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Buying a home is the biggest financial transaction most people ever make, and buying an investment property is an increasingly popular wealth-creation strategy. Buying and Selling Your Home For Dummies discusses timing the market, working out how much you can afford, choosing the best location, renovating or buying off the plan, building a home, getting the best finance, purchase methods, working out when to sell, presenting your property for sale and working with real estate agents and other professionals. Local writer Karin Derkley was a senior writer and then deputy editor at Personal Investor magazine.