HomeBuyers Guide
10 Steps to Home Ownership
- Step 1: Are You Ready?
- Step 2: Get a REALTOR
- Step 3: Get Loan Pre-approval
- Step 4: Look at Homes
- Step 5: Choose a Home
- Step 6: Get Funding
- Step 7: Make an Offer
- Step 8: Get Insurance
- Step 9: Closing
- Step 10: What’s Next
Buyer’s Basics
- A Short Guide to Real Estate Lingo and Acronyms
- Calculate Your Income vs. Debt
- Costs Associated with a Home Loan
- Don’t Forget Your Pre-Approval Letter
- Goodbye Inspection, Hello Trouble
- Hiring a Home Inspector
- Home Buying for Young People: Plan Ahead
- Home Sweet Home: Shelter from Taxes
- House-Hunting Tips
- How a REALTOR Can Help
- How Much Do I Have to Save to Buy a Home?
- How to Choose a Home
- How to Choose a Neighborhood
- How to Choose a REALTOR
- How to Get a Mortgage
- How to Win the Bidding Wars
- Making the Transition from Renting to Buying
- Mortgage Basics
- Negotiating to Yes
- Take Charge When Buying a Home
- Tax Benefits of Home Ownership Are Almost Too Good to Be True
- Terms and Conditions
- The Basics of Making an Offer
- The Bottom Line on Contract Negotiation
- Understand Your Credit
- Wait! Are You Buying the Right House?
- What a REALTOR Can Do for You
- What Are My Mortgage Options?
- What Is Escrow?
- Why Use a REALTOR?