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Buying a house, condo, or multifamily property? Buying a home is one of the most important purchases you will ever make. 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 or condominium 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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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 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 Atwell, President, J. May Home Inspections; President, the New England Chapter of the American Society of Home Inspectors (ASHI) Jim Morrison's quick guide, Home Buying in 30 Minutes, is a must-read for any first-time home buyer. The guide's clear text and thoughtful format with helpful chart and graphics make it an invaluable resource. Protips scattered throughout the text aid readers unfamiliar with the real estate legal jargon. I can particularly recommend Morrison's advice on engaging a real estate lawyer as the first step in the home buying process. Morrison brings decades of experience in the real estate world to this succinct guidebook. - Peter Wittenborg, Esq., Executive Director, The Real Estate Bar Association for Massachusetts Most of us have bought a house. Many of us have used a home inspector. Very few of us know someone like Jim Morrison. Jim is intelligent, extremely competent but more importantly, a great communicator. If you want to buy a house, you want Jim's expertise on your side. - Frank Lesh, former Executive Director & President, ASHI

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Jim Morrison is an award-winning reporter and former home inspector whose writing has appeared in The Boston Globe, Banker & Tradesman, and Forbes.com.

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