Overview
Everything first-timers need to know to avoid the most commonmistakes homebuyers make
Written especially for first-timers, this eye-opening guideturns you into an educated consumer, ensuring that the home orcondo you buy is both a comfortable place to live and a greatinvestment for the future. Compiled from the experience of hundredsof homebuyers, real estate agents, home builders, and mortgagelenders, it shows you the most common mistakes buyers make andillustrates them in practice so you don't fall into the sametraps.
Now revised and updated for today's hot real estate market, thisinvaluable resource covers everything from negotiating with sellersand making the down payment to shopping for the best mortgage andhandling the closing. The new Fourth Edition also includestotally up-to-date guidance on using the Internet to findproperties, secure financing, and collect important data. If you'rethinking about buying a home in this overheated market, don't makethese mistakes:
- Researching selling prices and still overpaying
- Believing everything your agent tells you
- Buying into an upscale neighborhood that's movingdownscale
- Underestimating utilities and other costs
- Allowing your agent to negotiate for you
- Letting fear get the better of you and not buying at all
Written by one of the nation's leading real estate experts andpacked with hundreds of valuable tips and suggestions, The 106Common Mistakes Homebuyers Make, Fourth Edition will give youthe confidence--and the wisdom--to buy the right home at the rightprice.
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