This is the ultimate guide to worry-free home buying. Can you afford to buy a home? Should you buy a single-family home, a co-op, or a condo? Do you always need a sizable down payment? And, how can you be sure you're getting the best possible deal? This completely updated new edition of Robert Irwin's classic guide for homebuyers provides authoritative, often-surprising answers to these questions and many, many more. You'll find out how to get a great deal on a home, whether the market is rising or falling; how to get a lender to put up all (or most) of your purchase price; and how to avoid getting caught in a bidding war over your dream home."Tips and Traps When Buying a Home, Third Edition" gives you practical, step-by-step information; proven home buying strategies; and, indispensable advice current market conditions, new rules and regulations, and recent changes in lending practices.
Whether you're buying your first home or your fifth, you'll learn plenty that you need to know, including how to: boost your credit rating; make successful counter offers; get the best mortgage in town; save money by buying direct; analyze a home inspection; and, avoid getting gouged at the closing. Robert Irwin is one of America's most respected experts in all areas of real estate and the author of more than 20 books, including the bestsellers in the "McGraw-Hill Tips and Traps" series. To date, his real estate titles have sold more than one and a half million copies.
This is Book 2 in the Tips and Traps Series. See all Tips and Traps books here.
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Robert Irwin is one of America's most respected experts in all areas of real estate and the author of more than 20 books, including the bestsellers in the McGraw-Hill Tips and Traps series.
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