This book is packed with expert advice, home inspection checklists, and sample documents, to arm homebuyers with the knowledge and insight they need to make smart purchasing decisions. It guides readers through the entire process of buying a home, showing them how to determine their housing needs, assess the marketplace, search for and evaluate different kinds of housing, make an offer, and close the deal. Special chapters cover buying from builders, working with real estate agents, finding creative financing, and reducing the tax bite. Readers also learn to recognize the "red flags" that should warn them against buying a property.
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McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
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Höhe: 220 mm
Breite: 183 mm
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978-0-8306-3446-0 (9780830634460)
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Preparing yourself emotionally; understanding the home market; deciding on a location; understanding basic house design; types of housing; starting the search; working with real estate agents; finding motivated sellers; inspecting structures and equipment; buying from builders; buying a single-family detached house; buying attached housing condos and co-ops; buying investment property; understanding real estate financing; qualifying for a loan; standard loans; creative financing; working with the loan company; making the offer; surviving buyer's remorse; the closing; the tax implications of buying a home. Appendix - mortgage payment table.
