People sometimes talk about buying a home as though it's a process you simply work your way through: get preapproved, look at houses, make an offer, have an inspection, and close.
Those steps matter. But I think the harder and more interesting part of buying a home is figuring out which house is worth buying, what it's worth to you, and what you need to know before you make that decision.
That's particularly true in Bend, where the same budget can buy remarkably different homes depending on where you look and what matters to you.
So this isn't going to be a checklist of the steps between preapproval and getting your keys.
It's a buyer's guide to thinking through the purchase.