www.realestateabc.com/homebuying
A calculator placed high on the realestateabc.com home page lets you enter your address and get a rough guide to its value, based on other recent sales in your neighborhood.
www.realestateabc.com
If you think FDR refers to a dead president, or that "in-law potential" is a way of thinking positively about your boyfriend's parents, you need to review Realtor.com's "short guide to real estate lingo and acronyms." That's where FDR is code for "formal dining room" and "in-law potential" refers to a part of a house that might serve as a separate apartment.
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The Dummies.com page on real estate investing gives a broad look at ways to invest in real estate - basically, in rental properties - in a down market, how to find good tenants and collect rents. There's a handy "cheat sheet" that comes from the second edition of the book, Real Estate Investing for Dummies.
http://is.gd/GMphZS
Nolo.com, a website of legal information, includes this section on real estate, with articles for buyers, sellers, landlords, and renters. For buyers, the first issue is to be sure "you wouldn't be better off staying put." Toward the bottom of the page, click on "Foreclosure" to get to posts that sort out the complicated process of losing a home to foreclosure, or of buying foreclosed properties.
http://is.gd/LHyJkC
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