Mortgage Free! (eBook)

Innovative Strategies for Debt-Free Home Ownership, 2nd Edition

Robert L. Roy (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2008 | 2., Revised and updated second edition
368 Seiten
Chelsea Green Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-60358-110-3 (ISBN)

Infos

mortgage (mor-gij)n. from Old French morgage, mort gage, literally death pledgeAs a wave of foreclosures sweeps the country, many people are giving up hope for owning a home of their own. They have good reason to turn their backs on the banks, but not on their dreams. In this revised edition of Mortgage Free!, Rob Roy offers a series of escape routes from enslavement to financial institutions, underscored by true stories of intrepid homeowners who have put their principles into action.From back-to-the-land homesteads to country homes, here is a complete guide to strategies that allow you to own your land and home, free and clear, without the bank. Included is detailed advice about:Clarifying and simplifying your notions of whats necessaryFinding land that you love and can affordTaking control of the house-building process, for the sake of sanity and pleasureLearning to take a long-term perspective on your familys crucial economic decisions, avoiding debt and modern-day serfdom

Inhalt

1. The mortgaged home

2. The grubstake

3. The land

4. The temporary shelter

5. The low-cost home

6. Our own story

7. Mortgage-free people

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.11.2008
• Zusatzinfo: Black and white photos and illustrations
• Verlagsort: White River Junction
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Heimwerken / Do it yourself
• Schlagworte: Affordable Housing • becoming a homeowner • Building • Cordwood Building • cost of living crisis • Earth-Sheltered Houses • Economic planning • family's economic decisions • homesteads • house-building process • house planning • Housing Market • Inflation • interest rates • living in the country • mortgage rates • own your own home • own your own land • Stone circles • The Sauna • Timber Framing for the Rest of Us
• ISBN-10: 1-60358-110-3 / 1603581103
• ISBN-13: 978-1-60358-110-3 / 9781603581103