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Real Life: Real Estate (1)
1.The house I am buying is still in the process. It will take
about two weeks to complete that process and then I will own
my own house and be able to take possession of it.

government
bureaucrat
crow
escrow
2.I recently rented out my basement to help me pay my .
A little more than half of it is paid with the rental money I get
and the rent money is helping me pay off my house faster.

finance
ownership
mortgage
bond
3.Before I agree to buy your house, I want to wait for the results
of the search to come back. Not that I don't trust you, I just
want to make sure the house is fully owned by you and there are
no liens attached to the property.

owner
settlement
certificate
title
4.My wife and I had to move in with my parents for a year and a
half while we saved up a down for a house. It was torture
being under the parents' rules again for that long.

payment
packet
account
credit
5.I whole-heartedly recommend getting a house before
agreeing to buy a house. I checked the house myself and didn't
see anything wrong with it. However, the guy in charge of the
process found a major problem with the roof that would have
cost me at least $15,000 to fix.

inspection
spy
check
test
6.I also recommend, if it isn't included in the house inspection,
getting a inspection done. My grandfather got one before
buying his house and found out there were termites in a lot of
the wood.

fly
arachnid
beetle
pest
7.Make sure to read your credit very carefully when you
get a mortgage. I didn't read mine that carefully and was late one
month. My interest rate went up two points for six months. If I
had known that would happen, I wouldn't have been so lax on
sending in the payment.

statement
explanation
terms
report
8.Have you got a estate agent to help you sell your house
yet? If not, I have a great one to recommend. She got our house
sold in no time and for a good price.

property
acre
acre
real
9.How much is your monthly for this place? It must be a
lot; your house is really nice and you have a huge yard.

credit
token
payment
reduction
10.I just took out a home equity to renovate our kitchen
and bathroom. I have read many articles that lead me to believe
that one can receive the greatest rate of return on kitchen and
bathroom renovations.

loan
borrow
credit
instrument