Shifting Gears -- Before Their Realtor Invited Them to Look at a House

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Short-term pain for long-term gain. That was the strategy Andrew Wallace and Jeffrey DeRamus took when it came to their first home purchase.

"We started planning to search for a house before we chose our apartment," Wallace said. "We chose one (apartment) that probably was not in a very good area, but it was cheap - it was half what we would have spent elsewhere. So we took that other half and set it aside every month."

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Shifting Gears -- Before Their Realtor Invited Them to Look at a House

"The years there gave us the opportunity to make a better investment down the road," DeRamus added.

By the time they started searching for a home, Wallace and DeRamus were prepared from a financial standpoint . But they had no idea how to go about finding a good deal on a ...

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