The Essential Handbook for Buying a Home


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Buying a home should be fun and easy. You'll start with a ton of questions-inside this book are the answers! What you'll learn: How to increase your chances of getting a mortgage How to determine property values The difference between a Foreclosure, a Short Sale, and an REO All about home inspections, title search, closing costs and more!




Secrets of Home Staging


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Essential DIY Guide to Home Décor and Home Staging “…a must-read when selling your home. This book is a beautiful tutorial that will help you sell your home faster.” ―Cassandra Aarssen, professional organizer and author of The Clutter Connection #1 New Release in How-to & Home, House Plans, and Project Management Are you overwhelmed by the idea of home staging? Don’t know what to do or where to start? In Secrets of Home Staging, award-winning home stager, Karen Prince, guides you through the home staging process with easy home décor ideas, design tips, and advice on how to stage your home to sell. Home staging made simple. Secrets of Home Staging isn’t just an indispensable guide for the everyday homeowner, it’s also geared to realtors and those committed to real estate investing and flipping houses. With potential home buyers pre-shopping homes online and dismissing many of them in as little as three seconds, it is essential your home is staged to look its best. Secrets of Home Staging helps you navigate the home staging process with an easy-to-follow guide. For fans of Joanna Gaines and the real estate world. No matter what your house plan, Secrets of Home Staging offers home interior design advice and tools you need to make your home look great online and in-person. Featuring over 150 color photos, and many practical house interior design tips, Karen gives home sellers everything they need to receive more offers, faster sales, and higher selling prices. Inside you’ll find before-and-after photos and information on easy DIY home improvements that buyers love, project management tips, and: • The 6 steps to successful home staging • Decluttering and decorating ideas that sell • How to determine your “key” rooms If you enjoy real estate books, interior design books, or home decor books─like Elements of Style, Home Body, Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up, Habitat, Inspire Your Home, or The Book on Flipping Houses─you’ll love Secrets of Home Staging.




The Pre-Foreclosure Real Estate Handbook


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This book explains everything you need to know to locate and purchase real estate bargains from banks, public auctions, and other sources. It will guide you through every step of the process including finding properties, negotiating, and closing on your first deal.




The Ultimate Home Buyer's Handbook: What No One Tells You When Buying a Home. . .


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To date there has been no one guide for the many decisions you have to make when buying a home - whether a single-family, condominium, or vacation property - and no resource that will help you avoid the pitfalls you may encounter. The fact is; there is a lot of things that can wrong - unless you understand how to avoid them. A few of the critical concerns that the Handbook covers, are: How to deal with mold and indoor air quality issues... What real estate agents and sellers have to tell you and what they don't - unless you ask... Should you buy or rent? Read this before even starting your home buying effort... How to determine what critical things will make the property work for you...or not... How understanding your mortgage options can save you money... Specific types of properties that you need to avoid - or they will bankrupt you... What issues are typically negotiable - and what typically aren't... How to get your offer accepted over others... Legal pitfalls to avoid... (some your attorney may not tell you about)... Environmental issues you need to be aware of and how to deal with these when buying a home... (includes lead paint, radon, asbestos, vermiculite, electromagnetic fields, and more) How to avoid getting stuck with a failed septic system... Evaluating private wells and water quality... Ernest A. Simpson is a building consultant and home inspector who has owned Evergreen Home Inspection in Haverhill, MA since 1982. He has taught courses for prospective home inspectors and has written materials used by the inspection industry. Mr. Simpson has been a member of ASHI since 1986.




