The Insider's Guide to Home Buying, San Francisco Edition includes advanced home buying secrets for beginners that will open the door to becoming a prepared homeowner. Shawn Kunkler's latest book demystifies the San Francisco home buying process with an easy to follow home buying blueprint. He efficiently guides you through the basics of how to begin, who to talk to and what documents are required to get started. This concentrated guide spotlights early warning signs and basic mistakes to avoid. Discover how to identify current market trends to find the best deals.

Building Your Home provides home buyers with firsthand, up-to-date information about what to expect, who's responsible for what tasks, the questions they need to ask, and the opportunities and options available at each stage of the building process. Carol Smith shares her expertise to help you provide the utmost in customer satisfaction. Help educate your customers about the home building process by providing them with a copy of Building Your Home.

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

Car negotiating is made easy and profitable with the help of this essential handbook. Filled with easy-to-reference checklists, scenarios, and formulas, the book arms readers with the knowledge to negotiate effectively.

For many homeowners, refinancing a mortgage can save them significant money, considerably reducing their monthly payments. It can also give them breathing space to pay off debts or allow them to make other investments, pay for college, or finance home improvements. An Insider’s Guide to Refinancing Your Mortgage is dedicated to an often-misunderstood aspect of mortgage lending: refinancing a mortgage loan. Readers will learn why to refinance, when to finance, as well as how to find the best lender, loan officer, and rate. Mortgage expert David Reed takes readers step bystep through the refinance process and shows them how to evaluate their current loan program and compare it with other options. By following Reed’s invaluable advice, homeowners will learn: when a refinance is right for them • how to lock in the absolute lowest rate at the lowest cost • how the mortgage process works from the inside • how loan officers get paid • how to identify and avoid predatory lenders • how to negotiate closing costs An Insider’s Guide to Refinancing Your Mortgage will save readers money and heartache when negotiating a loan.

The Insider's Guide to Investing in Senior Housing, "America's Best Financial Opportunity for the Next 25 Years!" is the definitive handbook for those wanting to discover how who to best capitalize on the the massive demographic shift called the "Silver Tsunami".Written by seasoned business/investment experts, brothers Gene and Jim Guarino share how to participate as an active or passive investor in the exciting new real estate investment opportunity of senior housing.

"Covers designing, planning, building and living in a log home, with details on selecting a log-home producer, evaluating log packages, incorporating green energy, buying land, calculating costs, and working with a builder and other key players. Also discusses interior decorating, landscaping, living with wildlife, log home maintenance, and warranties"--Provided by publisher.

A must-read, practical insider's guide for all home buyers.Whether you're buying your first home, your next home or your forever home, the proven process shared throughout this book will be an invaluable guide. Award-winning real estate agent and popular podcaster Todd Sloan speaks with hundreds of people each week and their objectives are always the same: they want to find and purchase the right property quickly and for a good price.Sharing insider tips and tricks that selling agents wouldn't normally disclose, Australia's Home Buying Guide is an insightful, practical and fun guide that takes the stress out of buying a home. It covers common pitfalls and traps buyers should watch out for when they're at the start of their search, such as:How to make sure you get your finances approved correctly. How to get the best deal on your loan and potentially save thousands of dollars.How to find the right area for you and your family (if you have one).What questions to ask the agent to give you a competitive edge.How to read a selling agent's tricks and potentially save stacks of cash.Knowing your rights if you change your mind after you've signed the contract. Todd Sloan has a genuine passion for helping people during what is often a scary and stressful process, and he brings a unique and useful insider's perspective on how to buy property in this must-read guide for home buyers.