 Well, time for us to start talking about purchasing property. Now, if you are thinking about buying your home, I'm sure you know that it's a very daunting and nerve-wracking process, but we want to keep you on track by taking a look at everything that the entire process entails. Buying your first home can be a daunting process. Over the past weeks, we've been getting professional advice about what to consider and what steps to take when buying your first home. Today, we will summarise the series to make sure there's nothing you have missed and joining us on the couch is a familiar face to the Expresso family. Break, Colour P, how's it going? It is going very well, thank you. Very well indeed. Well, you know what, over the last couple of weeks, we've been taking, we've been experiencing everything you need to know from making that offer to purchase to considering what to buy. In your opinion, what are some of the highlights of the series? Sorry, this has been such a cool series to be a part of. Because the timing was perfect, I was actually starting the process of looking for my first property in my personal life. I'm no expert, and when I started this series, I knew nothing about property. I still only know a little bit. But for me, the highlights would definitely be preparation is very important. Doing the correct research, preparation, you can't go wrong. It's wonderful that you're going through this journey yourself, but now reflecting back, is there anything you would do different? You know, when I started this, I didn't know anything. And one of those things was the hidden costs, so to speak, which I'm now aware of. And those are things like your transfer duties, your rates and taxes, your levies, your lawyer's fees. And those things need to be paid with liquid cash, which I wasn't aware of. And that can be quite shocking if you don't know that. So the best thing is to be prepared, do your research, and you should be fine. So other than doing your research and being as prepared as you can, what other advice would you give to a first-time home buyer? Choose your neighbourhood before you choose your home. So find out about the neighbourhood, what's in the neighbourhood. For example, schools if you have a family, shopping centres, is there growth and development in the neighbourhood? Also, what is the community like? That's very important. And does that neighbourhood fit or tick the boxes of your lifestyle? Before I started this process, I wanted to make sure that my first property could hopefully eventually be a long-time investment moving forward. And that in years to come, when I move on, I would still like to keep the property and rent it out as an investment. I think the main question now is, did you make that offer to purchase? I did. You did? I did. Congratulations. I'm very excited. And although it might be an overwhelming experience for new first-time buyers, enjoy it because it's an exciting process as well. And don't get overwhelmed. Enjoy the process and have fun. Oh, fantastic. Well, Brith, thank you so much for joining us this morning to share your experiences. And if you've missed out on any of the episodes in this series, be sure to go to privateproperty.co.za. If you're looking for a house or that dream family home on a gulf estate, there's a home for everyone on private property.