First Time Home Buyer. A Survival Guide for Buying a Home

Davis (Adding Value to Your Home), a real estate broker for over 25 years, offers a straightforward, no-frills volume designed to help readers navigate the tricky waters of purchasing a new home. First Time Home Buyer With advice that runs the gamut from making the decision to buy, to working with a mortgage broker, to packing up and moving, Davis’s book contains an abundance of practical information; the author gives, for example, a list of the paperwork that lenders need to assess a potential buyer’s qualifications, along with calculation charts and checklists (like a set of questions to ask future neighbors when conducting a neighborhood walk-through). The appendices, which include a glossary of real estate terms and a big-picture checklist of steps to becoming a homeowner, are valuable additions to the volume. The text doesn’t always flow smoothly, but readers will get solid real estate buying advice.
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Review

“…a straightforward, no-frills volume designed to help readers navigate the tricky waters of purchasing a new home….readers will get solid real estate buying advice.”

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.


First Time Home Buyer 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. First Time Home Buyer 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.