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Hodges, Jane.

Rent vs. own : a real estate reality check for navigating booms, busts, and bad advice / Jane Hodges. - San Francisco : Chronicle Books, c2012. - 265 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Apartment therapy: what's a person like me doing in a real estate market like this? -- The United States of homeownership -- Talk is cheap, housing is expensive -- What kind of investment is a home? -- The S-word: sustainable housing -- Who is the real real estate consumer? -- Confronting your credit history -- Deposits and down payments -- Monthly payments: rent check versus mortgage payment -- How mortgages work -- What does an agent do? -- Researching properties -- Cutting a deal -- Distressed properties: damaged goods -- or good deals? -- Controlling your space -- Nest in peace -- Preserving property value in a dynamic market -- Exiting gracefully -- Life change: the rent/own lifecycle -- The future: where do we go from here?

ISBN: 9781452102535 1452102538

LCCN: 2011018893

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Home ownership.
Rental housing.
House buying.
Landlord and tenant.

LC Class. No.: HD7287.8 / H62 2012

Dewey Class. No.: 643/.12