Every Home My Buyers Tour Gets Scored Room by Room — Here's How

Walk through enough houses in a weekend and they blur together. Was the kitchen with the great light the one on Maple, or the one on Third? Did the house with the perfect master have the tiny garage, or was that a different one? Buyers make one of the biggest decisions of their lives on a foggy memory and a gut feeling. I built Home Scores Pro to replace that fog with something solid.

Here's how it works for my buyers. Before we ever tour, I set up each property with its full details — the address, the price, the bed and bath count, the square footage, and the viewing date. I note the practical things buyers always forget to ask about: whether the home has a Supra lockbox or a combo lockbox, and whether it's vacant or occupied. And I leave overall notes that you can see, so you walk in already knowing what to pay attention to. You're never touring blind.

Then comes the part that makes the difference. Instead of judging a whole house with one gut reaction, you evaluate it room by room. The app comes preloaded with the standard rooms — living room, kitchen, master bedroom, master bathroom, garage, backyard, and more — and if a home has something unique, you add a custom room for it. Inside each room are the specific features that matter, and you rate them. You snap photos and attach them right to that room, so the kitchen photos live with the kitchen score. You jot notes while the impression is fresh. By the time you leave, that house is documented in a way your memory could never match.