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    Tips and Traps When Buying a Condo, co-op, or Townhouse
    Tips and Traps When Buying a Condo, co-op, or Townhouse
    Tips and Traps When Buying a Condo, co-op, or Townhouse
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    Tips and Traps When Buying a Condo, co-op, or Townhouse

    By Robert Irwin

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    Steer clear of money pits and target the top properties in this hot investment sector!

    Condos, co-ops, and townhouses account for more than one-third of real estate sales in the United States. Fully updated to address the many changes that have occurred in the market since the first edition, Tips & Traps When Buying a Condo, Co-Op, or Townhouse, Second Edition, covers all the bases to help you navigate the process of buying into a shared-ownership development.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMcGraw-Hill Education
    Release dateJan 8, 2007
    ISBN9780071816168
    Tips and Traps When Buying a Condo, co-op, or Townhouse
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    Robert Irwin

    Robert Irwin is a novelist, historian, critic, and scholar and is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He is the author of seven novels, among them The Arabian Nightmare (1988), which Neil Gaiman has called "one of the finest fantasies of the last century." Robert Irwin resides in England.

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