Random House New Releases - Business & Economics - Real Estate

101 Easy Ways to Make Your Home Sell Faster by Barbara Jane Hall

2010-12-22T00:30:00-05:00

101 Easy Ways to Make Your Home Sell Faster
Written by Barbara Jane Hall

eBook, 108 pages | Ballantine Books | Business & Economics - Real Estate; House & Home - Reference; Business & Economics - Sales & Selling | $11.99 | 978-0-307-77580-1 (0-307-77580-1)

101 Easy Ways to Make Your Home Sell Faster recommends a variety of techniques to emphasize the strong points of a house and minimize its weaknesses.

Seven Steps to Sold by Shannon Freeman

2009-01-21T00:30:00-05:00

Seven Steps to Sold The Secrets to Selling Your Home for Big Bucks . . . Fast!
Written by Donna Freeman and Shannon Freeman

eBook, 240 pages | Crown Business | Business & Economics - Real Estate | $13.99 | 978-0-307-49780-2 (0-307-49780-1)

Real estate experts Donna and Shannon Freeman don’t pull any punches. Whether it’s on HGTV’s shows Designed to Sell and Secrets That Sell or with their own clients, this mother-daughter team’s straight-talking approach helps home sellers do what it takes to close a successful sale. Often hilarious and always honest, their advice results in multiple offers, higher profits, and happy sellers. Now, for the first time, this witty and wise duo brings the benefit of their experience to you, sharing their insider secrets and strategies in Seven Steps to Sold.

To sell your home for top dollar, you have to play the real estate game—and realize that that means stepping outside of your lifestyle. From the moment you first consider selling until the day you move, Donna and Shannon’s simple seven-step plan covers everything you need to know, including how to:

-Give your house a competitive edge, even in a tough market
-Set your goals and price your house properly
-Accentuate the strengths of your home and get inside buyers’ minds to attract the best offers
-Close the sale on schedule, while avoiding the common mistakes that can drive you crazy and cost you a
bundle

Plus, Seven Steps to Sold includes many exclusive features, such as:

-99 Simple Ways to Ensure a Successful Sale
-Top Ten Questions to Ask Prospective Agents
-Twelve Little Things That Can Make a Big Impression

With their trademark wit and in-depth experience, Donna and Shannon will keep you laughing and learning as you sell your house the right way—for the most money and in the shortest time possible—in seven easy steps.

From the Trade Paperback edition.

The Wall Street Journal. Complete Home Owner's Guidebook by David Crook

2008-12-30T00:30:00-05:00

The Wall Street Journal. Complete Home Owner's Guidebook Make the Most of Your Biggest Asset in Any Market
Written by David Crook

eBook | Crown Business | Business & Economics - Real Estate | $11.99 | 978-0-307-45023-4 (0-307-45023-6)

Your Map for a Brave New Real-Estate World

The days of real-estate mania—when you really couldn’t go wrong with buying a home, then selling it in a few years for a lot more than you paid for it—are over. Inflated prices and the “subprime” mortgage crisis have finally burst the bubble. Now, more than ever, it’s important for current and prospective home buyers to understand just what they’re getting into when they take that plunge—and to think smarter when it comes to making the most of their biggest asset.

The Wall Street Journal. Complete Home Owner’s Guidebook shows readers how to become savvy home buyers—and eventually owners—not only in this new, uncertain era but in any market:

• Understand the benefits and pitfalls of owning versus renting
• Make sense of the housing market—ask the important questions, factor in the unforeseen costs, and explode the big myths of home ownership
• Take advantage of current opportunities if you’re a first-time home buyer
• Overcome the challenges if you’re looking to trade up or cash out on your home for retirement
• Make the best profit on your home in any market
• Understand why your home—your number one asset—really isn’t such a
great investment

From the Trade Paperback edition.

