100 Questions Every First-Time Home Buyer Should Ask: With Answers from Top Brokers from Around the Country |
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| Title: | 100 Questions Every First-Time Home Buyer Should Ask: With Answers from Top Brokers from Around the Country |
| Author: | Ilyce R. Glink |
| Publisher: | Three Rivers Press |
| Type: | Book / Paperback |
| Publication Date: | 24 May, 2005 |
| ISBN / ISBN-13: | 1400081971 / 9781400081974 |
| List Price: | $19.95 |
| You Save: | $6.38 |
| Amazon Price: | $13.57 |
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Editorial Review / Publisher's Information:
Product Description
From the most trusted name in real estate, here is the latest edition of the indispensable guide that helps first-time buyers land the home of their dreams.
Ilyce R. Glink has established herself as America’s most trusted real estate expert. In this new, fully revised and updated edition of the book that made her a household name, Glink offers more than 100 pages of new material addressing all of the current trends home buyers need to stay on top of, including:
• The new construction housing boom and how home buyers can make the most of it
• Mortgage lending innovations, such as interest-only financing and the ability to finance 103 percent of the purchase price
• The changing habits of first-time home buyers (purchasing without a broker, using discount Internet-based services, and buying first homes as investments)
• The latest information on asbestos, mold, radon, and other bio-environmental hazards and new, inexpensive testing methods any home buyer can use
In this third edition of 100 Questions Every First-Time Home Buyer Should Ask, Glink presents new stories of real people who have gone through the home-buying process for the first time and once again offers her trademark friendly advice on how to avoid common home-buyer mistakes.
Also available as an eBook
Amazon.com Review
Buying a home requires skill in a variety of areas. There's negotiating, financing, inspecting a home, and understanding legal contracts. It's really too much for most people to do by themselves, which, as you know by now, is why most of us pay good money to hire real estate agents, mortgage brokers, home inspectors, and other professionals to help with the process. But that doesn't remove the buyer from the role of project manager, whose job is to understand what each specialist is meant to do and recognize when one of those key players is not doing his or her job right. Books such as 100 Questions Every First-Time Home Buyer Should Ask help the novice gain a solid understanding of the basics involved in this often complex process. The questions in this second edition of author Ilyce R. Glink's book also make buyers think about their decisions. If you want to buy an older home, for example, do you understand that older windows may need caulking or new sashes, that bathroom tiles may need regrouting, and that an older home may need rewiring, a new hot water heater, or a new furnace right away? Other questions range from the routine (How much can I afford? How do I make an offer?) to some that are hard to anticipate (What if the seller wants to stay in the house after the closing? Who should attend the closing?). Chapters are devoted to key topics, including figuring out what kind of house you want (this effort starts with a "wish list" and improves with a "reality check"), knowing what you can afford, putting together and negotiating a deal, financing your home, closing on the deal, and then doing what it takes to live happily ever after. Of course, living happily ever after requires understanding when it's time to move on to your next home, a process that may find you dusting off this book in the coming years. --John Russell
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Customer Reviews:
• Helpful
18 November, 2008
I found this book helpful to some degree. It did not cover the topic I am most interested in.
- Amazon Customer Review
• Amazing - Very Informative - Good Read
08 February, 2009
This book provides valuable information about every decision a home buyer will make. The author tells it how it is and incorporates years of knowledge from the field of real estate. I read every word of the book, even about the things I thought I already knew about, because I value her opinion so highly. I would strongly recommend this book and her website as significant resources to any first time home buyer.
- Amazon Customer Review
• Great Book For Home Buyers
27 May, 2009
A great book for home buyers. Very informative and in an easy-reading format. It was indispensible as we went thru the process of buying our first home.
- Amazon Customer Review
• Price, Advice, Concise!
30 March, 2009
Glink has put together a work here that is worth the price. Her suggestions backed by years of experience will likely save any buyer thousands, but beyond that it will make sure that they get the house that is right for them. She has great grey boxes for the must-know information. My only comlaint is that she has a few too many anecdotal entries, but isn't hard to skip them. A great buy.
- Amazon Customer Review
• Older Book But Still Very Helpful!!!!
16 March, 2009
This book is very helpful in a way that gives you specific answers to questions you have. I love the question answer format. There is also a dictionary in the back that list some terms that the realtor, sellers or buyers may use that you may have no clue what they mean. Good investment.
- Amazon Customer Review
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