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Nolo's Essential Guide to Buying Your First Home (book with CD-Rom & Audio)
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Get the right house at the right price with insider tips and advice from the experts!
Say goodbye to landlords and laundromats with Nolo's Essential Guide to Buying Your First Home. This timely title will help you find the right place to live and invest in -- and even have fun doing it.
Filled with interesting facts, real-life stories and common pitfalls to avoid, this book provides everything you need to select the right house, the right mortgage, the right agent, the right inspections -- and much more. Get the inside scoop on:
deciding between a house, condo, co-op or townhouse
exploring your local market for the best value
qualifying for and lining up financing
getting the right inspections and insurance
negotiating with sellers or new home builders
successfully closing the deal
Read through the real-world experiences of over 20 first-time homebuyers, as well as valuable insights from a team of 13 real estate professionals, including:
brokers
attorneys who specialize in real estate
a home inspector
a neighborhood researcher
a mortgage specialist
and more!
Along with this step-by-step handbook, you'll get The Homebuyer's Toolkit, a CD-ROM that includes dozens of forms and MP3s which will help you find the right place, crunch the numbers, interview real estate professionals, and even borrow down payment money from your parents.
The brand new 2nd edition of Nolo's Essential Guide to Buying Your First Home is fully updated to reflect the dramatically changing housing market and includes new information on buying foreclosed and bank-owned properties, including what to look for when you're considering these types of homes. You'll get the most up-to-date information on the increasingly strict mortgage market, plus additional tips on how to "green" your new home. (20080608) |
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- ISBN13: 9781413309355
- Condition: New
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 Worth Its Weight in Gold! |
| Review Date: April 20, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Michael Olshansky, Marietta, Georgia USA |
I started looking at buying my first house many months ago and realized that the conflicting and often spotty advise I would get from friends and family wasn't enough. I needed a book to guide me and fill in the gaps (of which there were many).
I figured a "Home Buying for Dummies" type book was what I needed, but I didn't stop there and thumbed through almost a dozen home buying books at the local store before finding this gem by Nolo.
This was the ONLY book that guides you through the process, taking logical, simple steps while interjecting real-world experiences from different people.
It's written in a manner that appeals to just about everyone, explaining how to find a good agent (or save yourself on closing costs by using an online broker), what you should REALLY look for when finding the house that's right for you, all the way through closing, and even what's involved afterwards!
Buying a home can be stressful and overwhelming, but this book really made things quite easy. I can't think of a single home buying related subject that it doesn't cover. If you are buying your first house, this book is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! |
Excellent comprehensive guide, yet easy to understand
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| Review Date: March 18, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Gadgester, Mother Earth |
For me, because this is the only first-time buyer's guide that discusses in detail issues around getting a personal gift or personal loan towards purchasing a home, it already deserves 5 stars.
But it's more than just that. This is a very comprehensive guide with a helpful accompanying CD-ROM. The materials are organized clearly and presented in an easy-to-understand manner. I had read other guides such as the Dummies one which tended to be really verbose and confusing. This book stands out as a highly useable companion as you search and purchase your first home (and as you deal with real estate agents and lawyers).
Very highly recommended.
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This team approach sets the Nolo guide far above most authored by real estate agents alone.
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| Review Date: September 1, 2007 |
| Reviewer: Midwest Book Review, Oregon, WI USA |
| Ilona Bray, Alayna Schroeder and Marcia Stewart's NOLO'S ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO BUYING YOUR FIRST HOME is also a standard reference which combines the savvy of buying a first home with legal tips designed to clarify common obstacles to the process. From deciding between a house, condo or coop to getting inspections, insurance, and negotiating with sellers, this is a top pick blending the real-world stories of over twenty first-time home buyer with insights from a team of real estate pros including attorneys, a home inspector, a neighborhood researcher, a mortgage specialist and more. This team approach sets the Nolo guide far above most authored by real estate agents alone. |
Great Basic Book
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| Review Date: April 12, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Melody Englund, Rainier, Oregon USA |
| I found this book to be easy to follow and helpful in my process. I think the most important information is "How to find the best __________" --- fill in the blank, Realtor, Mortgage Broker, Inspector. It's very helpful to have a list of questions when interviewing people who know a lot more about the subject that I do. I'm glad I started my research with this book. |
Great - Covers all the basics
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| Review Date: February 28, 2008 |
| Reviewer: American Latvian Living in DC, |
| My boyfriend and I are buying a place together. He already owns his condo though, so has been through this before, where as I haven't. As a law student, I've used nolo law before and this book was similarly great. Gave me a great foundation so I could understand all my options. Most helpful was the entire chapter on financing and what kind of loan works best for you. |
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