The Wall Street Journal. Complete Home Owner's Guidebook by David Crook

2008-12-30T00:30:00-05:00

The Wall Street Journal. Complete Home Owner's Guidebook Make the Most of Your Biggest Asset in Any Market
Written by David Crook

Trade Paperback, 272 pages | Three Rivers Press | Business & Economics - Real Estate | $14.95 | 978-0-307-40592-0 (0-307-40592-3)

Foreclosure Nation by Shari B. Olefson

2008-10-31T00:30:00-05:00

Foreclosure Nation
Written by Shari B. Olefson

Trade Paperback, 514 pages | Prometheus Books | Business & Economics - Personal Finance; Business & Economics - Real Estate | $18.99 | 978-1-59102-663-1 (1-59102-663-6)

The family residence is the backbone of the American economy, the most valuable and enduring asset for those who have achieved a financial foothold. Yet today record numbers of households confront foreclosure. In the next year it is estimated that over two million Americans will lose their homes and almost two billion dollars of wealth will disappear in the process. How did the traditional "American Dream" morph into a nightmare for so many?
Real estate attorney and educator Shari B. Olefson, a recognized expert in the current mortgage crisis and its effects on homeowners, explains how America slipped to the edge of this dangerous stagnation-recession precipice. In plain language that is easily understandable to the average person, she clarifies legal and financial terminology and describes how our country’s mortgage system really works. Utilizing real-life lender and borrower interviews, she exposes its intrinsic flaws and often discriminatory practices, from the mortgage application process to the securitization of bundled mortgages by large investment firms. She also provides evidence to show the government’s and Wall Street’s roles in both causing and solving the problem.
Above all, Olefson offers expert tips, tools, and resources to help you:

• Choose a mortgage professional and understand what’s motivating him or her
• Decide what mortgage product fits best and when to refinance
• Get the best fees, interest rate, and service
• Create your own solutions for navigating the credit crunch
• Know what to do when you can’t afford your mortgage
• Protect your home if you are at risk of foreclosure
• Understand how to proceed if you are already in foreclosure
• Capitalize on emerging opportunities and avoid the scams and mortgage fraud
• Prepare for coming changes

Foreclosure Nation demystifies the real estate bubble and the subprime mortgage crises that followed. With bold, clear visuals like inventory, absorption, and price trend graphs, Olefson pinpoints exactly when and why experts are predicting a recovery. She also cites statistics that strongly suggest the number of foreclosures will surge in the fall of 2008 and again in 2009, with increased reverberations felt throughout the US and global economies. Foreclosure Nation will prove indispensable to explaining what is happening and guiding readers through.
Whether you are planning on buying your first home, struggling to meet your current mortgage payments, facing foreclosure, or wondering how your investments will be affected, this comprehensive book will assuage the fear of the unknown, empowering you to make wise choices and protect your most valuable assets.

The Wall Street Journal. Complete Real-Estate Investing Guidebook by David Crook

2008-06-03T00:30:00-05:00

The Wall Street Journal. Complete Real-Estate Investing Guidebook
Written by David Crook

eBook | Crown Business | Business & Economics - Real Estate | $13.99 | 978-0-307-45315-0 (0-307-45315-4)

The conservative, thoughtful, thrifty investor’s guide to building a real-estate empire.

Profitable real-estate investing opportunities exist everywhere as long as you know what to look for and understand how to make prudent deals that transform property into profits. David Crook, of The Wall Street Journal, shows how to make safe and sane investments that ensure a good night’s sleep as your real-estate portfolio grows, your properties appreciate and your income increases. The Wall Street Journal Complete Real-Estate Investing Guidebook offers the most authoritative information on:

• Why real-estate investing is a great wealth-building alternative to stocks and bonds and why it’s crucial that you avoid get-rich schemes
• How to get the financing and make the contacts to get started
• How to start small and local, be hands-on and go step-by-step with a vacation home to rent out, a pure rental property or a small apartment building
• How to find and value great properties, do the numbers and ensure you have that beautiful thing called cash flow
• How the government blesses real-estate investors with tax breaks and loopholes, and how you can be one of the anointed
• How to deal with the nuts-and-bolts of being a landlord and have a strife-free relationship with your tenants

From the Trade Paperback edition.

