You can tour any house for sale, denoted by the spinning green $ on top of it, by clicking on the house or the for sale sign in front of it. From the house information screen you can look at an overview of the house or switch to a details screen to learn more about the condition it is in. Once you are done with your house inspection you will be ready to check your funds and figure out what kind of offer you want to make! The game will automatically tell you if you can afford an offer you have put together along with what your monthly mortgage payment would be.
Clicking on the up and down arrows will allow you to adjust the current offer on the house. Notice that the left up and down buttons allow you to increase and decrease the offer more slowly than the arrows the right hand side of the offer. Click on the submit button when you would like to submit the current offer on a house you are viewing. Notice that the asking price is often different from the value of the house and remember the old investment axim of buy low and sell high!
Savvy investor note! Doing a careful house inspection can pay real dividends - a house that is in poor condition may only have a few things that need to be replaced. Some houses will require a significant amount of outlay if you wish to improve their condition and value.
You will notice that as soon as you acquire a mortgage that you have monthly bills - even though you may not have bought anything that month. This is
because your monthly mortgages are included in the calculation of bills you will have to pay in any given month.
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