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How to Buy Your Perfect First Home: What Every First-time Homebuyer Needs to Know
“The most seemingly minor decisions have costly and long-lasting consequences when it comes to a major purchase such as a home. This book helps you avoid expensive mistakes and negotiate the best deal.” ✰✰✰✰✰ Amazon Reviewer This easy-to-read Amazon-Bestseller guide answers all the questions every first-time homebuyer should to start the home buying processHow long does the home buying process take?How early should you start home hunting?How much home can you afford?How much downpayment should you have saved?How to compare mortgagesWhat’s the difference between pre-qualified and pre-approved?How to choose where you want to live?How long should house hunting take?How open houses workWhy first-time homebuyers should use a realtor and need a real estate attorneyHow to make and negotiate your offerHow much are closing costs? If you think about it, buying a home is actually three of your biggest financial decisions wrapped into one: Your home is your biggest purchaseYour mortgage is your biggest loanYour real estate broker is your biggest professional bill Read this book and you’ll only pay the best price and rates for your home, mortgage, and broker. Readers love this book! “This books could've been titled "Home Buying for Dummies." It's that straightforward and simple, and filled with information.” ✰✰✰✰✰ Amazon Reviewer “Terrific resource for first-time home buyers! Navigating the home buying process is quite intimidating but this book provides great insights and easy to follow guidelines” ✰✰✰✰✰ Amazon Reviewer “This book is a fantastic one-stop-how-to-buy guide to purchasing a home! It’s easy to read, easy to follow, and really easy to navigate” ✰✰✰✰✰ Amazon Reviewer
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128 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 5, 2018
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About the author
Anthony S. Park
7 books5 followersAnthony S. Park is a professional executor, attorney, and best-selling author of “How to Invest for Retirement.”
As an attorney, Anthony has advised hundreds of families on their personal finances. But more importantly, as a professional executor, he’s seen what fared well (and what didn’t) at the end, upon death.
He writes to share all that he’s learned from this unique perspective about money, personal finance, and business.
Anthony lives in New York with his wife and kids, bikes everywhere, and plays soccer every week (rain or shine).
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As an attorney, Anthony has advised hundreds of families on their personal finances. But more importantly, as a professional executor, he’s seen what fared well (and what didn’t) at the end, upon death.
He writes to share all that he’s learned from this unique perspective about money, personal finance, and business.
Anthony lives in New York with his wife and kids, bikes everywhere, and plays soccer every week (rain or shine).
Follow Anthony’s profile for updates, or join his email list at https://anthonyspark.com/join
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April 2, 2019
This book has lots of good information on buying a home for the first time. Not sure if I'll bite the bullet or not, but this book gave me (or reminded me of) some good information. Good grab on Kindle Unlimited.
April 8, 2021
lots of good advice for first time home buyer.
March 3, 2020
Excellent Beginner’s Guide to Home Buying Details
I have read several short nonfiction guides by this author, and in general, I find them to be very well written and to the point. This book is no exception. Buying a house is certainly a complex topic, and a book this short cannot cover every detail. But if you are new to buying a home, this will provide you with the terminology as well as many key points to consider at each step of the process. The book is broadly divided into three sections. The first is mostly introductory, the second is about figuring out what house you might want and qualify for, and the last section is about actually obtaining it. If you live in New York, as the author does, you will find little boxed tips scattered throughout that are specific to New York, but the rest of the book should apply to any place in the US. I thought some of his preparatory steps, as listed, took too long; in my first home-buying experience, some steps were certainly shorter. Some might think that this has a lot of detail for the first-time homebuyer, but the process is long and complex, and of course, ultimately takes a big chunk out of your income for a long period of time, so to my mind, this level of detail is warranted. All in all, especially as one who went through this process a couple of years ago, I found this to be a helpful guide that I wish I would have had just a few years ago before I went through this process myself. So if you're on the cusp of your first home purchase, I recommend this little guide to help get you thinking the right way and get you familiar with the terminology you will run into as you talk with bank officers, mortgage lenders, Realtors, and title companies.
I received a free copy of this book, but that did not affect my review.
My book blog: https://www.readingfanaticreviews.com
I have read several short nonfiction guides by this author, and in general, I find them to be very well written and to the point. This book is no exception. Buying a house is certainly a complex topic, and a book this short cannot cover every detail. But if you are new to buying a home, this will provide you with the terminology as well as many key points to consider at each step of the process. The book is broadly divided into three sections. The first is mostly introductory, the second is about figuring out what house you might want and qualify for, and the last section is about actually obtaining it. If you live in New York, as the author does, you will find little boxed tips scattered throughout that are specific to New York, but the rest of the book should apply to any place in the US. I thought some of his preparatory steps, as listed, took too long; in my first home-buying experience, some steps were certainly shorter. Some might think that this has a lot of detail for the first-time homebuyer, but the process is long and complex, and of course, ultimately takes a big chunk out of your income for a long period of time, so to my mind, this level of detail is warranted. All in all, especially as one who went through this process a couple of years ago, I found this to be a helpful guide that I wish I would have had just a few years ago before I went through this process myself. So if you're on the cusp of your first home purchase, I recommend this little guide to help get you thinking the right way and get you familiar with the terminology you will run into as you talk with bank officers, mortgage lenders, Realtors, and title companies.