The Automatic Millionaire Homeowner by David Bach

2008-03-04T00:30:00-05:00

The Automatic Millionaire Homeowner A Lifetime Plan to Finish Rich in Real Estate
Written by David Bach

Trade Paperback, 288 pages | Crown Business | Business & Economics - Personal Finance - Investing; Business & Economics - Real Estate | $12.95 | 978-0-7679-2121-3 (0-7679-2121-6)

David Bach’s Simple System for Building Wealth Through Homeownership Will Help You Finish Rich in Any Market—Automatically

Updated with a new chapter of success stories

Owning a home has always been the American Dream, and in The Automatic Millionaire Homeowner, David Bach shows that buying a home and investment properties is not only possible, it is still the surest way to reach your seven-figure dreams on an ordinary income. Whether you are a renter or already own a home, Bach’s book offers a lifelong strategy for real estate based on timeless wisdom that is tried and true—in any market. He includes everything you need to know, with step-by-step instructions, including phone numbers and web sites, so you can get started right away. As long as you’re alive, you have to live somewhere. Why not let where you live make you financially secure and ultimately rich? David Bach will show you how.

If You're Thinking of Living In . . . by Michael Leahy

2007-12-18T00:30:00-05:00

If You're Thinking of Living In . . . All About 115 Great Neighborhoods In & Around New York
Edited by Michael Leahy

eBook, 496 pages | Crown Business | Business & Economics - Real Estate; Travel - United States - Northeast - Middle Atlantic (NJ, NY, PA) | $2.99 | 978-0-307-42107-4 (0-307-42107-4)

A Practical guidebook for house hunters, migrating apartment dwellers, and anyone curious abut life in 115 of New York's most livable neighborhoods and suburbs

For many people in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut, the real estate section of the Sunday New York Times is the first part of the newspaper they read each week. This book is drawn from one of the most popular features in that widely read section, "If You're Thinking of Living In . . . " Every week, the column gives a detailed snapshot of a suburban community in the tri-state area or a metropolitan neighborhood in New York City, enabling readers to clearly understand a new area and decide if it might be the right place for them to live.

Now, these columns have been updated and edited into a valuable guidebook for anyone planning a move into the tri-state area or already living in the region and considering a move to another community, as well as for browsers who just enjoy this popular and informative feature.

  Will acquaint you with 115 metropolitan neighborhoods and suburban communities in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut

   Consists of illuminating profiles on each locale, including safety, housing, schools, transportation, cultural and recreational facilities, and quality of life

  Includes at-a-glance reference boxes that list such valuable data as median income of a community; median price of a single-family home, co-op, or condo; midrange rental rates; and commuting times and costs

  Highlights which communities have the strongest school districts

  Educates prospective home buyers on assessing the investment opportunities of purchasing real estate

From the Trade Paperback edition.

In Search of Tiger by Tom Callahan

2007-12-18T00:30:00-05:00

In Search of Tiger All About 115 Great Neighborhoods In & Around New York
Edited by Tom Callahan

eBook, 496 pages | Crown Business | Business & Economics - Real Estate; Travel - United States - Northeast - Middle Atlantic (NJ, NY, PA) | $2.99 | 978-0-307-42108-1 (0-307-42108-2)

Tom Callahan has written the seminal book on golfing great Tiger Woods. Woods, who has gone out of his way to protect his privacy, has never allowed himself to get close enough to a writer to be properly examined on the page. And, as a consequence, his fans know relatively little about him except what’s divulged in quick tournament interviews or the scarce information parsed out on occasion by one of his handlers. Which is to say, we know next to nothing about one of the most famous people in the world. Callahan, commonly regarded as one of the best all-round sports writers in the country, has followed Tiger around the world of golf for more than seven years, enjoying a certain access to the man and his family. He even went so far as to travel to Vietnam to learn the fate of the South Vietnamese soldier who was Earl Wood’s best friend during the war—and his son’s namesake.

Tiger is twenty years old when the book opens and twenty-seven when it closes. During those years, Callahan covered Woods at all the Majors, including the Masters, the U.S. Open, and the British Open, culminating in Tiger’s heart-stopping race to make history by clinching the string of Majors affectionately nicknamed the Tiger Slam. As the pulse of golf was measured by the curve of his swing, Tiger made everyone’s heart skip a beat as he attempted to win the Grand Slam a year later.

Along the way, Tom Callahan hears from everyone who is anyone in the world of Tiger Woods, including Phil Mickelson, Jack Nicklaus, David Duval, Butch Harmon, Ernie Els, and, of course, Tiger’s rather ubiquitous mother and father. As much as we learn about Tiger—how he sees himself in relation to the courses he plays on and the players he has learned from and competed with—we also enjoy a bird’s-eye view of golf as it is now with Tiger on the scene, and as it was for
centuries before.