First Time Home Buyers Practical Guide


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Have you ever thought about purchasing your first dream home, but are you scared to handle the whole process? Maybe you already had an idea about going into the real estate business? Would you like to have a guide that would nail every single detail you need to know about real estate investing? If you answered "Yes" to at least one of these questions, then keep reading... "FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS HANDBOOK" - a complete guide that is going to teach you the most important things you need to know about real estate for both - purchasing your own dream property and building massive real estate investing business. Having a big beautiful house is one of those things that almost every person has dreamed about. But almost every single one of those dreamers knows how difficult of a process it can be if you don't know the rules of this industry. After more than 10 years of selling, buying, and renting dream properties, Nora Sherrod decided to create a guide that would help every single dreamer to fulfill his or her goal as a successful first-time and many time purchase. Here is just a short brief of what you are going to get out of this book: To RENT or to BUY Step-by-step guide on how to set out your needs and priorities for your dream house How to deal with mortgages and loans First steps into real estate investing business How to hendle entire home buying procedure without going crazy The Potential of Buying a House at Auction Most common real estate investing mistakes you must avoid Much much more... It may look that buying real estate can be the most difficult financial decision in your life, but going through this book, you will learn how to make this process as easy and as professional as possible. Now it is your turn to take action. Scroll up, click on "Buy Now" and discover the most important real estate secrets!




Savvy Woman?s Homebuying Handbook


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Demystifies the process of home buying for women, discussing every stage from determining desirable qualities in a potential home to burglary protection.




How to Buy a House the Right Way


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America is in the midst of the greatest real estate buyer's market in history. Yet, many home buyers get taken advantage of every day by unscrupulous sellers, real estate agents and mortgage lenders. This book is your defense against those "wolves in sheep's clothing." Nothing is more powerful an educated buyer. With the knowledge gained from this book, anyone can become an expert home buyer - not matter if this is their first or thirty-first house purchase. How to Buy a House the Right Way is a complete home buying guide for both first-time home buyers and those who have bought several homes. Mark Kennedy, a 20-year real estate and mortgage industry veteran, shares all of his tips, tactics and secrets for making the home buying process both smooth and enjoyable. After all, buying a new house is supposed to be fun! Mr. Kennedy discusses all aspects of home buying, from the mortgage process to finding and buying the right home. This book, updated in 2012 for today's real estate and mortgage market, includes great information, such as: everything you need for a successful mortgage transaction (including what not to do); how you can still buy homes for as little as $100 down; how to shop for your home the right way; home buyer traps to avoid; and much more. He even shares the secret tricks and scams that mortgage lenders have used for years to steal money and profits from unsuspecting buyers. This book can save you time, money and frustration in your next home purchase. Don't allow yourself to be an uneducated buyer. This book is the second printing of How to Buy a House the Right Way and is part of Mark Kennedy's Smart Living series, which also includes The Credit Repair Black Book - Credit Repair Secrets and Strategies the Credit Bureaus Won't Tell You (available on Amazon in both paperback and Kindle versions).







The Unofficial Guide to Buying a Home


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The inside scoop . . .for when you want more than the official line No matter what your budget and taste, finding the perfect home is a daunting task. How do you even know where to start? Here you'll find the inside scoop on every step of the homebuying process-from calculating your budget to negotiating the deal and handling the closing. The Unofficial Guide to Buying a Home, Second Edition gives savvy consumers like you a foolproof appraisal of which homebuying strategies work and which don't. This updated edition is perfect for first-time homebuyers and includes new information on using the Internet to find your home, buying condos, and utilizing government funding programs. It walks you through the entire homebuying process: from searching for a home, to making an offer, through the inspection, and on to the closing, you can be confident that your investment is sound. The guide also offers expanded coverage of the monetary issues involved in purchasing a home, including new means of determining creditworthiness and new types of available loans, as well as helping you decide how much home you can-and should-purchase. Vital Information that other sources can't or won't reveal-from what really motivates sellers, brokers, loan officers, and other key players in the homebuying game, to how to work most effectively with your agent. Insider Secrets on how to make real estate law work in your favor. Money-Saving Techniques that show you how to take advantage of tax breaks and how to time your search to exploit seasonal variations in the market. Time-Saving Tips on streamlining the homebuying process so you find the home you want as quickly as possible. The Latest Trends in homebuying, including up-to-date tips on using the Internet to find your home, a realtor, or a mortgage. Handy Checklists and Charts to help you determine your budget and stick to it.




The Ultimate Home Buyers Guide


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Topics covered include: choosing the right agent to represent you; handling short sales; why buying and selling strategies are important; referrals, contracts and negotiations; and how to avoid common mistakes when buying or selling real estate.