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How to Buy a House in Today’s Economy

By Barron Darby

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Length9h 54m

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A practical step-by-step guide to buying smart, structuring ownership, protecting assets, and building long-term wealth. The thirty-year rate is 7.28 percent. The median house in Orlando costs 400,000 dollars, and the payment on it takes 42 percent of what the median household earns before tax. Half the people who own a home are sitting on a rate under 4 percent that no lender will write again. That is the economy this book was written in, and it does not pretend the numbers are anything other than what they are.

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GenreBusiness and Economics, Self-Help

Length9 hrs 54 mins

Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices

FormateBook with Audio

Publish dateOct 6, 2026

LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1The Number On The Door

2Rent Or Buy, Answered With Arithmetic

3What A House Costs Every Month

4The Four Numbers A Lender Reads

5Your Budget Before The Bank’S Budget

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6Part Two

7Step One: Fix The Credit Before You Shop

8Step Two: Build The Down Payment And The Cushion

9Step Three: Choose The Loan

10The Veteran’S Advantage

11Where The Deals Are

12Grants And The Perks You Have Earned

13Step Four: Get Pre-Approved And Read The Loan Estimate

14Chapter Fifteen

15Step Five: Hire Your Agent Under The New Rules

16Step Six: Shop Like An Underwriter

17Step Seven: Write The Offer

18Step Eight: Inspect Everything

19Step Nine: Appraisal, Title And Insurance

20Chapter Seven

21Step Ten: Close Without Getting Robbed

22The First Ninety Days Of Ownership

23Part Three

24How Title Is Held

25The Revocable Living Trust And Your Home

26The Llc Question, Answered Plainly

27When The Llc Is Right: Rentals And House Hacking

28Deeds That Skip Probate

29The Legacy Binder For Your House

30Part Four

31Insurance Is The First Wall

32Homestead: The Protection You Already Own

33Irrevocable Trusts, Medicaid And The Long Game

34Deed Fraud, Wire Fraud And The Scams Aimed At Owners

35The Family Briefing

36Part Five

37The Tax Shelters A Homeowner Actually Has

38The Half Million You Keep: Section 121

39The Home Office And The Fourteen-Day Rule

40From Home To Rental: Depreciation And The Investor’S Rules

41The Six Years He Lived In The House Count Toward The Two-Out-Of-Five Test For A

42Equity, Refinancing, Recasting And Paying It Down

43Part Six

44The Annual Ownership Review

45Who Should Not Buy A House Right Now

46Chapter Fifteen

47Chapter Twenty-Six

48Also by Barron Darby

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