Download or read book The Home Owner's Guide to Taking Control of Your Money written by Farnoosh Torabi and published by Pearson Education. This book was released on 2010-11-08 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Should you buy your first home? What will it really cost? How can you manage the finances if you’ve already jumped in? You’ve turned to this report because you want to understand how to prepare to purchase your own first home. (Or, perhaps, you’ve already made the move and want to manage your new responsibilities with grace and financial savvy.) Let’s start with the most obvious first question, which is a bit more involved than crunching numbers…