10 Things I Wish I'd Known Before Buying a House

Buying a home will probably be one of the biggest financial decisions you make in your lifetime, not to mention a big lifestyle decision as well.

I purchased a house for the first time in a suburban area of Maine last summer. It's basically my first time living in a house; I had only lived in apartments before then. As a newbie homeowner, there's a number of things I wish I had known -- and probably would do differently if I were to buy another house.

Here are 10 of the biggest ones.

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