Free tool
Are you ready to buy?
Being ready to buy is two separate things — whether the purchase can happen, and whether you know what you are looking for. They are not the same, and being strong on one tells you nothing about the other. This asks about both.
Free. The whole result appears on this page the moment you finish — nothing is held back, and nothing is charged for. Shawn asks for a name and a way to reach you first.
The questions
Eleven questions about your financing, your timing and what you are actually looking for. The result is on this page, and it tells you whether to go and look, sort the money first, or wait.
- Where are you looking?
- Where are you with financing?
A pre-approval is a lender’s written answer, not the two-minute estimate on a website. - Is the money for a deposit and closing costs available now?
Available means in an account you can reach, not on the way. - When do you need to be in?
- Do you have a house to sell first?
- Do you know roughly where your credit stands?
- What kind of home?
- Do you know the size you need?
- Is there somewhere you want to be near?
A job, a school, a church, family, a park — somewhere you have chosen. Distance to a place you name is something we can measure. - Do you know your one non-negotiable?
The thing you would walk away over — a garage, one storey, a fenced yard, a workshop. - Have you been inside anything yet?
- Is anyone representing you yet?