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Everything you need to know when hunting for a second home!
You don’t have to be rich to buy a second home — but you do need to be smart. Buying a Second Home delivers the smarts, showing how to make the purchase of your second home a success!
You’ll learn how to identify an affordable price range, choose a great location, get low-cost financing, minimize taxes and more. Explore topics you won’t find in other home-buying books, includi… More >>
Buying a Second Home: Income, Getaway or Retirement
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The purchase of a second home for use as an income property, for vacation getaways, for retirement, is becoming more and more popular and no longer relegated to the upper income wealthy. Indeed, in today’s market, two out of every five U.S. homes are purchased as a second residence. Craig Venezia is an authority on private mortgages and brings to bear his considerable experience and expertise in “Buying A Second Home: Income, Getaway Or Retirement”, a comprehensive and detailed manual designed for the non-specialist general reader thinking about acquiring a second residence. Of special note are the ‘Seven Secrets of Buying a Second Home’ covering such fundamental issues as timing the purchase of a second home, budgeting for a second home, the importance of location, understanding tax consequences, nontraditional financing, renting to offset the expenses of purchase and maintenance, and protecting the investment that a second home represents. Accompanied by a CD containing useful checklists and custom worksheets for use when entering the market for a second residence, “Buying A Second Home” is essential, money-saving, investment enhancing, anxiety abating, fundamentally important reading for anyone contemplating the purchase of a second home for themselves that would be compatible with their financial resources and life style plans.
Rating: 5 / 5
I found this book to be extremely helpful. The author did a great job at breaking down complex information into easy-to-understand, everyday language. In particular, I found the budget worksheet (which also appears on the CD-ROM in the back of the book) to be great! It walked me through step-by-step how to create a realistic, affordable budget. This book is a must have for anyone thinking about buying a second home.
Rating: 5 / 5
Easy book to understand the tax advantages (esp. depreciation) of buying a second home. Recommended. Couple with “How a Second Home Can Be Your Best Investment” for strategies in buying up.
Rating: 4 / 5
Comprehensive treatment of second home subject. Readable, understandable, and broad in scope.
Rating: 4 / 5
An excellent guide. The author did a great job providing the right amount of context and orientation alongside the specifics. The checklists and worksheets rounded it out to provide a soup-to-nuts guide on the subject. I wish more authors approached informative material like this.
Rating: 4 / 5