First-Timers, Tell Us How You Did It

Did you recently buy your first home? Was it a cakewalk or a catastrophe? Got any advice to share with this year’s house hunters?

We’d like to hear your home buying story for our annual “Tales From the Trenches” article. Make your story a teaching tool: Checklists are great, so are do’s and don’ts.

Send your tale to Dick Barnes, Real Estate Editor, Los Angeles Times, Times Mirror Square, Los Angeles, CA 90053, fax to (213) 237-4712 or e-mail: Real.Estate@LATimes.com. Please be sure to include your address and telephone number.