Nolo's essential guide to buying your first home
By: Ilona Bray, J.D., Attorney Alayna Schroeder, & Marcia Stewart
Contributors: Schroeder, Alayna, 1975- author; Stewart, Marcia, author
Edition: 6th edition.
Publisher: NOLO
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 438
ISBN-13: 9781413323450
Subjects: House buying
Other titles: Buying your first home; Guide to buying your first home
Description: Get insights from real estate professionals to help you determine when is the best time for you to buy a house. The authors show you how to research the market, decide what you want-- and what you can afford-- and ways to protect yourself with inspections and insurance.
Notes: "January 2017"--Title-page verso.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Your homebuying companion; title: What's so great about buying a house?; title: What do you want? Figuring out your homebuying needs; title: Does this mean I have to balance my checkbook? Figuring out what you can afford; title: Stepping out: what's on the market and at what price; title: Select your players: the real estate team; title: Bring home the bacon: getting a mortgage; title: Mom and Dad? The seller? Uncle Sam? Loan alternatives; title: I love it! It's perfect! Looking for the right house; title: Plan B: fixer-uppers, FSBOs, foreclosures, and more; title: Show them the money: from offer to purchase agreement; title: Toward the finish line: tasks before closing; title: Send in the big guns: professional property inspectors; title: Who's got your back? Homeowners' insurance and home warranties; title: Seal the deal: finalizing your homebuying dreams; title: Settling into your new home.