BUYING OR SELLING YOUR HOME

Not- how to turn $1000 into a million- in real estate- in your spare time, but how to have the right legal and financial information at hand, this is directed at the individual involved in buying- or selling- a house. What are the costs and benefits of home ownership (as well as hazards); considerations of the neighborhood selected; what-in the most general terms possible- to look for in a house; the broker, the contract and the closing; the financing of the house (it is ""almost always better to be in debt"") and where and how mortgages are secured; and the selling of a house, with its concomitant tax problems, etc. Extensive appendices (on terms, restrictions, controls, the title, the contract, etc., etc.) complete a manual of brief, business- like guidance.