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A Survival Guide for Buying a Home

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When my wife and I decided a few months ago that we were going to buy our first home, I went to our library and took out two books on home buying. One of them was your "Survival Guide". I toted that book around for the past two months and finally turned it back in today after we closed on our house.

My wife and I are the type who want to know as much as we can about everything that we are involved in, and your book really helped us to navigate the very involved and complex road to home-buying. We left the closing this morning feeling like we had done everything right, from shopping mortgages to negotiating after the home inspection. I believe that your book has helped us to save thousands of dollars!

Thank you for writing such a fine resource!

As a real estate consultant, I bought this book to see if it could serve as a reference and handbook for clients, and it certainly will. The topics are relevant, current, and accurate and expand on important issues involved in purchasing a home - your credit, mortgage options, taxes, what to look for when visiting properties, services of a realtor, and resale. Several helpful checklists are also provided.

This guide is one of the better ones out there -- it is up-to-date and practical, with lots of examples and checklists to follow. It has especially helpful advice for finding mortgages, dealing with agents, and preparing an offer. The author provides several links to websites that are reputable and extremely useful when preparing to by a house. Read this, if you read anything.

I'm in the process of buying my first home, and this book has been extremely helpful. The author covers all of the things you need to know and has lots of tips and things to consider. He walks you through the processes and tells you what to expect. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is just getting started and has questions about the process of buying a home.

My husband and I are thinking of buying our first home. We bought this book based on other reviews. I was quite pleased by the book. It's well-laid out. It really takes one through the steps of thinking about buying a home. Generally, I found the text to be concise and easy to understand. It's a great overview for someone who is not a realty / mortgage expert. There were a few passages that were a little hard to understand on the first pass, but nothing that could be remedied by getting out a pen and paper and trying the calculations for yourself.

Overall, a great easy to read guide to home buying.

I'd agree with the other reviewers--this book is filled with lots of good information. We bought a townhouse and it even had a couple sections of really good advice (learning about homeowners association, asking what neighbors thought of the community, what kind of insurance you'll need--what questions to ask your insurance agent even). We were first-time homebuyers, so maybe that's why the information seemed so valuable, but I would think anyone would learn something from the book.

Any seeking a home in today's real estate market will welcome the second updated edition of A Survival Guide for Buying a Home, offering time-saving techniques to understanding mortgage rules, loans, lease options, credit and more. Also included: finding the right agent, buying homeowner's insurance, and preparing a purchase for resale. A fine pick for any general lending library.

This really is a good book for beginner's guide to home buying. It is very easy to read and understand. After going through it about two times, I had a general understanding about what should be done.

one thing I wished the author had done is about short sales, REOs, and foreclosures. I bought a house in 2009 while the housing market was in depression and I think it would have been a lot more helpful if he included more explanation about those kinds of properties.

Overall, recommended