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10 Best Home Buying Books

Goal: Find the best Home Buying books according to the internet (not just one person's opinion).

Method:

  1. Search for "best home buying books" and study the top 5+ pages.
  2. Add only the books mentioned 2+ times.
  3. Rank the results neatly here.

10 Best Home Buying Books

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1

Buying a Home

The Missing Manual

by Nancy Conner

2

Nolo's Essential Guide to Buying Your First Home

by Ilona Bray J.D.

3

Home Buyer's Checklist

Everything You Need to Know--but Forget to Ask--Before You Buy a Home

by Robert Irwin

4

Home Buying Kit For Dummies

by Eric Tyson

5

How to Get Approved for the Best Mortgage Without Sticking a Fork in Your Eye

A Comprehensive Guide for First Time Home Buyers and Home Buyers Getting a Mortgage Since the Mortgage Crisis of 2008

by Ms Elysia Stobbe

6

No Nonsense Real Estate

What Everyone Should Know Before Buying or Selling a Home

by Alex Goldstein

7

The 106 Common Mistakes Homebuyers Make

(and How to Avoid Them)

by Gary W. Eldred

8

The Mortgage Encyclopedia

The Authoritative Guide to Mortgage Programs, Practices, Prices and Pitfalls

by Jack Guttentag

9

100 Questions Every First-Time Home Buyer Should Ask

With Answers from Top Brokers from Around the Country

by Ilyce R. Glink

10

The Amityville Horror

by Jay Anson

Sources

Edited by

Richard Reis

Software engineer whose passion for tracking book recommendations from podcasts inspired the creation of MRB.

Anurag Ramdasan

Lead investor at 3one4 Capital whose startup expertise and love for books helped shaped MRB and its growth.

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