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Five tips for purchasing your first home.

WalletHub™ recently compared 300 cities of varying sizes across key indicators, like cost of living and property taxes, to determine the best place to buy your first home. Our own Grand Rapids, Michigan came in at number four, and…drumroll please…Tampa, Florida came in at number one! To help you take advantage of where you live, here are five things every first-time homebuyer should know.