Download or read book The Unofficial Guide to Being a Homeowner written by Unofficial Panel of Experts and published by MacMillan Publishing Company. This book was released on 1999-08-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Buying a first home is a huge undertaking -- and you thought dealing with mortgage lenders and the closing was the hard part. Once those final papers are signed you are responsible for maintaining your home, paying all the bills, hiring plumbers and electricians...the works! And it's crucial to do things right the first time, without wasting time and money, because there's no landlord or super to fall back on. The Unofficial Guide to Being a Homeowner helps first-time homeowners do just that. It's packed with totally up-to-date insider's advice on every aspect of caring for a house -- advice that could potentially save buyers thousands of dollars.