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    The Millennial Homeowner: A Guide to Successfully Navigating Your First Home Purchase
    The Millennial Homeowner: A Guide to Successfully Navigating Your First Home Purchase
    The Millennial Homeowner: A Guide to Successfully Navigating Your First Home Purchase
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    The Millennial Homeowner: A Guide to Successfully Navigating Your First Home Purchase

    By Lauren Bowling

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    In her debut book "The Millennial Homeowner," personal finance blogger Lauren Bowling provides a wealth of home buying tips and money management lessons to help millennials redefine their relationship with money. Written in Lauren’s warm, funny, and easy-to-understand voice, this book helps millennial homebuyers financially prepare for the biggest purchase of their lifetime. By breaking down complex financial concepts into clear, manageable tools, Lauren has written the ultimate resource to help millennials navigate the overwhelming process of purchasing and maintaining their first home.

    Inside "The Millennial Homeowner" you will learn:
    • How to financially prepare for homeownership
    • Practical tips to begin searching for your first home
    • How to determine affordability and avoid overspending
    • Specific items to look for during a home inspection
    • What to expect when you’re under contract
    • Creative ideas to renovate and add value to your home

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCoventry House Publishing
    Release dateDec 8, 2016
    The Millennial Homeowner: A Guide to Successfully Navigating Your First Home Purchase
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    Lauren Bowling

    Lauren Bowling is the award-winning blogger and editor behind FinancialBestLife.com (formerly L Bee and the Money Tree). Blogging since 2012, Lauren is now a recognized thought leader on millennial finance and first-time homeownership. Her expertise has been featured in the pages of Redbook and Woman’s Day magazines and on leading online financial news sites including Forbes, The Huffington Post, CNNMoney, and U.S. News and World Report. Lauren happily resides in Atlanta, Georgia.

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