| How to Buy a House in California |
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Product Details Buy a home in the Golden State with the most complete guide available.
A thorough, practical guide to every aspect of buying a house, How to Buy a House in California will help you make informed decisions that can save you thousands of dollars. With this bestseller in hand, you'll learn how to:
choose a house and neighborhood find the right agent get the most up-to-date information on mortgage options and rates take advantage of creative financing strategies - from seller financing to government loans figure out how much down payment you can afford make an offer and negotiate with confidence for the best price buy a new house in a development inspect a house for physical problems and environmental hazards juggle buying and selling houses simultaneously successfully go through escrow
The 12th edition is completely updated to reflect the changing housing market, including an updated discussion about what to look for when buying a foreclosed or bank-owned home. Plus, you'll get the most up-to-date criteria lenders now require when you're shopping for a mortgage.
Product Reviews (1 stars) - 2006 version was much more thorough - this book is a top level overview This book does not delve into anything. It gives you the most basic basic basic top level newbie information. If you have a real question about any issue, you will not find an answer in this book. It has zero substance. The 2006 version was three times larger and had much more specific information. I "upgraded" to this version specifically because of the mortgage crisis. Our parents gave us money from Russia and we wanted to research the new rules about gifts since the real estate rules and documentation requirements have changed radically since 2006. This book says it has been republished specifically to help you navigate the new lending structure. B.S. This book will not help you at all. Order the 2006 one if anything.
(3 stars) - Usability Limited by Format While I appreciate the thoroughness and helpfulness of the text, this book depends on the reader to fill in multiple written exercises to help them assess their needs and capabilities. Because the e-book gives the user no way to access high fidelity versions of the exercise sheets, it's utility is decreased significantly. I would recommend against buying the e-book because of this limitation.
I attempted to contact NoLo press after the purchase to see if they had a remedy to provide the worksheets in a high fidelity format, but was told that it was not available to purchasers of the Kindle edition of the book.
(5 stars) - How to Buy A House in California An encyclopedic gathering of issues and options necessary to buying a house in California. Easy to search and understand. I've never read anything better.
(2 stars) - Mostly common sense stuff...not much new I was disappointed in this book, especially after all the good reviews about it. I don't consider myself to be an expert by any means on home buying, yet I found that 95% of the information this book presented was common sense stuff. I read the book from cover to cover (besides the appendixes, of course), and while the book confirmed a lot of stuff that was in my mind, I got very little new information from it. Unless you have been living under a rock, I don't think you will need this book.
(4 stars) - Love this book I read a few buying a house guides but this one is nearly complete w/ all the process and paper works. It goes into detail and typical process, fees and situations. However I think the book should add in a chapter with short sale and REOs for current economy.
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