Taming of the Screw by Dave Barry

Taming of the Screw by Dave Barry

Whether you're buying your first home or your fifth, it's important for buyers to learn the latest real estate rules about mortgage lenders, interest rates, down payments, real estate agents, disclosures, FHA loans, and other basic of home buying. That's where this book from the editors at realtor.com can help In this step-by-step book, we'll guide you through the home-buying process and point out the pitfalls, so that first-time home buyers can navigate the real estate market with confidence.
Here's some of the home-buying info you'll learn in this book:

• What price house first-time home buyers can afford and other mortgage info so that home ownership is financially feasible
• Advice to help home buyers clean up their credit score, and why it's key to get the best mortgage from a lender
• How first-timers can find the right mortgage lender, and what it means to get pre-approved verses pre-qualified for a home loan
• What buyers should know about FHA loans, USDA loans, and other mortgage and down payment options for a new home
• How a real estate agent or Realtor can help first-time buyers with home buying, mortgage loans, down payments, home sellers, and beyond Advice for home buyers on picking the right real estate agent or Realtor, as well as the best first home, mortgage loan, and more
• Step-by-step advice on how buyers should make an offer on a first home, and negotiate a real estate deal with home sellers
• What happens during a home appraisal, home inspection, home closing, and other stages of the home-buying process
• A guide for first-time home buyers on moving into their first home with minimal hassles

Dave Barry is a humor columnist. For 25 years he was a syndicated columnist whose work appeared in more than 500 newspapers in the United States and abroad. In 1988 he won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary. Many people are still trying to figure out how this happened.

Dave has also written a total of 25 books, although virtually none of them contain useful information. Two of his books were used as the basis for the CBS TV sitcom Dave's World, in which Harry Anderson played a much taller version of Dave.

Dave plays lead guitar in a literary rock band called the Rock Bottom Remainders, whose other members include Stephen King, Amy Tan, Ridley Pearson and Mitch Albom. They are not musically skilled, but they are extremely loud. Dave has also made many TV appearances, including one on the David Letterman show where he proved that it is possible to set fire to a pair of men's underpants with a Barbie doll.

In his spare time, Dave is a candidate for president of the United States. If elected, his highest priority will be to seek the death penalty for whoever is responsible for making Americans install low-flow toilets.

Dave lives in Miami, Florida, with his wife, Michelle, a sportswriter. He has a son, Rob, and a daughter, Sophie, neither of whom thinks he's funny.
Dave Barry is a humor columnist. For 25 years he was a syndicated columnist whose work appeared in more than 500 newspapers in the United States and abroad. In 1988 he won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary. Many people are still trying to figure out how this happened.

Dave has also written a total of 25 books, although virtually none of them contain useful information. Two of his books were used as the basis for the CBS TV sitcom Dave's World, in which Harry Anderson played a much taller version of Dave.

Dave plays lead guitar in a literary rock band called the Rock Bottom Remainders, whose other members include Stephen King, Amy Tan, Ridley Pearson and Mitch Albom. They are not musically skilled, but they are extremely loud. Dave has also made many TV appearances, including one on the David Letterman show where he proved that it is possible to set fire to a pair of men's underpants with a Barbie doll.

In his spare time, Dave is a candidate for president of the United States. If elected, his highest priority will be to seek the death penalty for whoever is responsible for making Americans install low-flow toilets.

Dave lives in Miami, Florida, with his wife, Michelle, a sportswriter. He has a son, Rob, and a daughter, Sophie, neither of whom thinks he's funny.

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ISBN 13	9780878574841
ISBN 10	0878574840
Title	Taming of the Screw
Author	Dave Barry
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Rodale Press
Year published	2000-05-05
Number of pages	96
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