Although it is not mentioned often, buying a home can be a very emotional experience and buyers will often become very attached to their house. There are two primary things that drive us to buy rather than renting. The most common reasons we want to buy are to increase our social standing and to create an opportunity to give ourselves some type of financial security. There are so many articles that debate home readiness in terms of how much money that you have but those articles leave out all of the other things that are usually involved in the experience of owning a home. There are many parts of your life that you will need to examine before buying a house, assuming that you do qualify for a loan. Here are some things that you should get in check with to make the process easier on yourself.

Pursuing Your Wanderlust  Wanderlust is your strong desire to travel. Buying a house is similar to getting a tattoo in the sense that its not easily undone. Even if you just walk away, you have a foreclosure hanging over your head for years and years and your credit’s damaged. If you have wanderlust left in you, get it out now. Go travel while you can, because once you buy, you’re going to have to live in it for a while. That’s not to say you can’t go on vacations, but won’t be able to stay around for months once you have a mortgage that needs to be paid.

Emotional Maturity  Your emotional maturity is your ability to create a life you desire that is full of both happiness and fulfillment. Living in a neighborhood requires emotional maturity because your neighbors are not very easy to move away from. If your neighbor was driving you nuts with his flashy Christmas lights you must choose to hang blinds rather than taking the aggression out on him. In addition to neighbors all houses have problems, even if it's a brand new house. So when a problem occurs there is always a solution, so don’t panic.

 A Secure Career   When you are looking to buy a house and have a 30 year mortgage it is important that your career is one you see yourself sticking with. If your career is one that you do not plan on sticking around you may not want to jump into a mortgage. If it ever came to the point where you would need to return to school or move out of state, trying to simultaneously maintain your mortgage would be difficult.

A Secure Relationship  Before buying a house with someone make sure that your relationship is secure enough to be purchasing with that person. This is on the level of having a child with someone, buying is a huge financial commitment and one that could obliterate you for years and years if things went downhill quickly. Whether you’re married or not, make sure this person is one you can count on for the rest of the term of that loan, as romantic as that notion may be. You’re in this mortgage together, make sure it’s an equal partnership.