The Complete Idiot's Guide to Buying a Home

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Buying a Home
Author: Peter Richmond
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 454
Release: 2010-01-05
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1101159804

In real estate, it's a buyer's market—and here is the buyer's bible . . . Buying a home is the single most important financial move in most people's lives. This book covers a variety of topics including inspecting, evaluating, negotiating, financing, contracts, and legal issues. It also breaks down the roles of the key players and what these professionals, agents, brokers, and inspectors are responsible for—and when to go it alone. The thorough advice, covering everything from buying houses at auctions to what neighborhood to live in, will provide reassurance for every soon–to–be homeowner. • A necessary tool for those who plan to buy homes and even current homeowners in order to keep up with an ever changing market • Will be published in time for spring, when most people start looking into buying new homes • Covers a broad range of buying options and homeowner's needs

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Buying and Selling a Home

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Buying and Selling a Home
Author: Shelley O'Hara
Publisher:
Total Pages: 358
Release: 1997
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780028619590

Explains how to locate a house to buy, negotiate an offer, get a mortgage, use the Internet to finance and sell one's home, increase resale value, and sell without a real estate agent.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Staging Your Home to Sell

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Staging Your Home to Sell
Author: Julie Dana
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2007
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781592576111

This step-by-step guide offers the tactics used by home stagers--from de-cluttering and cleaning up to arranging and remodeling--that will often yield a quicker sale and higher selling price.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Buying Insurance and Annuities

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Buying Insurance and Annuities
Author: Brian Breuel
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 378
Release: 1996
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780028611136

Introduces the principles of purchasing insurance against anticipated risks, and discusses life, diasability, and health insurance, annuities, and property and casualty insurance

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Starting a Home-Based Business

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Starting a Home-Based Business
Author: Barbara Weltman
Publisher: Penguin Putnam
Total Pages: 359
Release: 2000
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780028638423

Offers advice on starting a home-based business, with chapters on creating a business concept, buying a franchise, turnkey businesses, business plans, insurance, and taxes.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Buying Or Leasing a Car

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Buying Or Leasing a Car
Author: Jack R. Nerad
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 262
Release: 1996
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780028612744

You're no idiot, of course. You keep your projects on budget at work, shop around to find the best prices on groceries and clothing, and even manage to sock away money for your kids' college tuition. But when it comes to wheeling and dealing to buy a car, you feel like someone else is in the driver's seat. Don't be taken for a ride! The Complete Idiot's Guide to Buying or Leasing a Car helps you learn the techniques you need to drive away in the car you want at the price you can afford. Feel confident about asking questions and bargaining, even when you have to say "no" to a salesperson. In this Complete Idiot's Guide, you get:

The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Home Inspections

The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Home Inspections
Author: Bobbi Dempsey
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2004-05-04
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 1440696187

For home buyers and home sellers. Here is the first how-to that addresses the needs of both buyers and sellers, making it the perfect companion to the bestselling The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to Buying and Selling a Home. The buyer will depend on this guide to determine whether a house is worth buying. The seller will need it to determine which repairs are necessary before listing or signing anything. Readers will learn to troubleshoot all areas of a home, including its structure and foundation, windows and doors, plumbing, heating and air conditioning, insulation, electrical systems, and the roof, just to name a few. In this Pocket Idiot’s Guide®, you get: • What to look for when inspecting the electrical system, the roof, and other parts of the home. • Simple advice on what to do if the results of your inspections aren’t good. • Expert explanation of what you can expect during and after the inspection. • Easy ways to tell if a home is worth buying—or if it will need extensive repairs before you put it on the market.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Home Recording Illustrated

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Home Recording Illustrated
Author: Clayton Walnum
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2003
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781592571222

In this book you get: a practical explanation of how a multitrack recorder is used to separate vocals and instrumentation ; techniques for fixing a less than stellar performance without completely re-recording the track ; handy forms and documents used to maintain a log of the recording process ; and inspiring ideas for incorporating drum machines, loops, and such effects as reverb and echo to enhance your recording.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Home Security

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Home Security
Author: Tom Davidson
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2001
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 9780028639512

Covers creating a home security plan, assessing local public safety agencies, planning a budget, alarm systems, home survellience, and protecting a car.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Real Estate Investing Basics

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Real Estate Investing Basics
Author: David J. Decker
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 404
Release: 2006-06-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1440696780

What, where, and how to buy! The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to Real Estate Investing Basics presents the practical advice and knowledge readers need to get started in the residential real estate market. Based on the knowledge of an established expert, this guide teaches readers how to find properties that have the greatest investment potential, make offers and negotiate deals, locate great tenants, and re- sell properties for maximum profit. • According to the US Census Bureau, there were an estimated 123.3 million housing units in the US in the first quarter 2005. • Residential real estate is always on the move. • Baby boomers are growing older, and many look at real estate investing as a safe way to assure their current standard of living.