Legal and Government Real Estate Help online

http://www.bbb.org  - Better Business Bureau

http://www.frea.com/frea/  - National Foundation of Home Appraisers

http://www.aarp.org  - AARP's site has information on home equity conversion.

http://www.irs.gov  - IRS site

http://www.irs.gov/forms_pubs/pubs.html  - people can go here to select the publication by name or number from a list; click on it and view it by using Adobe's Acrobat Reader (more specific URL’s below for these files)

http://ftp.fedworld.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p530.pdf  -- a PDF of Real Estate Taxes publication 530 (can be viewed with Adobe's Acrobat Reader)

http://ftp.fedworld.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p936.pdf  - Home Mortgage Interest Deductions publication 936

http://ftp.fedworld.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p523.pdf - Selling your home publication 523

Nearly every state has federal information centers where information on federal services, programs, and regulations is available to consumers. Check the government pages of your local telephone directory for the office nearest you. The local library also can be a good source of helpful, free information. Various nonprofit agencies, such as the Better Business Bureau offices, can help you get more information on your legal rights and obligations in buying and selling a home. Look in your local telephone directory for the BBB office nearest to you or access www.bbb.org   

The federal government publishes a listing of many free or low-cost pamphlets on home ownership and home buying. This listing can be obtained by writing Consumer Information Catalog Pueblo, Colorado 81009; telephone 1 (888) 878-3256,

Website: http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov  

For information on HUD programs, contact the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Library and Information Services, 451 Seventh Street, SW, Room 8141 Washington, DC 20410.

Telephone 202-401-0398.

Website: http://www.hud.gov

Local offices: http://www.hud.gov/local.html