Reddit mentions of The Smart Consumer's Guide to Home Buying (Barron's Smart Consumer Guides)

I agree, as long as you can swing an extra bedroom, more than 1 bedroom is a good idea for resale. I bought a 2BR, plus if I retire, grow old here, the 2nd bed room can be used for overnight health care if I need to have someone stay with me.

Maintaining is key. Can you handle the snow removal/lawn care involved? If not, perhaps a condo or co-op may be an option? But then you're stuck with listening to a homeowners' association. If you still want your own, detached home, but can't do snow removal or lawn care, start shopping around to see what that costs in your area so you can budget that in.

It was back in 2001, but I think an earlier edition of this and Homebuying for Dummies were the 2 books I bought to educate myself about house hunting, mortgages and the closing process:
https://www.amazon.com/Consumers-Buying-Barrons-Consumer-Guides/dp/B006G8HNOG

However, that's from 2008, so I'd look for something written after the mortgage meltdown crisis, because that's signficantly changed things.

And look at the neighborhood and building or complex. One nice thing about my place is the 2nd bedrooms are very small, so people tend to move out when they have kids or a 2nd one. So there aren't a lot of kids screaming and running around where I live.