First Time Homebuyers Guide to Success

Title: The first time homebuyers guide to success

Purpose: To educate first time homebuyers on how to properly plan and prepare for buying a home and what to expect throughout the home buying process.

Thesis: Buying your first home can be an enjoyable, exciting and profitable experience given specific knowledge of the process and a basic understanding of the market place.

I. INTRODUCTION

A. Greeting: Hello, my name is Josh Turner and today I will be providing you with invaluable knowledge on realizing the American dream.

B. Attention Grabber:

C. Credibility Statement: The information I will provide you with comes from two sources. First, my expertise and vast knowledge of this material which I've attained over the past five years as a mortgage loan officer. Secondly, literature and material written by highly acclaimed professionals with in the real estate and mortgage industries.

D. Tell and Show why the topic is relevant to your audience: (AI) I will ask the classroom for a show of hands of who currently owns a home (my guess and hope is that those that already own are a small % of the class). I will then ask who knows the avg. age of generation Y FTH in the U.S. (take guesses, give correct age if not guessed, which is 26). I will then ask if home ownership was easy and affordable how many of you would like to own your first home by the time you are 26 or sooner!

E. Thesis Statement: Buying your first home can be an enjoyable, exciting experience given specific knowledge of the process and a basic understanding of the market place, furthermore if employed properly your home will also double as an investment and earn a great return on your money.

F. Preview of the main points: (1) When buying a home knowledge is crucial. This includes knowledge of the process and what to expect. Knowledge of how to prepare financially and emotionally for such a large investment. (2) It is very important to be aware of the housing market conditions, what is going on in the market in regards to interest rates and what mortgage products are available to you. (3) Other important facets I will cover will be the financial benefits of owning a home. And how investment in real estate can result in big bucks as well as residual income.