You start on Zillow. You fall in love with something. You call the listing agent. They don't call you back for three days. The house is gone.
Or, you find a house. It checks the boxes. You buy it. Two months in you realize the neighborhood is wrong, the schools are wrong, the commute is wrong.
That's what happens when you shop without a plan.
I run a system that flips this. Before we look at a single house, we figure out the real criteria. Not what looks pretty online. What actually fits your life.