How to buy a house

So, as you may have heard, wrdnrd and I are buying a house. Ok, technically we're buying into a co-op, but most of this is the same. And it's a HUGE amount of bullshit. So I am going to give some of my hard earned knowledge to you, in case you are also thinking of doing this terribly stupid thing soon.

Disclaimer: this information is US specific and may in certain cases even be Washington state specific. I am not an expert, this is my first time buying a house, please work with professionals if you are going to do something like this.

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