Books, Business & Investing, Real Estate, Buying & Selling Homes

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Eric Tyson, Ray Brown
Home Buying For Dummies, 3rd edition
by Wiley (Paperback)

Eric, MBA Tyson, Robert S., MBA Griswold
Real Estate Investing For Dummies (For Dummies (Business & Personal Finance))
by For Dummies (Paperback)

Real Estate Investing For Dummies, 2nd Edition contains approximately 20-25 percent updated and revised content, including expanded coverage on the challenges and opportunities that accompany investing in a down real estate market. In addition to other general updates, Eric and Ray expand on the subjects of flipping properites -- a practice that they advised (and still advise) readers to approach with caution in the first edition, published at the height of the flipping frenzy -- and foreclosure investing -- today's "it" real estate subject that is too often portrayed as a get-rich-overnight proposition.

Larry B. Loftis
Investing in Duplexes, Triplexes, and Quads: The Fastest and Safest Way to Real Estate Wealth
by Kaplan Business (Paperback) (Release Date: 2006-05-01)

Amass more than $900,000 in properties in one year, without using any of your own money, or that of your investors. Real estate investing can be an excellent way to build wealth. With its advantages of cash flow, appreciation, tax benefits, equity buildup and leveraging, real estate may be the only vehicle that can carry the average person to retirement wealth. Real estate investor, attorney, and author Larry Loftis has developed a safe, easy, and lucrative way for new investors to get into the game, and for experienced ones to enhance their portfolios. In Investing in Duplexes, Triplexes and Quads: The Fastest and Safest Way to Real Estate Wealth, he draws on both his real estate investing experience and legal acumen to explore advantages you may not have considered about residential multifamily properties of two to four units. Learn how to: •Buy duplexes, triplexes and quads with no money down, AND get cash back at closing. •Eliminate risk, and guarantee that ...

Eric, MBA Tyson, Ray Brown
Mortgages For Dummies
by For Dummies (Kindle Edition) (Release Date: 2007-09-24)

Ilona Bray, Alayna Schroeder, Marcia Stewart
Nolo's Essential Guide to Buying Your First Home (book with CD-Rom & Audio)
by NOLO (Paperback)

Insider tips and advice to help you get the right place at the right price! If you're ready to say goodbye to landlords and laundromats, Nolo's Essential Guide to Buying Your First Home will help you find the right place to invest in -- and have fun doing it. Filled with interesting facts and real-life stories, this book provides everything you need to select the right house, the right mortgage, the right agent, the right inspections -- and much more. Get the inside scoop on: deciding between a house, condo, co-op or townhouse exploring the market for the best value lining up financing getting inspections and insurance negotiating with sellers or new home builders successfully closing the deal Read the real-life stories of over 20 first-time homebuyers, as well as the insights from a team of 13 real estate professionals, including: brokers attorneys who specialize in real estate a home inspector a neighborhood researcher a mortgage specialist ...

Ilyce R. Glink
100 Questions Every First-Time Home Buyer Should Ask: With Answers from Top Brokers from Around the Country
by Three Rivers Press (Paperback) (Release Date: 2005-05-24)

Frankie Orlando
The Pre-Foreclosure Real Estate Handbook: Insider Secrets to Locating and Purchasing Pre-Foreclosed Properties in Any Market
by Atlantic Publishing Company (FL) (Paperback)

The Pre-Foreclosure Real Estate Handbook explains everything you need to know to locate and purchase real estate bargains from banks, public auctions, and other sources. Whether you are a first-time homeowner or an experienced property investor, The Pre-Foreclosure Real Estate Handbook is a tremendous guide for buying pre-foreclosed homes in any market. You will learn the simple formula (developed from real-life experience) that can build massive wealth through real estate foreclosures. The Federal Reserve Bank indicates"....that foreclosed properties average 22% less than typical properties." Home foreclosures are at their highest peak in years; you can be one of the thousands earning six-figure incomes in this lucrative segment of the real estate marketplace. You can do this part-time or full-time. Learn how to buy directly from property owners whose mortgage loans are in default and stay away from courthouse-bidding feuds. With the help of this new book, property ...

Christine Hrib-Karpinski
How to Rent Vacation Properties by Owner Second Edition
by Kinney Pollack Press (Paperback)

In this all-new, updated edition, author and speaker Christine Hrib-Karpinski takes readers through all the steps necessary to purchase and rent out a vacation home. This book contains practical, hands-on advice that shows the reader how to do it without property management companies, and keep 100 percent of the profits. It offers realistic strategies to create a situation in which renters pay the mortgage, while still allowing the owner several weeks a year in that little slice of paradise.

Peter A. Schkeeper, Jack P. Friedman Ph.D., Jack C. Harris Ph.D.
The Smart Consumer's Guide to Home Buying (Barron's Smart Consumer Guides)
by Barrons Educational Series (Paperback)

Buying a home is, in the authors' words, both a romantic journey and a business venture. For most families, it's the largest single investment they will ever make. The purpose of this book is to transform home buyers--especially first-time buyers--into smart consumers who can evaluate a property objectively as step number one in deciding whether or not to buy. The authors take their readers by the hand through the maze of mortgage shopping, dealing with real estate agents, and hunting down that perfect dream house. Some of the many questions they help prospective buyers answer are: Consideration of family needs: how many rooms, what kind of neighborhood, access to schools, shopping, and the like Is the home affordable? Considerations include the size of the down payment, the size and type of mortgage, projecting monthly payments, and allowing for unforeseen expenses Making an offer and negotiating with sellers and real estate agents The close, settlement, and escrow ...

Atlantic Publishing Company
The First-Time Homeowner's Handbook: A Complete Guide and Workbook for the First-Time Home Buyer (Book & CD-ROM)
by Atlantic Publishing Company (Paperback)

The procedure of buying a home can be a scary experience. There are a lot of people to deal with, from realtors to attorneys to bankers. There’s tons of paperwork with terms and vocabulary that read like a foreign language. In this new book you will find vital information and great strategies that will allow you to find your dream home faster and feel confident about the purchase. You will learn to avoid some of the most prevalent—and potentially dangerous and expensive—mistakes made by first-time home buyers. According to Money Magazine, "Over the past five years, home values nationally have risen 65 percent while the stock market has fallen." Now is the time to get into the real estate marketplace. With the help of this comprehensive new guide, you will learn how to find the best opportunities, negotiating, financing, budgets, needs and wants, credit reports, home-buying timeline, the process of building a house, manufactured homes, real estate and mortgage glossaries, ...

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