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Your offer got accepted. Congratulations — now the clock starts, and it moves faster than most people expect.
On the standard California purchase contract, buyers usually get days for inspections, the appraisal and the loan, unless you negotiate something different. A short window. That's your window to look under the house, read the reports, get the appraisal back, and hear a real answer from your lender.
So day one isn't a celebration day. Day one is your deposit going to escrow and your inspector getting booked. If the home was built before 1978 — and plenty of Ventura County housing stock is — you have days to get a lead paint inspection, unless you agree to a different timeframe or waive it.
Then the reports come in, and you either move forward, ask for something, or walk. That's the decision this window exists for.
Near the end, you'll get your Closing Disclosure at least business days before you sign. Read it. Compare it to what you were quoted. That's the whole reason the law gives you that time.
The deal doesn't close itself. It closes because somebody tracked every date.
If you want to see that calendar before you write an offer, message me — I'll walk you through it.
Alex Rivera, Sample Realty.