Your First Home: The Proven Path to Homeownership

Your best guide to buying Your First Home.

The first time you ride a bike, share a kiss, or drive a car-there's something thrilling about firsts. The adventure of buying your first home is no less memorable. And like most adventure, you'll face challenges, learn new skills, and have novel experiences along the way. Ever explored six strangers' homes in a single day> Get ready! Every pay more than six figures for anything? Take a deep breath! Ever sign a hundred or so legal documents in a single sitting (and love every nerve-wracking minute of it)? Limber up your writing hand-an incredible yet memorable journeys awaits.

Assembled from hundreds of interviews, in-depth research, and decades of experience, Your First Home: The Proven Path to Homeownership is your trusted guide.

Your First Home will help you:

• Navigate the real estate buying process, from home search to closing day
• Secure a real estate agent to advocate for you
• Find a lender you can trust
• Secure the lowest interest rate and monthly payments
• Identify a home that's right for you
• Craft a winning offer
• Negotiate with sellers
• Settle into homeownership with style

This second edition is expanded to address new trends and share new tools to help you find, finance, and buy a home you'll be proud of for years to come.

Jay Papasan is a bestselling author who serves as the Vice President of Strategic Content for Keller Williams Realty International, the world's largest real estate company. He also cofounded KellerINK and Produktive with Gary Keller, and is a principal owner, with his wife Wendy, of Papasan Properties Group in Austin, Texas.

Jay was born and raised in Memphis, TN. After attending the University of Memphis, he spent several years working in Paris. He later graduated from New York University's graduate writing program and began a publishing career that led him to HarperCollins Publishers. There, he helped piece together bestselling books such as Body-for-Life by Bill Phillips and Go for the Goal by Mia Hamm.

After moving to Austin, Jay joined Keller Williams Realty International, and in 2003 he co-authored The Millionaire Real Estate Agent, a million-copy bestseller, alongside Gary Keller and Dave Jenks. He also coauthored the bestsellers The Millionaire Real Estate Investor and SHIFT. His most recent work with Gary Keller on The ONE Thing has sold nearly 2.5 million copies and has been translated into 41 different languages worldwide. The ONE Thing garnered more than 500 appearances on national bestseller lists, including #1 on The Wall Street Journal's hardcover business list.

Gary Keller is cofounder and executive chairman of Keller Williams Realty, Inc. His New York Times bestselling books, including The Millionaire Real Estate Agent and The ONE Thing, have sold millions of copies worldwide, garnered more than 500 appearances on national bestseller lists, and been translated into nearly 40 different languages.

Gary graduated from Baylor University in 1979 with a degree in marketing and real estate. By age 26, he was the vice president of expansion for Austin's then-largest real estate company. Three years later, he resigned from the position and struck out to create his own real estate firm. Gary soon took his company and his philosophy of "people helping people" nationally, then internationally.

A noted philanthropist and supporter of the arts, Keller and his wife, Mary, live in Austin, Texas.