Home Buying For Dummies

A new edition of America's #1 bestselling home-buying guide The Third Edition of Home Buying For Dummies is better than ever. It takes the pain out of choosing, negotiating for, and buying a home with practical, real-world advice that really works. With expert guidance from personal finance guru Eric Tyson and real estate maven Ray Brown, this up-to-date and friendly guide gives homebuyers all the information they need to find and finance their dream home. This book covers virtually everything a home buyer needs to know, from getting personal finances in order to bidding on a property and closing the deal. The authors walk readers through the entire process, helping them determine how much they can spend and how to boost their credit scores, select the right type of mortgage, effectively use agents and brokers, research neighborhoods and home values, and find the best online real estate resources. This new Third Edition covers recent changes in tax law and mortgages that affect buyers and sellers. Basic topics include: Financing a purchase Understanding credit scores Selecting the right mortgage product Researching properties and neighborhoods Appreciating valuation techniques Evaluating the pros and cons of different types of housing Assembling a real estate team Negotiating the best prices and terms Looking at the tax picture And much more! Eric Tyson is a nationally recognized personal finance counselor, as well as the author of Personal Finance For Dummies (0-7645-2590-5), Investing For Dummies (0-7645-2431-3), and Mutual Funds For Dummies (0-7645-7191-5). Ray Brown (San Francisco, CA) is also the coauthor of House Selling For Dummies (0-7645-5425-5) and Mortgages For Dummies (0-7645-7192-3). He is a veteran real estate broker with more than three decades of hands-on experience.

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Title of ebook: Home Buying For Dummies
ISBN: 9780470008317
parent-ISBN: 9780471768470
Publisher: For Dummies
Pages: 408
Published: 01-2006
Released online for download: 01-03-2006
Author of eBook: Tyson M.B.A., Eric
Author of eBook: Brown, Ray

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Home Buying for Dummies

Chapter One

Where and What to Buy

In This Chapter

* Location, value, and good neighborhoods

* How to maximize your investment

* Detached versus attached homes (condos and cooperative apartments)

* Rewards and risks of fixer-uppers and foreclosures

* Pros and cons of partnerships

What's your idea of the perfect car, the perfect job, and the perfect way to spend a day? Would you have said the same things ten years ago? Probably not. Perfection is a moving target - it changes as you change.

Where the perfect home is concerned, there's no such thing. For one thing, few people have the financial resources to afford what they think is the perfect home. Even if you're among the fortunate few with bucks to burn, it's still highly unlikely that one home will be perfect for you from birth to earth. The home that's great in your 20s when you're footloose and fancy free probably won't cut it when you're in your 40s if you're married or raising a family. Fast-forward another 20 years to when you're nearing retirement. You may wan ... read full excerpt from: Home Buying For Dummies ebook

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Reviewer: Angie Brunk from Ada, OK US
This book thoroughly explains the home buying process. Like all "Dummies" books, it is written in easy to understand language and easy to digest chunks.
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