Home Buyers' Road Map

by Sarah Hodgdon

Overview

A useful, easy-to-read guide that helps you make good decisions and understand the home buying process from start to finish, with numerous examples of pitfalls to avoid, a glossary of terms, and information on a wide range of topics:
- What type of property is right for you.
- What a real estate agent can do, and how commissions are paid.
- How to choose a lender, the documentation lenders require, and different types of loans.
- How to protect yourself during and after the purchase.
- What's in an offer, how to negotiate, and an explanation of closing costs and home inspections.
- What a home inspection is, why it's important, and what happens if the property needs more work than you thought.
- What to expect at the closing, what you need to bring, who's there, what documents are signed, and why.
- Making improvements: renovation do's and don'ts.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940015871302
Publisher:	BookLogix
Publication date:	11/12/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	747 KB

About the Author

Sarah Hodgdon’s career in real estate is an outgrowth of her lifelong fascination with other people’s homes, how houses function, and how they are organized. In 2002, she and her husband, Bruce, started investing in real estate, buying homes to rent or renovate and resell. To understand the valuation process of buying and reselling, Sarah spent four years as a real estate appraiser before becoming a real estate agent in 2006.
A graduate of Georgia State University, she grew up in Atlanta and worked in corporate America before embarking on a real estate career. Over the course of her agent career, 85% of her business has been helping buyers purchase homes. She holds an Accredited Buyers Representative (ABR) designation from the Real Estate Buyers Council.