{"id":1711,"date":"2020-02-23T21:42:04","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T02:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.karenmillar.com\/blog\/?p=1711"},"modified":"2020-02-23T21:42:05","modified_gmt":"2020-02-24T02:42:05","slug":"what-if-your-ideal-home-isnt-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.karenmillar.com\/blog\/what-if-your-ideal-home-isnt-available\/","title":{"rendered":"What if your ideal home isn&#8217;t available?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"273\" height=\"185\" src=\"http:\/\/www.karenmillar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/perfect-home.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1712\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Imagine you&#8217;re looking for a new home. You have a list of all the features you want, just like you would have a grocery shopping list. However, when you explore the homes currently on the market, none meets all your criteria. What do you do? You have a few good options.<br> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First, you can take a second look at your list. Does your new home need<br> every single feature on it? Are there one or two features you can do without? For example, can you settle for a smaller kitchen assuming the property has everything else you want? Often, buying a home that&#8217;s close to perfect is perfect enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br> Second, consider what features you might be able to add to a home later, by way of a renovation or other improvement. If a property doesn&#8217;t have a<br> finished basement, for example, you might be able to get that done down the road. Indeed, there are probably many features you can add later to an<br> otherwise desirable property.<br> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, consider the current level of activity in the local real estate market. Is it likely that a lot of new homes will be coming on the market soon? If so, your perfect home may come up on the market within the next few weeks.<br> Maybe even tomorrow! In that situation, make sure you arrange to get immediate alerts for newly  listed homes that meet your criteria. You&#8217;ll want to jump on each new opportunity before other buyers learn of the listing.<br> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The good news is, in most cases you should be able to find and buy a great<br> home, with most \u2014 if not all \u2014 of the features you want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Karen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imagine you&#8217;re looking for a new home. You have a list of all the features you want, just like you would have a grocery shopping list. However, when you explore &hellip; [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenmillar.com\/blog\/what-if-your-ideal-home-isnt-available\/\">read more<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,756,758,1473,757,5,153,759],"tags":[1426,1501,1308,1174,24,7,92,1361,19,1045,1498,1500,126,43,1417,1502,1503,1499,8,20,1173,1370,6,191,140,1504],"class_list":["post-1711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","category-design","category-designto","category-finance","category-interior-design","category-real-estate","category-toronto","category-toronto-design","tag-advice","tag-bidding-wars","tag-buyer","tag-buying","tag-danforth","tag-don-mills","tag-east-york","tag-expert","tag-first-time-buyer","tag-gta-homes","tag-gta-real-estate","tag-ideal-home","tag-karen-millar-team","tag-leaside","tag-market","tag-new-home","tag-offers","tag-purchase","tag-real-estate-market","tag-seller","tag-selling","tag-tips","tag-toronto","tag-toronto-homes","tag-toronto-real-estate","tag-wishlist"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karenmillar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karenmillar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karenmillar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karenmillar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karenmillar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1711"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.karenmillar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1713,"href":"https:\/\/www.karenmillar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1711\/revisions\/1713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karenmillar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karenmillar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karenmillar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}