With December almost here, there is no better holiday gift to pursue than your first home.

Anyone trying to buy a new home right now knows that it’s a dog-eat-dog process, with a lot of folks overpaying for their dream house.

We’ve all heard about it by now: Houses are selling like crazy (and they have been for quite some time now), interest rates have been at all-time lows, and it seems like everywhere you turn, you learn of another wild real estate story.