This is called the principle of alignment. The principle of alignment says that in order to obtain maximal results from any effort, all forces must be working in the same direction toward the overall aim. The opposite is also true - when the individual forces being applied to a task work in opposite directions, struggle and failure often result.

It is the dizzying array of big things and little things, major issues and minute details that must all line up to make this happen that can overwhelm and intimidate even the savviest woman, causing discouragement, procrastination and plain old giving up.

In coaching people through all these details on a daily basis, I have realized that there really are just a few factors within your control that need to work in unison to attain success at the enterprise of buying a home. The whole process can seem a lot less intimidating if you understand the task before you from a macro perspective, instead of starting out worrying about every 'i' which must be dotted and every 't' that needs crossing. We've laid this out in the Savvy Woman's Resource Alignment Quadrant.

Alignment is that ideal state in which all these people, strategies, resources and processes work in concert to convert your intention to won a home into reality.

The #1 enemy of your homebuying goal is any and every thought, person, place, or thing which is not in alignment with your homebuying intention, vision, action plan, strategies, etc. You must be so consistently extreme in your commitment to your intention that it flows through and infect every area of your life. And you must ruthlessly excise from your existence any and everything that runs in any direction other than the course set by your intention.