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Index
Title Page Praise Copyright Page Acknowledgements About the Authors Your Homebuying Companion CHAPTER 1 - What’s So Great About Buying a House? Why You Can and Should Do It Investment Value: Get What You Pay For … And Then Some Tax Breaks: Benefits From Uncle Sam Personality and Pizzazz: Your Home Is Your Castle No More Mr. Roper: Say Goodbye to Renting You Can Do It … If You Want To CHAPTER 2 - What Do You Want? Figuring Out Your Homebuying Needs Know Your Ideal Neighborhood: Why Location Matters Know Yourself: How Your Lifestyle, Plans, and Values Affect Your House Priorities Know Your Ideal House: Old Bungalows, New Condos, and More Would You Like Land With That? Single-Family Houses Sharing the Joy, Sharing the Pain: Common Interest Properties Factory Made: Modular and Manufactured Homes Putting It All Together: Your Dream List CHAPTER 3 - Does This Mean I Have to Balance My Checkbook? Figuring Out What ... Beyond the Purchase Price: The Costs of Buying and Owning a Home Spend Much? How Lenders Use Your Debt-to-Income Ratio Blasts From the Past: How Your Credit History Factors In What’s Your Monthly Budget? Understanding Your Finances Getting Creative: Tips for Overcoming Financial Roadblocks The Power of Paper: Getting Preapproved for a Loan CHAPTER 4 - Stepping Out: What’s on the Market and at What Price What’s the Buzz? Checking Out Neighborhoods From Your Chair See for Yourself: Driving Through Neighborhoods On Foot: Talking to the Natives Sunrise, Sunset: Getting Day and Night Perspectives Got Houses? Finding Out What’s Locally Available How Much Did That One Go For? Researching “Comparable” Sales Hot or Cold? Take the Market’s Temp Just Looking: The Open House Tour Nothing to Look at Yet? Finding Your Dream Development CHAPTER 5 - Select Your Players: Your Real Estate Team Your Team Captain: The Real Estate Agent Your Cash Cow: The Mortgage Broker or Banker Your Fine Print Reader: The Real Estate Attorney Your Sharp Eye: The Property Inspector Your Big Picture Planner: The Closing Agent Strength in Numbers: Other Team Members CHAPTER 6 - Bring Home the Bacon: Getting a Mortgage Let’s Talk Terms: The Basics of Mortgage Financing Who’s Got the Cash? Where to Get a Mortgage Narrowing the Field: Which Type of Mortgage Is Best for You? Getting Your Cash Together: Common Down Payment and Financing Strategies Where Do I Look? Researching Mortgages I’ll Take That One! Applying for Your Loan Unique Financial Considerations for Co-op Buyers CHAPTER 7 - Mom and Dad? The Seller? Uncle Sam? Loan Alternatives No Wrapping Required: Gift Money From Relatives or Friends All in the Family: Loans From Relatives or Friends A One-Person Bank: Seller Financing New Home Financing Backed by Uncle Sam: Government-Assisted Loans CHAPTER 8 - I Love It! It’s Perfect! Looking for the Right House How Your Agent Can Help The Rumor Mill: Getting House Tips From Friends Planning Ahead for House Visits Come on In: What to Expect as You Enter Do We Have a Match? Using Your Dream List All the World’s Been Staged: Looking Past the Glitter Recent Remodels: What to Watch Out For Walk the Walk: Layout and Floorplan What Do They Know? Reviewing Seller Disclosure Reports Reviewing the Seller’s Inspection Reports (If Any) Poking Around: Doing Your Own Initial Inspection Hey, Nice Dirt Pile! Choosing a Not-Yet-Built House Buying a New or Old Condo or Co-op? Research the Community CHAPTER 9 - Plan B: Fixer-Uppers, FSBOs, Foreclosures, and More Castoffs: Searching for Overlooked Houses A Foot in the Door: Buying a Starter House Have It Your Way: Buying a Fixer-Upper or House You Can Add on To Share Your Space: Buying Jointly Subdivide Your Space: Renting Out a Room Hey, Where’s Their Agent? Looking for FSBOs (For Sale by Owners) On the Auction Block: Buying Short Sale, Foreclosure, or Probate Properties CHAPTER 10 - Show Them the Money: From Offer to Purchase Agreement Start to Finish: Negotiating and Forming a Contract More Than Words: What’s in the Standard Purchase Contract Too Much? Not Enough? How Much to Offer Keeping Your Exit Routes Open: Contingencies Putting Your Money Where Your Mouth Is: The Earnest Money Deposit Divvy It Up: Who Pays What Fees Deal or No Deal: Picking an Expiration Date Think Ahead: Closing Date Strategies in a Cold Market: What to Ask For Strategies in a Hot Market: Making Your Offer Stand Out Contracting to Buy a Brand-New Home CHAPTER 11 - Toward the Finish Line: Tasks Before Closing Wrappin’ It Up: Removing Contingencies Will It Really Be Yours? Getting Title Insurance Yours, Mine, or Ours? What to Say on the Deed Get Ready, ’Cause Here I Come: Preparing to Move CHAPTER 12 - Send in the Big Guns: Professional Property Inspectors Inspection Overview: What, When, and at What Cost? House Calls: Your General Inspection Tagging Along at Your General Inspection Say What? Understanding Your General Inspection Report Termite or Pest Inspections When to Get Other, Specialized Inspections Trouble in Paradise: Inspecting Newly Built Homes CHAPTER 13 - Who’s Got Your Back? Homeowners’ Insurance and Home Warranties Damage Protection: Hazard Insurance Protection for Other’s Injuries: Liability Insurance Your Out-of-Pocket: Homeowners’ Insurance Costs Shopping Around for Homeowners’ Insurance Jointly Owned, Jointly Insured: What Your Community Association Pays For Home Warranties for Preowned Houses Home Warranties for Newly Built Houses CHAPTER 14 - Seal the Deal: Finalizing Your Homebuying Dreams Preview of Coming Attractions: What Your Closing Will Involve Is It Really Empty? Final Walk-Through of an Existing House Is It Really Finished? Final Walk-Through of a New House Your Last Tasks Before the Closing The Drum Roll, Please: Attending the Closing Closing Documents, Part One: Your Mortgage Loan Closing Documents, Part Two: Transferring the Property Can I Move In? Taking Possession CHAPTER 15 - Settling Into Your New Home Tell the World You’ve Moved Home, Hearth, and Hors d’Oeuvres: Settle in Socially The Safest Home in Town: Yours Cozy Up … Without Breaking The Bank There’s a Place for It: Organize Your Records Back to the Future: Get Your Finances on Track APPENDIX A Index NOLO Sample Forms From the CD-Rom Questions for Seller Worksheet Condo/Co-Op Worksheet Questions for Talking with Locals
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