The Complete Idiot S Guide To Online Buying And Selling A Home

Using everyday language and straight-forward examples, this resource covers all areas of real estate buying and selling on the Internet--from financing and choosing and agent to researching neighborhoods and negotiating a sale or purchase.

So you ve decided you want to sell your house, but the idea of paying 7% to a broker just seems like money thrown away. Well, as many FSBO s have found, it can get pretty complicated. The Complete Idiot s Guide to Selling Your Own Homeprovides the most comprehensive coverage for selling your home on your own. Whether you re going to pay a small commission for online help or a flat fee for an MLS listing, or you want to handle every step of the sale on your own, this new Complete Idiot s Guidewill help walk readers through the process - providing tons of tips on everything from signs and open houses to appraisals and inspections. And the included CD provides sample contracts, boilerplate forms, and checklists to help readers at every step along the way.

In good times and bad, the home-seller's bible . . . In today's uncertain real estate market, sellers are deeply concerned with getting the most value for their homes. Now more than ever, readers need books that will help them find the most effective ways to make their homes attractive to buyers, save money, and make the sales process easier. This unique guide will teach readers everything real estate agents and brokers know—and more! • Reflects changes in the real estate market in the past several years—and explains how to deal with the market no matter when the reader is looking to sell

"The top-selling, most complete buyer's and seller's guide available." The top-selling book on the subject, this latest edition of "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Buying and Selling a Home" focuses on everything to do with the sale and purchase of a house. With updated information on finding good schools and neighborhoods, expanded coverage on home auction sales, and the changing options buyers and sellers have with brokers, this is the best home buyer's and seller's guide on the market.

Home is where the heart is. You're no idiot, of course. But this real estate stuff has you really confused. And sometimes you just want to throw up your hands and say, Oh, give me a home—any old home! Don't settle for a shotgun shack! Whether you're on the market for a new place or want to unload your old abode (or both), The Complete Idiot's Guide to Buying and Selling a Home, Fourth Edition, will help make the whole process less painful. Shelly O'Hara has written more than 30 books including the three previous editions of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Buying and Selling a Home. She works closely with real estate agents and specialists in the real estate market. Nancy D. Lewis is a freelance editor and author of numerous books on lifestyles topics. She is also a multiple home buyer and seller. Learn more about. Getting your home ready to sell. How to decide what to ask for your home. Understanding a sales contract. Fixed-rate, adjustable-rate, and two-step mortgages. The best ways to market and show your home. What to do if you don't get any offers. What happens at closing from a buyer's and seller's perspective. The tax implications of buying or selling a home. The benefits of refinancing and how to go about it.

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.