Your Real Estate Closing Explained Simply: What Smart Buyers & Sellers Need to Know

Written in plain English for general readers, this book guides readers through the closing process from the buyer's and seller's perspectives, covering real estate agents, the offer, escrow, the title and the title agent, and the closing, as well as buying and selling under special circumstances, and the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act. A state-by-state review gives information on each state's laws in question-and-answer format. Appendices offer sample contracts, deeds, and agreements. Blain is a freelance writer. Annotation 穢2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)