How do you keep me from overpaying on my first home?

Keeping a first-time buyer from overpaying starts with a real comparative market analysis on the specific home, not a general sense of what the area is worth. Brian walks first-time buyers through comparable recent sales, points out anything that should adjust the offer up or down, and flags issues an inspection is likely to raise. That grounding in real comparables is what keeps an offer honest rather than emotional.