How was I supposed to know to ask that?
That question is really where all of this started.
I didn’t sit down one day and decide to build a homebuyer platform.
I bought a home. I asked questions. There had been an inspection. I trusted what I was being told, signed the paperwork, and moved in thinking I had done what I was supposed to do.
Then the questions started. Then more questions. Then more things I realized I didn’t even know enough to ask about in the first place — repair history, roof issues, water damage, mold, permits, inspections, title information, insurance and what records I should have been asking to see.
And I kept coming back to the same thought: How was I supposed to know to ask any of this?
So that’s what this is.
Know Before You Own is me taking what I learned the hard way and turning it into something helpful for somebody else. Maybe a buyer finds one question here they hadn’t thought to ask. Maybe it helps them request one document they otherwise would have skipped. Maybe it helps them slow down before making a big decision.
That matters.
This isn’t about making people afraid.
It’s about helping people feel more informed. There are good people in this industry. There are also things buyers don’t always understand until later. I want this to be the place that helps bridge that gap.
My house may be where this started. It’s not where I want it to stop.
I want this to become a place where buyers learn before they buy, where consumers can responsibly share what happened, and where patterns — if they show up — can be looked at with facts instead of assumptions.