The point of this home buying tip is to make you comfortable with snooping.

What do I mean by snooping?

I mean that when you look at a home you're thinking about buying, you really need to look at the home. That sounds like a no-brainer, so let me explain:

Most people are not comfortable peeking into the nooks and crannies of a stranger's house. Maybe it's a closet you don't feel comfortable entering. Maybe it's the attic or basement, or that shed out in the yard. Examining the dark corners of someone else's house is just plain weird.

But here's the thing. You have to look. That is, if you're serious about buying the home. There's no other way to know what you're buying into. So you have to accept the fact that it's okay to snoop.

Of course, some areas are obviously off limits. For example, you wouldn't snoop through somebody