WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE A REALISTIC HOME BUYER

6 'Dream Home' Hopes That Are Completely Delusional

Many home buyers start out starry-eyed when they first embark on shopping for a house, with visions of a big backyard, a home office, a cute coffee shop down the block-and much, much more. The problem? If budgets are tight (as they usually are), then all too soon, those dreams collide hard with reality.