Because of the market conditions in Arizona houses are selling rather quickly.

A homeowner can get several offers at once. Its time to give yourself the best chance to get your offer accepted! Having your loan amount pre-approved by a lender will in most cases strengthen your negotiating position. Getting pre-approved financing which can take as little as 2 days. You can make a better commitment with less of a risk when your authorizing a purchase agreement that requires and earnest money (good-faith) deposit. Remember being pre- approved can give you an advantage over another buyer when it comes to negations with the seller.

• Making a list will help you save time plus it will help you to remain focused on the type of house your looking for.
• Take the list and number the features in the order of importance from 1 - 5.
• Keep a note on the items your willing to compromise on.
• Decide whether you want a new home or an existing home.
• How many bedrooms/bathrooms would you like? How big of a lot? what kind of view do you prefer? Should it have a two car garage? perhaps three? What about the surroundings?
• Have you heard the phrase location, location location before? Amenities like a grocery store, schools, shopping facilities are they conveniently located nearby?
• How about utilities? Do you love to surf the web on your home computer? Make sure that high speed Internet is offered.
• Do you have children and want to stay in a particular school district?