The Complete Idiot's Guide to Buying a Home

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Buying a Home
Author: Peter Richmond
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 454
Release: 2010-01-05
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1101159804

In real estate, it's a buyer's market—and here is the buyer's bible . . . Buying a home is the single most important financial move in most people's lives. This book covers a variety of topics including inspecting, evaluating, negotiating, financing, contracts, and legal issues. It also breaks down the roles of the key players and what these professionals, agents, brokers, and inspectors are responsible for—and when to go it alone. The thorough advice, covering everything from buying houses at auctions to what neighborhood to live in, will provide reassurance for every soon–to–be homeowner. • A necessary tool for those who plan to buy homes and even current homeowners in order to keep up with an ever changing market • Will be published in time for spring, when most people start looking into buying new homes • Covers a broad range of buying options and homeowner's needs


The Complete Idiot's Guide to Buying and Selling a Home

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Buying and Selling a Home
Author: Shelley O'Hara
Publisher:
Total Pages: 358
Release: 1997
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780028619590

Explains how to locate a house to buy, negotiate an offer, get a mortgage, use the Internet to finance and sell one's home, increase resale value, and sell without a real estate agent.


The Complete Idiot's Guide to Staging Your Home to Sell

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Staging Your Home to Sell
Author: Julie Dana
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2007
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781592576111

This step-by-step guide offers the tactics used by home stagers--from de-cluttering and cleaning up to arranging and remodeling--that will often yield a quicker sale and higher selling price.


The Complete Idiot's Guide to Buying and Selling a Home

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Buying and Selling a Home
Author: Shelley O'Hara
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 436
Release: 2003
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781592571208

Goodbye, old house-hello, good buy! From looking to sell to finding a dream home, this all-in-one guide features new, updated, and vital information and tips on getting the best deal...no matter which side of the deal you're on. ? Unlike other books, this covers both buying and selling-which usually go hand-in-hand ? Revised edition includes more information on buying a second home, researching locations, saving on costs, and more ? Existing-home sales are setting new records every year ? Very low mortgage rates are making this a great time to buy


The Complete Idiot's Guide to Buying Or Leasing a Car

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Buying Or Leasing a Car
Author: Jack R. Nerad
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 262
Release: 1996
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780028612744

You're no idiot, of course. You keep your projects on budget at work, shop around to find the best prices on groceries and clothing, and even manage to sock away money for your kids' college tuition. But when it comes to wheeling and dealing to buy a car, you feel like someone else is in the driver's seat. Don't be taken for a ride! The Complete Idiot's Guide to Buying or Leasing a Car helps you learn the techniques you need to drive away in the car you want at the price you can afford. Feel confident about asking questions and bargaining, even when you have to say "no" to a salesperson. In this Complete Idiot's Guide, you get:


The Complete Idiot's Guide to Buying and Selling a Home

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Buying and Selling a Home
Author: Shelley O'Hara
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 596
Release: 2006
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1592574580

Whether they re buying their first time, moving up to something new, downsizing, or buying for an investment, people interested in real estate are proving themselves to be very savvy. They are interested in books that will help them in their research, save them money, make the process easier, and help them feel they re getting the best deal they can. In short, they want to know what real estate agents and brokers know! While other books cater to the first-time home buyer or only tout the benefits of letting an agent do all the work, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Buying and Selling a Home, Fifth Edition, gives a more complete approach that's already popular with readers today. With terrific word of mouth and great reviews, this top-selling guide focuses on a total approach to buying a new home.


The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Home Inspections

The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Home Inspections
Author: Bobbi Dempsey
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2004-05-04
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 1440696187

For home buyers and home sellers. Here is the first how-to that addresses the needs of both buyers and sellers, making it the perfect companion to the bestselling The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to Buying and Selling a Home. The buyer will depend on this guide to determine whether a house is worth buying. The seller will need it to determine which repairs are necessary before listing or signing anything. Readers will learn to troubleshoot all areas of a home, including its structure and foundation, windows and doors, plumbing, heating and air conditioning, insulation, electrical systems, and the roof, just to name a few. In this Pocket Idiot’s Guide®, you get: • What to look for when inspecting the electrical system, the roof, and other parts of the home. • Simple advice on what to do if the results of your inspections aren’t good. • Expert explanation of what you can expect during and after the inspection. • Easy ways to tell if a home is worth buying—or if it will need extensive repairs before you put it on the market.


The Complete Idiot's Guide to Designing Your Own Home

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Designing Your Own Home
Author: Oreste Drapaca
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre: Architecture, Domestic
ISBN: 9781592575015

Creating a new home-or rebuilding a purchased one-requires architectural expertise, not only for aesthetic design purposes but also to account for structural safety, feasibility of plan, compliance with local laws and codes, and above all, to make a new house feel like home-the home you've always wanted. However, architects can be very costly- but only if you use them. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Designing Your Own Hometeaches readers to do all or most of an architect's work themselves, step-by-step, with inspirational ideas; clear, concise information; practice exercises; and professional secrets-all explained in a warm, inviting, friendly voice. It explains everything readers need to know to design the home they've always wanted while making it practical, affordable, and secure.


The Complete Idiot's Guide to Buying Insurance and Annuities

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Buying Insurance and Annuities
Author: Brian Breuel
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 378
Release: 1996
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780028611136

Introduces the principles of purchasing insurance against anticipated risks, and discusses life, diasability, and health insurance, annuities, and property and casualty insurance