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First-Time Home Buyer
Everything you need to buy your first home, from initial decisions all the way to the closing table! Outsmart the financial trap of homeownership with advice that can save you a fortune.
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Find out exactly when it's a good idea to take the house-buying leap - Lender Comparison Spreadsheet
To help compare apples to apples when choosing a lender - Self-Directed Home Inspection Checklist
A printable copy of the checklist included in the book - Multiple checklists not included in the book
To-dos before starting, questions for interviewing agents, everything to do while under contract, and more! - 30-page ebook by Scott Trench
"Six Steps to Eliminating Debt & Repairing Credit" - 15-page ebook by Mindy Jensen
"Boost Your Profits When Selling Your Investment Property"
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“This book is the first, and maybe most important, investment you can make in buying your first home."
―JL Collins, author of The Simple Path to Wealth
"In First-Time Home Buyer, Scott and Mindy helped this long-time renter feel like buying a home doesn't have to be so daunting! You'll get answers to questions you didn't even know you should have."
―Erin Lowry, author of the Broke Millennial series
No matter how desperately you want to escape the renter’s cycle, buying a house isn’t always a good investment. Your home can destroy your wealth and freedom or generate the same—and this book will show you how to make a decision that gives you the most financial flexibility possible.
Scott Trench and Mindy Jensen of the BiggerPockets Money Podcast have been buying and selling houses for thirty years. In First-Time Home Buyer, they’ll give you a comprehensive overview of the home-buying process so you can consider all of your options and avoid pitfalls while jumping into the big, bad role of homeowner.
Don’t let the “American Dream” trick you into making a poor life decision. Buy a house with your eyes wide open and outsmart the world’s most common financial trap!
- Is buying a house a good investment, and what’s wrong with the way everyone else does it?
- How much house can you afford (with a free Rent vs. Buy spreadsheet available for download!)
- Everything you should know about the housing market and appreciation
- Steps you can take to turn your first home into a future cash-flowing investment
- How to choose a real estate agent and a lender that have your best interests in mind
- What to look for when buying a house, and what to absolutely avoid
- How to decide if fixer-upper houses and home renovation are right for you
- The nitty-gritty details of how to buy a house, like how to view properties with an eye for detail, submit offers, survive your home inspection, and everything else from contract to closing!
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Scott Trench is CEO of BiggerPockets, co-host of the BiggerPockets Money Podcast, a real estate investor and broker, and a bestselling author of Set for Life and First-Time Home Buyer. Through a solid understanding of money management, calculated risks, and a lot of hard work, he created financial freedom for himself as well as a successful real estate business just three years after graduating college. Scott currently lives in Denver, Colorado and enjoys skiing, rugby, craft beers, and terrible punny jokes.
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Mindy Jensen has been buying and selling homes for more than twenty years. Currently, she’s working on her ninth live-in flip—she buys ugly houses, moves in, makes them beautiful, sells them, and starts the process all over again. She is a licensed real estate agent in Colorado, co-host of the BiggerPockets Money Podcast, author of two books, and the Community Manager for BiggerPockets.com. When you can get her to stop talking about real estate, you can find her on her bike or adventuring in the beautiful mountains of Colorado.