Pre-approval, house hunt, offer, contingencies, closing. That is the skeleton, and the order matters. - Get pre-approved and line up a realtor. Either order works, and each often introduces you to the other. - Shop for the home and write an offer. - Once the offer is accepted, negotiate the final terms and any repairs. - Work through your contingencies: the appraisal, the home inspection, and review of the seller's disclosures, each with deadlines that protect you only if you act by them. - Release your earnest money deposit per the contract. - Receive your Closing Disclosure, sign your loan documents, wire your funds, and close. Each step has real depth underneath it. Pre-approval means documenting income, assets, and credit. The appraisal clears the value while underwriting clears the loan, and those run on separate tracks. A full walkthrough of any single stage is a longer conversation than one outline can hold. If you want this mapped to your actual purchase (your price range, your loan, your timeline, and where your decision points fall), that is what we build on the free Roadmap conversation. About 20 minutes, and you leave with the real sequence for your purchase instead of the generic one.