Marcia Stewart

Ilona M. Bray

Alayna Schroeder

When it comes to buying a home, the first time is always the hardest—whether it's searching for the perfect property, struggling to raise a down payment, or striking the deal. Fortunately for first-timers, Nolo's Essential Guide to Buying Your First Home provides key information on each step of the purchase process.This book incorporates down-to-earth, authoritative advice from a panel of 12 real estate professionals, including real estate brokers, a home inspector, a mortgage specialist plus experts on home insurance, condominiums, homeowner's associations, neighborhood demographics, and more. Real estate newbies will get the best information available on: • purchasing houses (old and new), condos, coops, and townhouses • realistic budget, mortgage and credit advice • borrowing a down payment from family and friends • doing a thorough property inspection • making an attractive offer and successfully closing the deal Every year more than 2.5 million American homes are purchased by first-time buyers. Specially tailored to meet the needs of these motivated buyers, Nolo's Essential Guide to Buying Your First Home is insightful, entertaining, and easy-to-use. This guide comes complete with tons of added-value features a CD filled with MP3s and forms, including home buying wish list, budget worksheet, home inspection checklist, and interview questions for real estate agents, brokers, inspectors, and other professionals.

Nolo's Essential Guide to Buying Your First Home

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Effective Fundraising for Nonprofits

Features advice and stories from over forty experienced fundraisers, with information on how to work with individual donors, plan special events, solicit grants, get media coverage, and use the Web to further fundraising goals.

Real-world Strategies that Work

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Ilona Bray

Ruby Lieberman

"A step-by-step guide to obtaining U.S. residency by various non-work related means, such as political asylum, the visa lottery or a family member"--Provided by publisher.

How to Get a Green Card

"A comprehensive guide to raising money written for volunteers and staff who aren't necessarily professional fundraisers. Containing insights and stories from a team of nonprofit experts, this book covers both the practical and the fun, creative aspects of fundraising"--Provided by publisher.

Raise Money for Your School, Team, Library Or Community Group

The Volunteers' Guide to Fundraising

All the information, instruction & forms you need to get a U.S. green card through marriage.

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