Nolo's Essential Guide to Buying Your First Home (Nolo's Essential Guidel to Buying Your First House) - Softcover

Bray, Ilona; Schroeder, Alayna; Stewart, Marcia

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9781413306286: Nolo's Essential Guide to Buying Your First Home (Nolo's Essential Guidel to Buying Your First House)

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ISBN 10: 1413306284 ISBN 13: 9781413306286

Publisher: Nolo, 2007

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When it comes to buying a home, the first time is always the hardest—whether it's searching for the perfect property, struggling to raise a down payment, or striking the deal. Fortunately for first-timers, Nolo's Essential Guide to Buying Your First Home provides key information on each step of the purchase process.This book incorporates down-to-earth, authoritative advice from a panel of 12 real estate professionals, including real estate brokers, a home inspector, a mortgage specialist plus experts on home insurance, condominiums, homeowner's associations, neighborhood demographics, and more. Real estate newbies will get the best information available on: � purchasing houses (old and new), condos, coops, and townhouses � realistic budget, mortgage and credit advice � borrowing a down payment from family and friends � doing a thorough property inspection � making an attractive offer and successfully closing the deal Every year more than 2.5 million American homes are purchased by first-time buyers. Specially tailored to meet the needs of these motivated buyers, Nolo's Essential Guide to Buying Your First Home is insightful, entertaining, and easy-to-use. This guide comes complete with tons of added-value features a CD filled with MP3s and forms, including home buying wish list, budget worksheet, home inspection checklist, and interview questions for real estate agents, brokers, inspectors, and other professionals.

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About the Author:

Ilona Bray, Alayna Schroeder and Marcia Stewart are Nolo editors with 25 years combined experience writing and editing real estate titles. Bray and Schroeder are both attorneys specializing in real estate and other business-related topics. Marcia Stewart is a real estate expert and co-author of Nolo's bestselling Every Landlord's Legal Guide.

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