Product Description

Though fun and exciting, buying a home can also be complicated and confusing—and most people learn the hard way that a wrong move can cost dearly. In order to find the perfect home at the best price, you must have skill, foresight, and a little guidance from experienced professionals.

Home Buying for Dummies, Third Edition provides just that! Packed with invaluable advice in an objective, down–to–earth style that will have you sitting in your dream home in no time, this friendly guide contains everything you need to know to play the home buying game. It has the tools you need to:

• Improve your credit score and select a mortgage
• Choose a time and place to buy
• Determine the price you want to pay
• Assemble an all–star real estate team
• Make use of the wonderful world of the Internet
• Negotiate your best deal
• Inspect and protect your home
• Handle and become responsible for the title
• Cope with buyer’s remorse

Featured in this guide are tips and tricks on things you should do after you seal the deal, as well as things you ought to know about real estate investing. Also included is advice on how to sell your house, as well as a sample real estate purchase contract and a good inspection report. Don’t get chewed up by the real estate market—Home Buying for Dummies, Third Edition will lead you to the home you want!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #192636 in Books
• Published on: 2006-02-13
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 408 pages

Synopsis
Though fun and exciting, buying a home can also be complicated and confusing - and most people learn the hard way that a wrong move can cost dearly. In order to find the perfect home at the best price, you must have skill, foresight, and a little guidance from experienced professionals. "Home Buying for Dummies, Third Edition" provides just that! Packed with invaluable advice in an objective, down-to-earth style that will have you sitting in your dream home in no time, this friendly guide contains everything you need to know to play the home buying game.It has the tools you need to: improve your credit score and select a mortgage; choose a time and place to buy; determine the price you want to pay; assemble an all-star real estate team; make use of the wonderful world of the Internet; negotiate your best deal; inspect and protect your home; handle and become responsible for the title; and, cope with buyer's remorse. Featured in this guide are tips and tricks on things you should do after you seal the deal, as well as things you ought to know about real estate investing. Also included is advice on how to sell your house, as well as a sample real estate purchase contract and a good inspection report. Don't get chewed up by the real estate market - "Home Buying for Dummies, Third Edition" will lead you to the home you want!

From the Author
The best home buying book available!
By reading Home Buying for Dummies, for about the cost of a couple of movie tickets or dining out, you can quickly and easily discover how to save thousands, perhaps even tens of thousands, of dollars the next time you buy a home.

How can we make such a claim? Easy. Between the two of us, we've spent nearly 40 years personally advising thousands of people like you about home purchases and other important personal financial decisions. We've seen how ignorance of basic concepts and practices translates into money-draining mistakes. We know that many of these mistakes are both needless and avoidable.

No one is born knowing how to buy a home. Everyone who'd like to buy a home must learn how to do it. Unfortunately, too many people get a crash course in the school of hard knocks - and learn by making costly mistakes at their own expense.

Buying a home will probably be the largest purchase that you'll ever make. If you're like most people, buying a home can send shock waves through your personal finances and may even cause a sleepless night or two. Buying a home is a major financial step and a life event for most people. It certainly was for us when we bought our first homes. You owe it to yourself to do things right.

Why this is the best home buying book for you: *It's in English. Because we're still working with real people and answering real questions (Eric, through his financial counseling, teaching, and writing - Ray, through his radio show, real estate consulting, and writing), our information is current, and we have a great deal of experience at explaining things. This experience can put you firmly in control of the home-buying process (rather than having it control you). *It's objective. We're not trying to sell you an expensive newsletter or some real estate product that you don't need. Our goal is to make you as knowledgeable as possible before you purchase a home. We even explain why you may not want to buy a home. We're not here to be real estate cheerleaders. *It's holistic. When you purchase a home, that purchase affects your ability to save money and accomplish other important financial goals. We help you to understand how best to fit your home acquisition into the rest of your personal-finance puzzle. *It's a reference. You can read this book from cover to cover if you want. However, we know that you're busy and that you likely don't desire to become a real estate expert, so each portion of the book stands on its own. You can read it piecemeal to address your specific questions and immediate concerns.

From the Back Cover

"If you are considering buying a home, don′t fail to read this excellent new book."
—Robert Bruss, real estate columnist, about Home Buying For Dummies, 1st Edition

In the market for a home, but don′t know where to start? Not to worry! From financing, mortgages, and credit scores to closing the deal, bestselling real estate authors Eric Tyson and Ray Brown walk you step by step through the entire home–buying process.

Discover how to

• Harness the Internet to help in your search
• Determine how much home you can afford
• Select the right type of mortgage
• Work with agents, brokers, lenders, and lawyers
• Research neighborhoods and home values

Customer Reviews

I'm so glad I bought this
I bought this book from Amazon.com about a year ago and because I did, I was able to carry on intelligent conversations with my agent and lender as I recently purchased a home. Even better, I felt prepared for those conversations and much more in control of the situation than I would have had I not read this book. The tone is light-hearted and practical, and I wish more books were written this way. Thanks to the authors for doing a great job!

Answered a lot of my questions
If you are thinking about or in the process of purchasing your first home, you really should read this book. Practical advice written in laymen's terms.

A great all-around resource
Home Buying for Dummies is an excellently written all-around resource for anyone who is contemplating buying a home. Especially emphasized is the concept that Tyson advocates throughout his Dummies books -- that of making sound overall financial decisions. Home buying is not necessarily for everyone, depending on present financial situation or future goals. Tyson and Brown do a great job at helping you figure out where you stand, and give you the tools to go about home buying intelligently. Dummies need not fret.