In Search of Tiger catalogs and dissects moments and influences in Tiger’s guarded life and unprecedented career—moments that unveil him, his awesome drive, and his enormous talent. Tom Callahan has written a classic of its kind, a book to rank with the best in its genre. He has done what few have even attempted—
he has found the real Tiger Woods.

From the Hardcover edition.

The Millionaire Real Estate Mindset by Russ Whitney

2007-12-18T00:30:00-05:00

The Millionaire Real Estate Mindset Mastering the Mental Skills to Build Your Fortune in Real Estate
Written by Russ Whitney

eBook, 304 pages | Crown Business | Business & Economics - Real Estate | $12.99 | 978-0-307-42399-3 (0-307-42399-9)

The Millionaire Real Estate Mindset:
Mastering the Mental Skills to Build Your Fortune in Real Estate

There are scores of books on real estate investing on the market today, and most give sound information and helpful advice. Yet few people have become wealthy. In The Millionaire Real Estate Mindset, Russ Whitney asks, “Why isn’t everyone rich?” and perhaps more important, “Why aren’t you rich?” What is missing in most people’s real estate strategy, Whitney says, is the millionaire real estate mindset. And, in this book, he tells readers exactly how to develop one.

Whitney explains how you can break free of the fears that hold so many people back. A key part of succeeding in real estate, Whitney claims, is a willingness to spend time educating yourself about the various techniques, options, insights, and possibilities it entails. Other professions and trades require years of education and practice before you can hope to generate significant income. Building wealth in real estate requires similar focus and dedication. He provides specific investing strategies that can work in virtually any market, whether you have cash to start, or not.

Once you have a few successes under your belt, he encourages investors to move up to larger deals. He explains the complexities of raw land investing and development as well as international real estate investing. He examines a variety of funding techniques, from no-money-down to syndications to make the wisest use of your cash. Whitney candidly discusses what can go wrong and how to anticipate and address unpleasant surprises.

From invaluable insights into personal motivation, to advice on improving one’s communication skills, strengthening relationships, and building personal financial strategies, Whitney helps readers overcome feelings of insecurity about investing and move into the market with certainty and self-assurance. With its unique focus on the psychological aspects of investing—an ingredient missing from other how-to real-estate investment guides—The Millionaire Real Estate Mindset will enable readers to break through the “poverty” mentality, take advantage of the booming real estate market, and join the ranks of the rich and superrich.

Why the Real Estate Boom Will Not Bust - And How You Can Profit from It by David Lereah

2007-12-18T00:30:00-05:00

Why the Real Estate Boom Will Not Bust - And How You Can Profit from It How to Build Wealth in Today's Expanding Real Estate Market
Written by David Lereah

eBook, 288 pages | Crown Business | Business & Economics - Real Estate | $11.99 | 978-0-307-42422-8 (0-307-42422-7)

We are experiencing a historic wealth-building opportunity, says David Lereah, chief economist for the National Association of Realtors. As Lereah has predicted, the double-digit appreciation boom–far from a real estate “bubble”–is winding down to a healthy real estate expansion that will keep the long-term fundamentals for housing strong into the foreseeable future.

To ensure that you don’t miss out, Lereah provides the tools, information, and analysis you need to become a savvy real estate investor.

From the Trade Paperback edition.

Seven Steps to Sold by Craig Boreth

2007-05-22T00:30:00-05:00

Seven Steps to Sold The Secrets to Selling Your Home for Big Bucks . . . Fast!
Written by Donna Freeman, Shannon Freeman and Craig Boreth

Trade Paperback, 240 pages | Three Rivers Press | Business & Economics - Real Estate | $14.95 | 978-0-307-35187-6 (0-307-35187-4)

All Real Estate Is Local by David Lereah

2007-04-03T00:30:00-05:00

All Real Estate Is Local What You Need to Know to Profit in Real Estate - in a Buyer's and a Seller's Market
Written by David Lereah

eBook, 256 pages | Crown Business | Business & Economics - Real Estate | $10.99 | 978-0-385-52143-7 (0-385-52143-X)

Whatever the national trends are with regard to real estate – whether they are booming or busting–what really matters is what the market conditions are in your region, town, or neighborhood. For as David Lereah points out, in the end, all real estate is local.

