Download or read book The Essential Mortgage Guidebook written by Skip Dyer and published by . This book was released on 2008-08-22 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you are in the market for a mortgage, knowing how to shop can save you thousands of dollars, and it might even save your house! This insiders guide to mortgage shopping is the only tool you need to get the right mortgage at the right price from someone you can trust.The Essential Mortgage Guidebook will:...show you why shopping based only on interest rate can lead to disaster....train you how to find a loan officer you can trust....explain how unscrupulous loan officers manipulate their numbers to make their offers look better than they really are....teach you how to properly compare loan offers with different rates and fees (Hint: Forget APR!)...reveal the dirty tricks predatory lenders use to pad their pockets at your expense.