Home Buying For Dummies, 3rd edition
by: Eric Tyson, RayBrown
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Amazon.com Review:
This may be the best comprehensive guide for homebuyers. Home Buying for Dummies is coauthored by Eric Tyson,author of several other books in the For Dummies series, and RayBrown, a long-time real estate professional. Like other books in theseries, this one is an easy and even entertaining read. But it doesnot gloss over details in pursuit of simplicity. Home Buying forDummies covers all the bases, providing clear explanations andreasonable judgments on how to select a mortgage, hire a real estateagent, find the right house, and negotiate a good deal. The book goesfurther than most in providing helpful, specific information. Forexample, in discussing ways to save money for a future down payment,Home Buying for Dummies even includes the phone numbers forvarious mutual funds appropriate to different investment timeframes. --Barry Mitzman
Product Description:
Though fun and exciting, buying a home can also be complicated and confusing—and most people learn the hard way that a wrong move can cost dearly. In order to find the perfect home at the best price, you must have skill, foresight, and a little guidance from experienced professionals.
Home Buying for Dummies, Third Edition provides just that! Packed with invaluable advice in an objective, down-to-earth style that will have you sitting in your dream home in no time, this friendly guide contains everything you need to know to play the home buying game. It has the tools you need to:
Featured in this guide are tips and tricks on things you should do after you seal the deal, as well as things you ought to know about real estate investing. Also included is advice on how to sell your house, as well as a sample real estate purchase contract and a good inspection report. Don’t get chewed up by the real estate market—Home Buying for Dummies, Third Edition will lead you to the home you want!
This may be the best comprehensive guide for homebuyers. Home Buying for Dummies is coauthored by Eric Tyson,author of several other books in the For Dummies series, and RayBrown, a long-time real estate professional. Like other books in theseries, this one is an easy and even entertaining read. But it doesnot gloss over details in pursuit of simplicity. Home Buying forDummies covers all the bases, providing clear explanations andreasonable judgments on how to select a mortgage, hire a real estateagent, find the right house, and negotiate a good deal. The book goesfurther than most in providing helpful, specific information. Forexample, in discussing ways to save money for a future down payment,Home Buying for Dummies even includes the phone numbers forvarious mutual funds appropriate to different investment timeframes. --Barry Mitzman
Product Description:
Though fun and exciting, buying a home can also be complicated and confusing—and most people learn the hard way that a wrong move can cost dearly. In order to find the perfect home at the best price, you must have skill, foresight, and a little guidance from experienced professionals.
Home Buying for Dummies, Third Edition provides just that! Packed with invaluable advice in an objective, down-to-earth style that will have you sitting in your dream home in no time, this friendly guide contains everything you need to know to play the home buying game. It has the tools you need to:
- Improve your credit score and select a mortgage
- Choose a time and place to buy
- Determine the price you want to pay
- Assemble an all-star real estate team
- Make use of the wonderful world of the Internet
- Negotiate your best deal
- Inspect and protect your home
- Handle and become responsible for the title
- Cope with buyer’s remorse
Featured in this guide are tips and tricks on things you should do after you seal the deal, as well as things you ought to know about real estate investing. Also included is advice on how to sell your house, as well as a sample real estate purchase contract and a good inspection report. Don’t get chewed up by the real estate market—Home Buying for Dummies, Third Edition will lead you to the home you want!
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: 
- Review
Great. Like most Dummies books, very informative if you know nothing about your subject. Which is exactly how much I knew.
Rating: - Book Review: Home Buying for Dummies 4th Edition
Home Buying For Dummies is your complete guide to start your home purchase adventure from initial planning and financial preparation to the closing and then some.
Contents 21/25
Ease of Understanding/Practicality 20/25
Pictures/Illustrations 15/25
Additional Features 18/25
Total 81/100
Home Buying For Dummies 4th Edition is your all in one guide to the home buying process from the very start with you thinking of buying that new home to the final closing ... Read More
Rating: - It Helped Me Buy My House
A guide to home buying in the classic "for Dummies" format.This book covers the basics and the not-so-basics of residential home buying and provides a step-by-step guide to purchasing your own house.Among other topics, the book provides valuable advise regarding how to get started, how to select an agent, how to shop for a mortgage and so forth.Better yet, it does so in an understandable, but not oversimplified manner.Starting from absolute scratch, I personally found the book invaluable in purchasing ... Read More
Rating: - Interesting
Full of interesting things about home buying. I wish that in some parts it would have gone more in depth. But in the end I felt like I learned a lot from this book.
Rating: 
- Mortgage Books
I recently ordered several mortgage books as learning and reference tools as I embark on my new career as a loan officer.I have not read any of the books from cover to cover, but they are serving me well for the purpose intended.The book arrived in a timely manner and in the condition described.
- ReviewGreat. Like most Dummies books, very informative if you know nothing about your subject. Which is exactly how much I knew.
- Book Review: Home Buying for Dummies 4th EditionHome Buying For Dummies is your complete guide to start your home purchase adventure from initial planning and financial preparation to the closing and then some.
Contents 21/25
Ease of Understanding/Practicality 20/25
Pictures/Illustrations 15/25
Additional Features 18/25
Total 81/100
Home Buying For Dummies 4th Edition is your all in one guide to the home buying process from the very start with you thinking of buying that new home to the final closing ... Read More
- It Helped Me Buy My HouseA guide to home buying in the classic "for Dummies" format.This book covers the basics and the not-so-basics of residential home buying and provides a step-by-step guide to purchasing your own house.Among other topics, the book provides valuable advise regarding how to get started, how to select an agent, how to shop for a mortgage and so forth.Better yet, it does so in an understandable, but not oversimplified manner.Starting from absolute scratch, I personally found the book invaluable in purchasing ... Read More
- InterestingFull of interesting things about home buying. I wish that in some parts it would have gone more in depth. But in the end I felt like I learned a lot from this book.
- Mortgage BooksI recently ordered several mortgage books as learning and reference tools as I embark on my new career as a loan officer.I have not read any of the books from cover to cover, but they are serving me well for the purpose intended.The book arrived in a timely manner and in the condition described.
