To those who are planning on purchasing a home or who is currently in the process of purchasing a home?

I am proud to say that I am in the process of owning my first home. I should close by the end of April and I am very excited to become a new homeowner, even though I wish I would have done this when I was younger. However, I have had a brief obstacle recently when I was in escrow with another home that I tried to purchase. Now, I am in escrow with another home, this time it is a brand new home as opposed to a resale that I tried to purchase last month.

I am currently learning some things about this process, but admit that I have a lot more to learn.

Maybe someone can share some things that a prospective homeowner needs to do in order to make his or her home owning experience as less stressful as possible. Thanks!