Buying a home for the first time (or even the second or third time) can be a big learning curve.
Getting finance approved, hiring a lawyer, reading building reports, ordering LIMs and placing an offer are just some of the challenges you may be undertaking for the first time when you purchase a house.
To help you along your property journey, we asked our Facebook followers – real New Zealanders buying Kiwi homes – to share the number one tip they’ve learned from house hunting.
Here are 17 nuggets of advice:
![Tip 3](https://news.realestate.co.nz/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/AprilTip3-2.jpg)
![Tip 4](https://news.realestate.co.nz/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/StephanieTip4-2.jpg)
![Tip 5](https://news.realestate.co.nz/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/LisaTip5-2.jpg)
![Tip 6](https://news.realestate.co.nz/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/TheresaTip6-2.jpg)
![Tip 7](https://news.realestate.co.nz/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/LynnTip8-2.jpg)
![Tip 8](https://news.realestate.co.nz/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/JanelleTip9-2.jpg)
![Tip 9](https://news.realestate.co.nz/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/LeeannTip11-2.jpg)
![Tip 10](https://news.realestate.co.nz/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/SarahTip10-2.jpg)
![Tip 11](https://news.realestate.co.nz/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/JasonTip12-2.jpg)
![Tip 12](https://news.realestate.co.nz/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/CharlotteTip13-2.jpg)
![Tip 13](https://news.realestate.co.nz/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/AndreaTip14-2.jpg)
![Tip 14](https://news.realestate.co.nz/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/JackiTip15-2.jpg)
![Tip 15](https://news.realestate.co.nz/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/MelTip16-2.jpg)
![Tip 16](https://news.realestate.co.nz/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/KimTip18-2.jpg)
![Tip 17](https://news.realestate.co.nz/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/LukeTip19-2.jpg)
![Tip 1](https://news.realestate.co.nz/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/SaraComment1_0-2.jpg)
Click here to read all the tips over on Facebook.
Submissions have been edited for length and/or clarity.
31 May 2017