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About Home Buying In 30 Minutes

Buying a home is one of the most important purchases you will ever make. Whether you are buying a house, a condo, or a multifamily property, let housing expert Jim Morrison show you how to do it right. Topics include:

  • Best practices for building a professional real estate team
  • How to determine how much home you can afford
  • Mortgages and down payments, and how to get the lowest mortgage rates
  • Tips for making an offer on a house
  • How to handle bidding wars
  • When to waive real estate contingencies
  • What to watch out for when touring homes
  • How to work with home inspectors
  • How house defects impact negotiations

This quick guide on how to buy a home in the United States uses plain-English explanations and lots of real estate examples from the author’s decades of experience as a professional home inspector and award-winning journalist covering the housing industry. Home Buying In 30 Minutes will give you a foundation of understanding and best practices as you and your real estate team evaluate homes, make an offer on the property, and close the deal.

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Plain-English explanations and case studies. Buy it today!

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The 'In 30 Minutes' series demystifies and simplifies topics that leave non-techies scratching their heads for insight, if not plain old comprehension.

Jessica Lipnack
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I have found these books to be very helpful as they deal with the important items that allow one to get up and running quickly with a minimum of side issue discussion.

Dr. B. W. Langer
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Jim Morrison knows his stuff . . . and knows how to explain it in clear, practical terms. First-time homebuyers will find this book to be a quick and easy investment in a guide to a big and complicated process.

Timothy M. Warren, Jr.Chief Executive Officer, The Warren Group
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Jim's book reminds me of the reports he wrote as a top home inspector in New England: smart, thorough, clear, and concise. Packed with accurate, valuable, useful information in a very read-able form. Don't buy a home without it!

Mike AtwellPresident, J. May Home Inspections; President, the New England Chapter of the American Society of Home Inspectors (ASHI)