What does that mean? Even during the real estate boom of 2001-2005, a great many cities and regions did not participate in the boom–they lagged behind, or even decreased in value. Similarly, when prices began to fall nationally, there were plenty of regions and locales where prices rose, and sales boomed. As Lereah makes clear, the most important factor in buying or selling a home isn’t what is going on nationally–it is what is going on in your local market. Evaluating present and future trends and influences in your region or neighborhood is essential to creating long term wealth, whether you are in a buyer’s or a seller’s market. And David Lereah, as the Chief Economist for the National Association of Realtors, shows you how to determine the conditions in your neighborhood. Lereah reveals how to:

Evaluate the DNA of homes in the town or county or region you are considering (every town has its own real estate DNA–the characteristics that make a region or city more or less desirable to live in).

Determine whether property values in your targeted neighborhood are on the rise.

Research future real estate influences and trends, from migration into or out of the region, to plans to attract or develop new businesses in the area.

Understand the local factors that can affect your investment in the future.

Countless books offer advice on how to buy and sell a home. But ALL REAL ESTATE IS LOCAL is the first book to explain how knowing the ins and outs of the local market you are targeting is essential to deciding when, where, and what to buy.

The Wall Street Journal. Complete Real-Estate Investing Guidebook by David Crook

2006-12-26T00:30:00-05:00

The Wall Street Journal. Complete Real-Estate Investing Guidebook
Written by David Crook

Trade Paperback, 256 pages | Three Rivers Press | Business & Economics - Real Estate | $14.95 | 978-0-307-34562-2 (0-307-34562-9)

The Automatic Millionaire Homeowner by David Bach

2006-03-07T00:30:00-05:00

The Automatic Millionaire Homeowner A Powerful Plan to Finish Rich in Real Estate
Written by David Bach

eBook, 288 pages | Crown Business | Business & Economics - Personal Finance - Investing; Business & Economics - Real Estate | $11.99 | 978-0-7679-2388-0 (0-7679-2388-X)

David Bach’s Simple System for Building Wealth Through Homeownership Will Help You Finish Rich in Any Market—Automatically

Updated with a new chapter of success stories

Owning a home has always been the American Dream, and in The Automatic Millionaire Homeowner, David Bach shows that buying a home and investment properties is not only possible, it is still the surest way to reach your seven-figure dreams on an ordinary income. Whether you are a renter or already own a home, Bach’s book offers a lifelong strategy for real estate based on timeless wisdom that is tried and true—in any market. He includes everything you need to know, with step-by-step instructions, including phone numbers and web sites, so you can get started right away. As long as you’re alive, you have to live somewhere. Why not let where you live make you financially secure and ultimately rich? David Bach will show you how.

The Automatic Millionaire Homeowner by Oliver Wyman

2006-03-07T00:30:00-05:00

The Automatic Millionaire Homeowner A Powerful Plan to Finish Rich in Real Estate
Written by David Bach
Read by Oliver Wyman

Abridged Audiobook Download | Random House Audio | Business & Economics - Personal Finance - Investing; Business & Economics - Real Estate | $14.00 | 978-0-7393-2427-1 (0-7393-2427-6)

How does an ordinary person with an ordinary income reach their seven-figure dreams? First they must own their own home – and do it David Bach’s way. The financial coach who has helped millions to finish rich is back with a simple, powerful solution to get rich in real estate. As David says, “Renters stay poor, homeowners get rich, and smart landlords laugh all the way to the bank!”

In his breakout 2004 bestseller, The Automatic Millionaire, David Bach showed why owning your own home is not only smart, it’s the core secret to becoming a millionaire. In his new book, tailored for a Canadian readership, he shows exactly how to make that happen with a simple, automatic plan you can read in an hour and put into place today. Renters will learn how to buy a first home, even with lousy credit and tiny savings. And existing homeowners will find out how to turn the roof over their heads into a powerful investment that doubles, triples, and quadruples in price while you simply enjoy living in it. And while you don’t have to be a landlord to finish rich, if you’re willing to be, David teaches you how simple it really is to buy a rental property even while you’re paying the mortgage on your home.

The Automatic Millionaire Homeowner is brilliantly simple, easy to read, highly motivational with a realistic, take-action method for achieving financial prosperity in real estate, starting now.

