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The Smart Way to Get It and Keep It
Advantage World Press
February 2008
On Sale: April 3, 2008
304 pages ISBN: 1932450858 EAN: 9781932450859 Hardcover
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Self-Help
Finally: A Personal Finance Book That Teaches Renters and
Owners The Truth About What It Takes To Be A Successful
Homeowner Record Foreclosures. Mortgage Meltdown. Credit
Crunch. The headlines are filled with doom and gloom about
the housing market. Despite the bad news, millions of
people in the United States still want to achieve the
American Dream of homeownership and millions more are
trying desperately to hang on to homes they previously
bought. Maybe you're one of them. Too bad nobody ever
taught you how to become a smart homebuyer or even told you
the whole truth about whether you were really ready to own
a home at all. Until now. In Your First Home: The Smart Way
to Get It and Keep It, Lynnette Khalfani-Cox, The Money
Coach, offers a no-hype personal finance guide that will
help you prepare for, find and finance the home of your
dreams and not lose it to foreclosure. For those worried
about making the leap from renter to owner, Lynnette
explains how to turn bad credit into perfect credit, in
seven simple steps. She also offers scores of tips on how
to manage money and save cash even if you've never been
able to budget. Best of all, Lynnette walks you step-by-
step through the house-hunting and mortgage application
process, saving you time, money and unnecessary
frustration. In Your First Home, renters will learn: The
secrets to getting approved for a mortgage loan even if you
have bad credit, no savings or down payment, a small salary
or big debts Where to get up to $40,000 in free grants for
a down payment and closing costs How to pick a great real
estate agent, home appraiser, and attorney The special
account guaranteed to triple your savings in one year
Strategies to negotiate the best price for a home, avoid
predatory lenders and obtain a good mortgage After reading
Your First Home, homeowners will learn: How to keep your
home and avoid foreclosure if you face financial troubles
after you buy a house Unexpected sources that will pay your
mortgage if you can't Dos and don'ts of refinancing your
mortgage What no one ever tells you about home equity loans
The Seven Commandments of successful homeownership How to
manage and grow the equity in your home Financial planning
strategies and tax tips available only to homeowners
Homeownership isn't a right. It's a major responsibility.
Your First Home offers a realistic look at the entire life
cycle of being a homeowner with all its joys and pains.
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