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Guide to Home
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Available for your use in the library,
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917.3 Ame |
American
Cost of Living Survey |
Salaries and
cost of living statistics for 506 US cities. |
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R 917.3 Ame |
America’s
Top-Rated Cities |
Detailed
demographics and statistics for major
US
cities. |
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R 917.3 Ame |
America’s
Top-Rated Smaller Cities |
Detailed
demographics and statistics for smaller
US
cities. |
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917.3 Sav |
Places
Rated Almanac |
Cost of living,
transportation, job outlook, education, climate, crime, arts, health care, &
recreation
for 354 metropolitan areas. |
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I R C U L A T I N G B O O K S |
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332.024 Bac |
The
Automatic Millionaire Homeowner |
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332.72
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Secrets of Buying and Selling
Real Estate… Without Using Your Own Money |
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333.33
Buy |
Buying
& Selling a Home |
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333.33 Gli |
50 Simple Steps You Can
Take to Sell Your Home |
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333.33
Irw |
Tips
& Traps When Selling a Home |
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333.33
Tra |
Open
House - A Home Inspection Guide for Buyers & Sellers
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333.338 Edm |
Retire on the
house: using real estate to secure your retirement |
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643.12 Irw |
Home Buyers Checklist |
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643.12 Irw |
Tips & Traps When Buying a Home |
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F I N D I N G B O O K S & O T H E R L
I B R A R Y M A T E R I A L S/
Dewey Decimal browsing numbers:
333.33,
643.12 |
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In
addition to reference books, you may want to search for
other books and materials (videos, audiobooks, etc.) on your
topic. The best way to find good sources of
information is to do a subject
search in our Library catalog. You can access the Library’s
online catalog from the Library or home by going to our Web
page
(www.wppl.org),
then - Search Our Catalog - in the upper right hand.
A good subject search for this topic is
house buying.
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You may also
want to check out the collection of thousands of online books (eBooks)
the Library has to offer located on the Web site
www.netlibrary.com. Initially,
you must open an account from Library computer terminals,
but you will then be able to use the account from home as well. Search
for employment and career
books by the following categories: subject,
title, author. See a reference librarian for more detail.
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The following sources can be used to find magazine articles dealing
with your topic:
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The Readers’ Guide to
Periodical Literature - Adult Reference
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Search for articles on a subject within any given year.
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EBSCOhost
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InfoTrac
OneFile
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Search for full text articles on these online databases using your
choice of keywords. You can limit your search to a certain year
or even a certain magazine. |
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Fannie
Mae's Home Buying Guide |
Four guides to the ins and
outs of lending practices and mortgages. In PDF format. |
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Home
Buyer's
Information
Center |
Tips
& budgeting checklists, finding or building a home, mortgages,
contracts, inspections and other aspects of home buying. |
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Home Purchasing Guide |
A collection of helpful article
from E-finance Directory. |
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Home
Seller’s Information Center |
Checklists, selling with or w/out agents,
pricing, house showing, contracts & more. |
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HouseBuyingTips.com |
Many tips on buying a house and avoiding scams. |
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Realtor.com's
Moving |
Articles,
columns, calculators, salary converter, city guides, relocation wizard, school
reports, home-buying advice and more. |
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MSN's Selling Your House |
Home
locator, buying and selling tips, rentals, insurance,
financing, repairs and, for a fee, foreclosures. |
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Zillow |
Find out the
market value of your home or potential home, lot size, sales
history, comps, bird’s eye photos & more. |
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