This book contains some good advice for buying a home and is also a convincing arguement as to why homeowning is a good long term investment. It will also make you think twice about selling your house versus holding onto it as a rental property.

So this book is pretty much out of date. That said, there are some very basic good insights that he shares. Grab the good parts and let the old 2005 parts go away.

The author casually introduces dangerous home financing options while minimizing the risks as an afterthought and pushing the conclusion that homebuying is a financial panacea without any backing evidence.

There was a really good lesson in this book wich made me hopeful. It was a narrative of a couple who never sold their first home but rented it out and they became very weatlthy by the time they were retired. This encourages me because since we are renting our first house ONLY because it didn't sell, that maybe it will be better for us financially in the future. Overall, I was pretty disappointed in this book. Most of the book was about how to shop for and buy a house. Most things I knew already because I have gone through that two times.