The 106 Common Mistakes
Homebuyers Make How to Avoid Them, 3rd Edition
Gary W. Eldred
Everything the first-time
buyer needs to know to avoid the 106 most common mistakes in purchasing a home or condo...
Written especially for
first-timers, this eye-opening guide turns you into an educated consumer, ensuring that
the home or condo you buy is both a comfortable place to live and an investment that
appreciates in value. Compiled from the experience of hundreds of homebuyers, real estate
agents, home builders, and mortgage lenders, it shows you the most common mistakes buyers
make and illustrates them in practice so you don't fall into the same traps.
Now revised and expanded,
this invaluable resource covers everything from negotiating with sellers and making the
down payment to shopping for the best mortgage and handling the closing. The new Third
Edition also includes two totally new chapters that offer advice on writing a purchase
contract and using the Internet to find a home. Discover how to save time, money, and
frustration by avoiding:
Mistake No. 35: We looked at
selling prices but still overpaid.
Mistake No. 39: My agent told me this was a good school district.
Mistake No. 41: We bought into an upscale development that's moving downscale.
Mistake No. 65: We should have looked at the utility bills.
Mistake No. 82: We let our agent negotiate for us.
Mistake No. 105: We didn't buy. We were afraid of making a mistake.
Written by one of the
nation's leading real estate experts and packed with hundreds of valuable tips and
suggestions, The 106 Common Mistakes Homebuyers Make, Third Edition will give you the
confidence and the wisdom to buy the right home at the right price.
306 pages