Home buyer's checklist : everything you need to know - but forget to ask - before you buy a home

Everyone who has bought a home knows that an official inspection is no guarantee against unpleasant surprises, and that, ultimately, the burden to ask the important questions about the physical aspects of a home is on the home buyer. But buying a home is one of life’s most stressful, emotionally fraught activities, and it’s easy to see why many home buyers fail to anticipate the kinds of exasperating and expensive problems that can crop up after closing. Written by bestselling real estate author (more than 1 million books sold) Robert Irwin, Home Buyer's Checklist levels the playing field by equipping home buyers with a comprehensive list of questions pertaining to all the physical aspects of a house that may not be covered in an official inspection. From basement to attic, pantry to lawn, Bob walks readers through every room, nook, cranny, closet and keep, asking important questions about windows, screens, doors and door frames, fireplaces, light fixtures, moldings, and much, much more. And, drawing upon his many years of experience in the business, he provides pointers on how to deal with each problem, including information on how much it will cost to fix, how to estimate its short- and long-term consequences, how it should impact on the negotiating process, and more.

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surprises Are Only Fun If It's Your Birthday, Not After You Make An Offer Or Buy A Home And Surprise—it Needs A Lot More Work Than You Thought. Unfortunately, If You Ask Most Homeowners They'll Have A War Story About Their House That Begins With, I Never Looked Closely Or Asked The Agent Or Seller About That...! Or I Didn't Realize How Much Replacing The Damaged Floors Would Cost. It's Easy To Get Flabbergasted When You're House Hunting And Forget To Ask Important Questions Or Overlook Crucial Details. Let Robert Irwin, America's Number-one Real Estate Writer Let You Take Charge Of Your Home Search With home Buyer's Checklist, A Step-by-step, Room-by-room, Top-to-bottom Guide That Shows You Exactly How To Precheck A House before You Make An Offer.

• consider Or Eliminate­­when You're Looking At A Dozen Homes, Find Out When It Makes More Sense To Forget It Than To Buy It.
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take This Book With You When You Look At Homes And Let It Suggest What You Must Ask About Each House. With Practical And No-nonsense Advice, Robert Irwin Answers The Question: Where Do I Begin? Begin Here!

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Surprises are only fun if it's your birthday, not after you make an offer or buy a home, and "Surprise" -- it needs a lot more work than you thought. Unfortunately, if you ask most homeowners they'll have a war story about their house that begins with, "I never asked the agent or seller about that...!" Or "I didn't realize how much replacing damaged floors would cost." It's easy to get overwhelmed when you're house hunting and forget to ask important questions or overlook crucial details. Robert Irwin, America's number-one real estate writer lets you take charge of your home search with Home Buyer's Checklist, a step-by-step, room-by-room, top-to-bottom guide that shows you exactly how to "check out" a house before you make an offer.Take this book with you when you look at homes, and let it suggest what you must ask about each house. With practical and no-nonsense advice, Robert Irwin answers the question: "Where do I begin?" Begin Here! In older homes, the windows sometimes jam.