Home Buying 101, Jon Gorey
Home Buying 101, Jon Gorey
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Home Buying 101
From Mortgages and the MLS to Making the Offer and Moving In, Your Essential Guide to Buying Your First Home

Author: Jon Gorey

Narrator: York Whitaker

Unabridged: 7 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/15/2022

Synopsis

Learn all the ins and outs of buying a home and give yourself an advantage in the real estate game with this essential house-buying guidebook.

Buying a first home can be both exciting and nerve-wracking. Will you qualify for a mortgage? Is your dream home achievable? How do you make sure your offer will beat others? Don’t worry—now you can arm yourself with the information you need to know before you begin the hunt!

In Home Buying 101, you will learn all the skills you need to find the right house at the right price, with financing that fits your budget. Full of nuts-and-bolts advice and organized in an easy-to-read format, this book will teach you all the basics of:
-Deciding the right time to buy
-Getting your finances in order
-Choosing a realtor—or going solo
-Assessing neighborhood/comps
-Deciphering the MLS/reading the listings for clues
-Buyers’ vs. sellers’ markets
-Types of mortgage loans
-Property insurance
-Making a smart offer

With the help of this guide, you’ll learn how to find the house of your dreams at a price you can afford!

About Jon Gorey

Jon Gorey is an award-winning freelance writer covering real estate, home improvement, travel, family, and personal finance. Based in Boston, Jon writes most frequently for The Boston Globe and The Boston Globe Magazine, as well as his real estate and home improvement blog, House & Hammer; other notable bylines include Apartment Therapy, Mommy Poppins, and Boston Magazine. Jon has received a dozen awards from the National Association of Real Estate Editors (NAREE), including the President’s Gold Award for Best Freelance Collection in 2019. 

Reviews

Goodreads review by Raechel

Full of a lot of useful information if you know nothing about buying a home, as well as some eye-rolling tips about cooking at home to save money. Also, are all of these homebuying guidebooks going to assume you're a couple with a combined yearly income of 120k+? Some of us can't afford a 400k house,......more

Goodreads review by Kendra

Thorough yet concise and easy to digest. As a first time home buyer, this book gave me a great overview and I will be keeping it with me to reference throughout the process.......more

Goodreads review by Eli

Definitely going to rent this again from the library when I get closer to buying a home. Very, very thorough and easy to follow.......more

Goodreads review by Brooke

Very informative for someone who knows close to nothing about the process of buying a home. I feel like I can go into the process much more confidently now!......more

Goodreads review by Tiffany

It covers a lot of info, really helped me wrap my head around the whole process, and also gives useful tips for home ownership as well as financial assistance for the initial purchase. I borrowed it from the library but I'm considering buying it to use as reference. I recommend it for people in the......more

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