100 Questions Every First-Time Home Buyer Should Ask: With Answers from Top Brokers from Around the Country - Softcover

Glink, Ilyce R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0812932358 ISBN 13: 9780812932355

Publisher: Times Books, 2000

Synopsis

Thoroughly revised and updated, a practical guide to buying one's first home features information on Internet resources for would-be home buyers, tax regulations, mortgages, real-estate listings, agents and brokers, negotiation with developers, and other helpful topics. Original. 35,000 first printing.

About this title

From the Author

The best friend a home buyer could have.
As a journalist covering the real estate and personal finance industries for the past 11 years, I am amazed how many real estate agents, mortgage lenders, appraisers, and title company closers fail to realize just how confusing the real estate process can be for the average home buyer.

I wrote 100 QUESTIONS EVERY FIRST-TIME HOME BUYER SHOULD ASK because I felt that almost all first-time buyers, and even those of you who haven't bought a home in the past five years, basically have the same questions you need answered in order to successfully complete your purchase. I still feel this way.

Although the book was published some time ago (I'm working on a completely revised edition, which will be out in January, 2000), I'm gratified that so many readers still email me to say that the book has proved enormously useful. In fact, the Washington Post recently named my book as one of the best books to buy.

Most readers of my book seem to enjoy learning about the process without confusing jargon and without industry professionals talking down to them (which many do simply because they know the business so well). We have more than 150,000 copies in print of this book, and I'm delighted to have helped so many people.

If you're wondering or worrying about the home buying process, if you don't understand how amortization tables work, if you don't know how to structure your offer, and if you don't know which kind of agent to work with, then this book is for you.

And, as I have been for the past 5 years, I'm available to answer any further questions you may have as you go through the process.

Remember, you don't need to be a rocket scientist to buy a home successfully. You just have to know what questions to ask.

Good luck, ILYCE R. GLINK

About the Author

Ilyce R. Glink is an award-winning real estate and personal-finance specialist. Millions of people coast to coast read her weekly real estate column, "Real Estate Matters," and listen to her radio shows Real Estate USA and The Real Estate Minute. Her hundreds of other radio and television appearances have included the Today show and Oprah. She is the home and mortgage expert for Quicken.com, and hosts a weekly Internet chat. The National Association of Real Estate Editors has acknowledged her outstanding contributions to the field by naming her Best Consumer Reporter. Ilyce and her family live outside Chicago; you can visit her online at ThinkGlink.com.

About this edition

• Publisher: Times Books
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0812932358
• ISBN 13: 9780812932355
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 510