"How to Buy Your Home and Not Lose Your Mind " is an instructional and practical guide about the complex and delightful task of buying a home. Patricia Wydler, in simple and plain English, unveils the fascinating process of buying a home. Like an inspector with a magnifying glass, she offers homebuyers insightful tools that make obvious what is hidden and more understandable what goes on behind the scenes. The book is replete with Patricia's two cents of home buying wisdom: "Run for your life from joy killers whose main job is to make it as hard as possible for you to buy a home." or common sense advise like: "Turn 'your asking dumb question' switch on," or home buying alerts: "Read the contract carefully, before you sign, and understand all the terms clearly, or: "Buy a home that does not make you house poor ," or, encouraging pep talks: "Get out of punishment mode, and into praiseworthy mode" while making your budget.