Buying your first home is scary at the best of times, but with property values the way they are, mistakes have never been more costly.

Think about it, if you bought in 2007, and found out it was the wrong house, or you couldn’t really afford it…you could just flip the house, make $10,000 and no one ever got hurt.

Well, now.  This is not the case.  It is not as easy as “flipping” a home to get out of trouble.  Now you could either be stuck with a place you hate, or could cost over $20,000 to make the problem go away.

So what can you do to protect yourself?  Watch this video