Ok. FI and I are starting to get the serious homebuying itch. Our apartment lease is through next May; we probably won't really really look at houses until early spring.
However, we'd like to at least get an idea of where/what we like. We're pretty open to anywhere in the whole metro area, so we need to narrow it down a little.
Anyway. Any timeline suggestions? We know about what we'd be comfortable paying each month, but we'd like to get pre-approved as well.
Would it be ridiculous to go into a bank this early and start talking about mortgage options?
What about realators? We're both a little worried about the constant harassment. (We went to a few open houses this summer and get emails allll the time.)
Ok, really... any advice is appreciated!