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Nolo's Essential Guide to Buying Your First Home

Pub. Date: Apr 2007
Edition: 1st
Pages: 400 pp
ISBN: 9781413306286
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Summary

Insider tips and advice to help you get the right place at the right price!

 

If you're ready to say goodbye to landlords and laundromats, Nolo's Essential Guide to Buying Your First Home will help you find the right place to invest in -- and have fun doing it.

 

Filled with interesting facts and real-life stories, 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 the market for the best value
  • lining up financing
  • getting inspections and insurance
  • negotiating with sellers or new home builders
  • successfully closing the deal

Read the real-life stories of over 20 first-time homebuyers, as well as the 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

PLUS: You'll get the 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, borrow down payment money from your parents -- and more.

Press Reviews

"The authors managed to keep the reading light, using lots of examples and sidebars, to avoid reader boredom. On my scale of one to 10, this superb new book rates an off-the-chart 12."
Robert Bruss,
nationally syndicated real estate columnist

“A must-have for any new homebuyer. Empower yourself by informing yourself!"

Heidi Baker & Eden Jarrin,
co-founders of BeJane.com
“Like having over a dozen real estate experts over for dinner.“
Steve Kropper,
president of Bank on Real Estate,
founder of Domania.com
"Nolo's excellent guide for novice home buyers provides fresh, updated information about the whole process that even those in the know will find useful."
Library Journal
"Coming from a gal that knows tools, this book is a must-have tool for any home buyer."
Norma Vally,
host of Toolbelt Diva
(Discovery Home Channel)
"If you are looking for authoritative information about virtually every important home-purchase topic, you won't find a better easy-to-read resource than this up-to-date book."
The Boston Globe

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