[Groesbeck Hurricane]

In my experience every single FSBO I have looked at has been WAAAAAAYYYYY overpriced. Most of them had major issues, read structural. Then again, my experience has been with looking at homes with 10 or more acres that were built prior to 1970.

A good Buyers Agent will help you avoid MANY pitfalls in the purchase of your first home. We have come out better using Buyer's Agents (and the two we have used have become personal friends). They did work very hard for us and kept us from some properties that would not have met our requirements (zoning issues).

All that said, go to the store and buy an electrical test kit. At a minimum, have a plug tester. Test plugs in every room of the house. You will find many electrical issues that way. A phone plug tester will do the same for your phone lines. Insist on looking in the attic. A good Buyer's Agent will know how to review the structure of the home, you should educate yourself first. You will see MANY major issues with the structure of homes, more in homes built after about 1978. Some of the worst homes we saw were less than 10 years old. Shoddy building practices!!!!

Older homes generally have quality of workmanship evident. You are mainly looking at issues with how the owners maintained the homes. Older homes might have issues with insulation and single pane windows. These can be addressed. There might also be earthquake questions with older homes and a local can give better advice on earthquake proof builds and the time frames when local homes were better built.