I received a free copy of this book, but that did not affect my review.
My book blog: https://www.readingfanaticreviews.com
January 9, 2019
Good guide
This was a good guide for me as I look to buy my first home. The vocabulary explanations were particularly helpful to learn the jargon.
This was a good guide for me as I look to buy my first home. The vocabulary explanations were particularly helpful to learn the jargon.
July 27, 2020
Anthony S. Park offers first-time home buyers an excellent resource, especially if you live in New York City. Well-written and easy to understand, How To Buy Your Perfect First Home is a must-read before you begin house hunting or looking at mortgages. Park provides the necessary vocabulary lessons as well as an explanation of the important stepping stones and how they interrelate throughout the overall process. After an introduction to the home buying process, the book provides insight into deciding what house is the right fit for you and Park concludes with the details behind closing the deal. This is much more than just a helpful guide – if you’re considering purchasing your first home, buy this book today!
June 6, 2020
To the Point
Very tactical and overall served the purpose it set out to do. Like a well ran meeting that followed the agenda.
Very tactical and overall served the purpose it set out to do. Like a well ran meeting that followed the agenda.
August 2, 2022
Straight to the basic.
Well put together book on home purchase. Would I Recommend this book to friends & family, Yes! Yes! & Yes!
Well put together book on home purchase. Would I Recommend this book to friends & family, Yes! Yes! & Yes!
July 15, 2020
As a first time buyer I thought I'd read this for extra tips.. unfortunately, the target readers are those who are looking to buy homes/condos/co-ops in NYC, cities, or suburbs and isn't much help when you're looking to buy a home in the country. There wasn't a whole lot in here that I hadn't already learned from life experience and perusing online real estate articles. The pro is that the information is all condensed into one .pdf, the con is that you could easily glean this information from searching Google and reading up on tips for purchasing your first home. If you're in the market to purchase an apartment in NYC this book may be useful to you though it was not for me.
Disclaimer: I received a free ARC of this book and am voluntarily leaving an honest review.
Disclaimer: I received a free ARC of this book and am voluntarily leaving an honest review.
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February 15, 2020*I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review.*
As someone who is currently looking for their first home, I found this book to be quite helpful. It's pretty short, but I think if it had been much longer it would have read more like a real estate textbook than a guide for the average person. That being said, most of the information in this book is readily available online via a simple search. But there's definitely something to be said for the convenience of having it all put together into book format.
As someone who is currently looking for their first home, I found this book to be quite helpful. It's pretty short, but I think if it had been much longer it would have read more like a real estate textbook than a guide for the average person. That being said, most of the information in this book is readily available online via a simple search. But there's definitely something to be said for the convenience of having it all put together into book format.
February 6, 2025
Excellent Information
This was a good book to help anyone understand the process of buying a personal residence. Very easy to read and no confusing jargon. The author did an excellent job of keeping it simple, while still being very thorough in his explanations. I highly recommended this book!
This was a good book to help anyone understand the process of buying a personal residence. Very easy to read and no confusing jargon. The author did an excellent job of keeping it simple, while still being very thorough in his explanations. I highly recommended this book!
April 7, 2019
This should have been a one dollar book at best.
Basically everything is available for free online. Little extra insight. Wasted my money on this purchase. Only thing way i could see this a helpful would be for a New York city buyer given the extra blurbs in that specific market.
Basically everything is available for free online. Little extra insight. Wasted my money on this purchase. Only thing way i could see this a helpful would be for a New York city buyer given the extra blurbs in that specific market.
April 17, 2019
It's focused a bit on New York specific home buying with obviously slanted information. That being said it had some insights that could be useful to any first time buyer. Overall, it's okay.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
June 14, 2022
Short but useful
No fluff and lots of useful and wise advice and guidelines. A quick read and worth reviewing as you go through the phases of home buying. If you are in New York some very specific tips for each borough and for co-ops and condos.
No fluff and lots of useful and wise advice and guidelines. A quick read and worth reviewing as you go through the phases of home buying. If you are in New York some very specific tips for each borough and for co-ops and condos.
August 8, 2021
Very informative
Very informative. The explanation is very helpful. Buy a home for first time look like a lot of work. This book show you how to approach it. Good work
Very informative. The explanation is very helpful. Buy a home for first time look like a lot of work. This book show you how to approach it. Good work
November 12, 2021
Nice Tips!
My husband and I are hoping to buy our first home soon(ish), and I was very interested by some of the tips the author gave! I specifically like the “practice living on a mortgage budget.”
My husband and I are hoping to buy our first home soon(ish), and I was very interested by some of the tips the author gave! I specifically like the “practice living on a mortgage budget.”
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