The Essential Home Buyer's Checklists: 88 Best Ways to Avoid the Costly Mistakes and Hidden Dangers Every Home Buyer Must Face - Softcover

Buying a home is stressful and full of details and tasks that must be completed-on time. Missing a deadline or forgetting an important piece of information can delay, prevent or destroy an entire deal. The missed detail can also cost hundreds of dollars and endless heartache. The Essential Home Buyer's Checklists provides someone looking for their new home a handy reference to make sure all their bases are covered.

Each checklist is followed by subsequent pages that supply explanations, pros and cons and additional considerations. Just a few of the checklist topics include:

--Deciding how much house you can afford
--Deciding what features you want in a home
--Working with a real estate agent
--Working with a contractor/construction company
--Shopping FSBO (For Sale by Owner) properties
--Comparing houses
--Preparing an offer
--The final walk-through tour with the prior owner
--Packing, discarding, storing
--Moving

Denise L. Evans received her law degree from the University of Alabama Law School. She is a licensed real estate broker and an active member of the Commercial Real Estate Club of Birmingham. Ms. Evans serves on the finance committee of the Birmingham chapter of CREW (Commercial Real Estate Women) and is a research associate for the Alabama Real Estate Research and Education Center. She resides with her husband in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.