Amazon.com Review
Along with losing your job and getting divorced, buying a house is right up there on the stress and anxiety scale. It's a happy kind of stress, but it's scary and overwhelming all the same. R. Dodge Woodson's guide helps you figure just how much you can afford, the realities of fixer-uppers, brokers, offers, financing, termites, and all the details that can terrify the stuffing out of you. Then, with relief from some of the anxiety and pressure, all you need to do is find the house.
From Library Journal
Woodson introduces a new twist to what might otherwise be just another book on first-time home buying. He applies his experience as a builder and remodeler to the exercise of choosing a home. The standard chapters on financing, real estate brokers, and purchase offers are augmented by discussions on buying a fixer-upper, deciding whether to buy or build an existing home, and locating the hidden value in a house. The section entitled "Going from Renter to Landlord" illustrates alternatives to buying a single-family home. There, the advantages and disadvantages of multi-family home ownership are carefully explored. A generous appendix offers a glossary and a good selection of basic forms. Recommended for public libraries.
- Joan Pedzich, Harris, Beach & Wilcox, Rochester, N.Y.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
- Joan Pedzich, Harris, Beach & Wilcox, Rochester, N.Y.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
