Buying your first home is not like buying a shoe or any accessory. It’s not a walk-in walk-out, over the counter style purchase without the pomp and ceremonious procedure it deserves. If anything, it is a huge step! While the aim is to own property, you have to pump in a lot of research to understand the pros and cons of buying versus renting. The interest rates, housing market, mobility and your future plans are some of the things that need to be considered. Before reaching a conclusion, you have to put all factors on a weighing scale, push the numbers on an abacus and make a sound decision with all the metrics right. While the suspicion that real estate agents are making a living out of a gleamy con-man lifestyle in the field, potential buyers are always on the look out trying to find someone who knows enough. Using a savvy and trusted realtor can help protect your interests and also get you the right information with regard to buying a home. Ngumi Gituro, 1st Level Product Support at Jumia Classifieds Africa and a home buyer, expresses that, “It is important to account for every expense that you make…