Eric Tyson, Ray Brown

Home Buying Kit for Dummies

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

_ Negotiate a great price
_ Find your best mortgage
_ Discover applications and checklists online

Get the Best Deal on Your New Home!

When it comes to buying a home, it's hard to know where to begin. You want to buy at a fair price at the right time-not always easy in a fast-changing market. The updated Home Buying Kit has all you need: strategies to secure the optimal deal, the ins and outs of home financing, how to evaluate rent vs. buy, and the latest on regulations around mortgage interest and property tax. Whether a first-time buyer or veteran homeowner, this book will help you make the smart decisions that move you into your dream home in no time!

Inside...
_ Get your finances in order
_ Improve your credit score
_ Choose the right mortgage
_ Build your real estate team
_ Maximize your financial health
_ Inspect and protect your home
_ Understand and minimize closing costs

Produktdetails

• Verlag: For Dummies / Wiley & Sons
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 1W119674790
• 7. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. April 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 185mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9781119674795
• ISBN-10: 1119674794
• Artikelnr.: 57750930

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1

Part 1: Getting Started with Buying a Home 5

Chapter 1: Deciding Whether to Buy 7

Chapter 2: Getting Your Financial House in Order 21

Chapter 3: What Can You Afford to Buy? 37

Chapter 4: Why Home Prices Rise and Fall 67

Part 2: Financing 101 81

Chapter 5: Understanding and Improving Your Credit Score 83

Chapter 6: Selecting a Mortgage 99

Chapter 7: Mortgage Quandaries, Conundrums, and Forms 129

Part 3: Property, Players, and Prices 155

Chapter 8: Where and What to Buy 157

Chapter 9: Assembling an All-Star Real Estate Team 197

Chapter 10: What's It Worth? 227

Chapter 11: Tapping the Internet's Best Resources 247

Part 4: Making the Deal 257

Chapter 12: Negotiating Your Best Deal 259

Chapter 13: Inspecting and Protecting Your Home 287

Chapter 14: It Ain't Over till the Weight-Challenged Escrow Officer Sings 309

Part 5: The Part of Tens 325

Chapter 15: Ten Financial "To Do's" After You Buy 327

Chapter 16: Ten Things to Know When Investing in Real Estate 335

Chapter 17: Ten Things to Consider When Selling Your House 343

Part 6: Appendixes 351

Appendix A: Sample Real Estate Purchase Contract 353

Appendix B: Sample Short-Sale Addendum plus Short-Sale Information and Advisory 365

Appendix C: Example of a Good Inspection Report 373

Appendix D: Glossary 393

Index 411