How to Buy a House in California - Softcover

Warner Attorney, Ralph; Serkes, Ira; Devine, George

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9781413321081: How to Buy a House in California

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ISBN 10: 1413321089 ISBN 13: 9781413321081

Publisher: NOLO, 2015

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Strategies that work in California's unique market

Looking for a house in the Golden State? How to Buy a House in California will show you how to get a house you can afford and will enjoy living in for many years.

With this bestseller in hand, you'll learn how to:

choose a house and neighborhood you'll love
select and manage a knowledgeable, hard-working agent
qualify for the best mortgage
figure out how much down payment you can afford
make an offer and negotiate a good deal
compete in multiple-bid situations
inspect a house for problems and hazards
buy and sell houses simultaneously
get through escrow successfully

This 15th edition is completely updated with tips on how to deal with increasing prices and tightened lending practices. Plus, you’ll find information on new laws regarding buying a foreclosure home.

Packed with checklists and financial information, How to Buy a House in California will guide you step-by-step through the process of buying a home.

Check out Nolo's list of California products for your other legal tasks. Not a California resident? Check out Nolo's Essential Guide to Buying Your First Home for information on buying a home in your state.

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Book Description:

Whether readers have never bought a home at all, or never bought a home in California, they’ll be delighted to find this friendly, easy-to-read guide, with insights from two experienced California realtors. They’ll also appreciate how it draws on Nolo’s legal expertise to explain the financial parts of the transaction and the contractual obligation they’ll be entering into. A recipe book for homebuying success!

About the Author:

Ralph Warner, a pioneer of the do-it-yourself law movement, founded Nolo with Ed Sherman in 1971. He began publishing do-it-yourself law books after numerous publishers rejected them. Warner holds a law degree from Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California at Berkeley and an undergraduate degree from Princeton.

Ira Serkes is a local Realtor with RE/MAX Real Estate (www.berkeleyhomes.com) and a Certified Residential Specialist. He and his wife, Carol, specialize in helping home buyers and sellers throughout the east bay. He is a founding member of The Institute for Luxury Home Marketing and author of Nolo's How to Buy a House in California and Get the Best Deal When Selling Your Home -- San Francisco Bay Area Edition from Gabriel Publications. Serkes is also a graduate of Realtors Institute (GRI), a Certified Internet Real Estate Professional (e-Pro), a Seniors Real Estate Specialist (SRES) and one of only 4,000 U.S. an Accredited Buyer Representatives (ABR).

George Devine is a licensed real estate broker and a widely respected educator in the real estate field. He holds a B.A. from the University of San Francisco, and an M.A. from Marquette University, and has pursued additional studies at San Francisco State University, Seton Hall University, Fordham University, New York University, the University of California at Berkeley and other academic institutions. Currently, he teaches real estate at the McLaren School of Business at the University of San Francisco, where he was named the Outstanding Adjunct Professor. For several years, George wrote the popular "Real Estate Handbook" column in the weekly Real Estate Guide section of the San Francisco Progress. He is the author of For Sale By Owner in California and coauthor of How to Buy a House in California.

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