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    <![CDATA[100 Questions Every First-Time Home Buyer Should Ask: With Answers from Top Brokers from Around the Country (100 Questions Every First-Time Home Buyer Should Ask)]]>
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    <![CDATA[From the most trusted name in real estate, here is the latest edition of the indispensable guide that helps first-time buyers land the home of their dreams.<br/><br/>Ilyce R. Glink has established herself as America’s most trusted real estate expert. In this new, fully revised and updated edition of the book that made her a household name, Glink offers more than 100 pages of new material addressing all of the current trends home buyers need to stay on top of, including:<br/><br/>• The new construction housing boom and how home buyers can make the most of it<br/><br/>• Mortgage lending innovations, such as interest-only financing and the ability to finance 103 percent of the purchase price<br/><br/>• The changing habits of first-time home buyers (purchasing without a broker, using discount Internet-based services, and buying first homes as investments)<br/><br/>• The latest information on asbestos, mold, radon, and other bio-environmental hazards and new, inexpensive testing methods any home buyer can use<br/><br/>In this third edition of <em>100 Questions Every First-Time Home Buyer Should Ask</em>, Glink presents new stories of real people who have gone through the home-buying process for the first time and once again offers her trademark friendly advice on how to avoid common home-buyer mistakes.<br/><br/><br/>Also available as an eBook]]>
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  <body>be honest with your broker about what you want; but never reveal your max price</body>
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  <body>very important to understand your states broker agency laws.  broker may technically work for the seller.</body>
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  <body>a fixer-upper has the most potential for increasing value BUT the neighborhood value will enforce a ceiling</body>
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