Let's Buy a House

This is so much more than a book on buying and selling a home. It moves beyond market fluctuations, and refocuses the reader on the home as shelter and a lifetime investment. In LET’S BUY A HOUSE, you’ll learn how to buy and sell a house. More importantly you will learn how to determine the value of a property based on its location, style, size, quality, condition and finishes. The book covers both single family and condominium home ownership. All contracts relating...
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This is so much more than a book on buying and selling a home. It moves beyond market fluctuations, and refocuses the reader on the home as shelter and a lifetime investment. In LET’S BUY A HOUSE, you’ll learn how to buy and sell a house. More importantly you will learn how to determine the value of a property based on its location, style, size, quality, condition and finishes. The book covers both single family and condominium home ownership. All contracts relating to the purchase of real estate such as the Offer to Purchase, Purchase and Sales Agreement, and HUD-1 Closing Report are reviewed in detail. A guide to the selection of real estate brokers, home inspectors, mortgage lenders, and real estate attorneys is provided as is a complete discussion of mortgage loan options. The text provides a review of the home finishes and maintenance requirements necessary to maximizing long term value. Strategies for preparing and selling a house are reviewed. The addendum offers tutorials on the impact of the recession, financial calculations in Excel and on the HP-12c financial calculator, home owners insurance, how to create a budget, sinking funds, and a planning tool for mortgage life insurance. Real estate as a component of lifetime planning completes the knowledge base.