Home Buying Kit for Dummies

ISBN-13: 9781119674795 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 448 str.

Dummies

Opis

Getting ready to navigate the ever-changing housing market? Tyson and Brown have packed this guide with tips for getting the best deal on your new home. They show you how to find the right property, make smart financial decisions, and understand the late lending requirements and tax implications.

Spis treści

Introduction 1Part 1: Getting Started with Buying a Home 5Chapter 1: Deciding Whether to Buy 7Chapter 2: Getting Your Financial House in Order 21Chapter 3: What Can You Afford to Buy? 37Chapter 4: Why Home Prices Rise and Fall 67Part 2: Financing 101 81Chapter 5: Understanding and Improving Your Credit Score 83Chapter 6: Selecting a Mortgage 99Chapter 7: Mortgage Quandaries, Conundrums, and Forms 129Part 3: Property, Players, and Prices 155Chapter 8: Where and What to Buy 157Chapter 9: Assembling an All-Star Real Estate Team 197Chapter 10: What's It Worth? 227Chapter 11: Tapping the Internet's Best Resources 247Part 4: Making the Deal 257Chapter 12: Negotiating Your Best Deal 259Chapter 13: Inspecting and Protecting Your Home 287Chapter 14: It Ain't Over till the Weight-Challenged Escrow Officer Sings 309Part 5: The Part of Tens 325Chapter 15: Ten Financial "To Do's" After You Buy 327Chapter 16: Ten Things to Know When Investing in Real Estate 335Chapter 17: Ten Things to Consider When Selling Your House 343Part 6: Appendixes 351Appendix A: Sample Real Estate Purchase Contract 353Appendix B: Sample Short-Sale Addendum plus Short-Sale Information and Advisory 365Appendix C: Example of a Good Inspection Report 373Appendix D: Glossary 393Index 411

O autorze

Eric Tyson is a personal finance writer, lecturer, and former management consultant to Fortune 500 financial service firms.Ray Brown is a real estate professional with over four decades of hands-on experience and a public speaker on residential real estate topics.