Included in the mortgage quest is information on home-loan alternatives, such as adjustable rate mortgages. The author occasionally lapses into weird statements that seem to make no sense. Perhaps they are editorial misprints, or maybe I just did not understand them. Nobody whom I ever heard of makes a high purchase offer for a home, expecting to negotiate downward. For example, Albrecht emphasizes the traditional location considerations, then switches into a discussion of alternative types of housing, such as condos and town houses.
Abundant checklists help readers focus on details that are the most critical to their home choices.
The appendix includes special buyer's programs and amortization tables. There are no special graphics to make the book interesting and compelling. The checklists are good, but nothing exciting. One especially good benefit is the author's use of many examples to illustrate the discussion topics. On my scale of one to 10, this average real estate book rates an eight.