section 3: Roofing

Lecture 8 Overall

Lecture 9 Asphalt Roofing

Lecture 10 Steel Roofing

Lecture 11 Roof Warranty

Lecture 12 Video and Summary

Section 4: Exterior: Structures

Lecture 13 How is the deck fastened to your house (if it is?)

Lecture 14 Condition of the materials

Lecture 15 Deck foundation

Lecture 16 Movement

Lecture 17 Safety

Lecture 18 Video

Section 5: Exterior: Landscaping, Grading, Water Management, Wall Surfaces

Lecture 19 Water Management

Lecture 20 What is Grade?

Lecture 21 Retaining Walls

Lecture 22 Landscaping and the effects of your exterior cladding

Lecture 23 Safety

Lecture 24 Downspouts & Gutters

Lecture 25 Wall Surfaces

Lecture 26 Video and Summary

Section 6: Electrical

Lecture 27 Service

Lecture 28 Main Disconnect

Lecture 29 Service size

Lecture 30 Circuits

Lecture 31 Panel types

Lecture 32 Wiring Types

Lecture 33 Safety

Lecture 34 Video and Summary

Section 7: Structure

Lecture 35 Introduction

Lecture 36 Structure System: Roof

Lecture 37 Structure System: Walls

Lecture 38 Structure System: Floor

Lecture 39 Structure System: Foundation

Lecture 40 Structure System: Movement is inevitable

Lecture 41 Structure System: Freeze / Thaw movement

Lecture 42 Structure System: Understanding the effects of removing walls / bearing walls

Lecture 0 Video and Summary

Section 8: Heating & Cooling

Lecture 43 Introduction

Lecture 44 Fuel Types

Lecture 45 Furnace

Lecture 46 Boiler

Lecture 47 Combustion and Venting

Lecture 48 Baseboard heat

Lecture 49 Air Conditioner

Lecture 50 Chimney

Lecture 51 Video and Summary

Section 9: Insulation

Lecture 52 Insulation Types

Lecture 53 Attics

Lecture 54 Crawlspaces

Lecture 0 Video and Summary

Section 10: Plumbing

Lecture 55 Introduction

Lecture 56 Plumbing System

Lecture 57 Plumbing Materials

Lecture 58 Water Heater - Tank style

Lecture 59 Tankless Water Heater

Lecture 60 Water Heater - Combustion and Venting

Lecture 61 Sump Pump

Lecture 62 Sewage Ejector Pump

Lecture 63 Shut off valve

Lecture 64 Common Areas of Concern

Lecture 0 Video and Summary

Section 11: Interior

Lecture 65 Appliances

Lecture 66 Basement Leakage

Lecture 67 Kitchen & Bathroom ventilation

Lecture 68 Doors & Windows

Lecture 69 Flooring

Lecture 70 Garage Spaces

Lecture 0 Asbestos

Lecture 0 Video and Summary

Section 12: Insurance

Lecture 71 Overall

Lecture 72 Dwelling limit

Lecture 73 Contents

Lecture 74 Detached Private Structure

Lecture 75 Additional Living Expenses

Lecture 76 Water Coverage

Lecture 77 Deductible

Lecture 78 Special Limits

Lecture 79 Scheduled Items

Lecture 80 Claim Process

Lecture 81 Video and Summary

Section 13: Viewing Process

Lecture 82 Before the Viewing

Lecture 83 At the Viewing - Outside

Lecture 84 At the Viewing - Inside

Lecture 85 Video, Summary and Checklist

Home buyers that are tentative about their first purchase