Bach offers time-tested tactics on all the essentials, including:

• Why you shouldn’t wait: busting the myths of renting
• Finding a down payment right now using the Automatic Down Payment Solution™
• Choosing the mortgage that is right for you – even with debt, even with imperfect credit
• The secret system for debt-free homeownership: why you must Make It Automatic!
• The Automatic Millionaire Right Place, Right Time, Right Price, Right Program™ for buying and selling
• Learn the Automatic Millionaire Mindset™ and collect “automatic cheques” while you sleep

From the Hardcover edition.

The Automatic Millionaire Homeowner by David Bach

2006-03-07T00:30:00-05:00

The Automatic Millionaire Homeowner A Powerful Plan to Finish Rich in Real Estate
Written by David Bach

Hardcover, 272 pages | Crown Business | Business & Economics - Personal Finance - Investing; Business & Economics - Real Estate | $19.95 | 978-0-7679-2120-6 (0-7679-2120-8)

Imagine this. You buy a home, live in it, then buy another. You build your wealth through real estate—and then retire rich. It may sound too good to be true. But it’s not. It has happened, it’s happening now and it will continue to happen for millions of people over the next few decades. The question is, will it happen for you?

If you want the answer to be “yes,” then stop what you are doing and open this book. Read a few pages. Bach’s simple strategies make you rich where you sleep. All you have to do is follow his easy program to go from renter to owner, and from owner to Automatic Millionaire Homeowner. The rest is automatic!

What’s the secret to becoming a millionaire in real estate?

Since the runaway success of David Bach’s #1 New York Times bestseller The Automatic Millionaire, people all over the world have asked David the same question—is it really possible for me to get rich in real estate?

Now, in The Automatic Millionaire Homeowner, David Bach reveals why buying a home and investment properties is not only possible, it is the surest way to reach your seven-figures dreams on an ordinary income.

The Automatic Millionaire Homeowner starts with the powerful story of an average American couple with a modest income who stretch to buy their first house for $30,000 and retire 35 years later owning a home on a golf course and rental properties worth over three million dollars. Through their story you will learn the surprising fact that even if you have cheap rent you can’t get rich renting! You must first own a home, and make it the foundation on which you build your financial security.

What Makes The Automatic Millionaire Homeowner Essential:

You don’t need a big down payment to buy a home.
You don’t need great credit.
You should buy even if you have credit card debt.
You can buy a second home even if you’re still paying off the first.
You can get started in any market–boom or bust.
It’s easier to be a landlord than you think.

Whether you are a renter or already own a home, David Bach gives you a lifelong strategy for real estate based on timeless wisdom that is tried and true. He includes everything you need to know, with step-by-step instructions, including phone numbers and websites so you can get started right away. His road map to ownership is easy to follow and, best of all, it makes the process totally automatic.

As long as you’re alive, you have to live somewhere. Why not let where you live make you rich? David Bach will show you how.

Are You Missing the Real Estate Boom? by David Lereah

2005-02-22T00:30:00-05:00

Are You Missing the Real Estate Boom? The Boom Will Not Bust and Why Property Values Will Continue to Climb Through the End of the Decade - And How to Profit From Them
Written by David Lereah

eBook, 288 pages | Crown Business | Business & Economics - Real Estate | $2.99 | 978-0-385-51527-6 (0-385-51527-8)

Are You Missing the Real Estate Boom? author David Lereah, chief economist for the National Association of Realtors, asks. We are experiencing a historic wealth-building opportunity. To ensure that your don’t miss out, Lereah provides the tools, information, and analysis you need to become a savvy real estate investor. And he shows how to integrate real estate into your overall investment strategies and financial planning goals. Among the information you’ll find in the book:

How to become a master at dealing with real estate agents, brokers, and lenders.
Which home improvements will result in the greatest long-term gains.
How to identify the vacation homes and regions that will increase the most in value.
How to finance a first-time home—with or without a big down payment.

Why will the real estate boom continue into the next decade?
Low interest rates are part of the story. Although mortgage rates have notched up slightly over the last year, they still remain historically very low.
Technological advances from online real estate listings to automated underwriting to an explosion of financing options have reduced home ownership costs and simplified the process of buying and selling.
Continued high demand from baby-boomers buying larger homes, second homes, and retirement homes, and a new wave of immigrants and “echo” boomers buying first homes, ensure that the boom will continue into the next decade.

The long-term fundamentals for housing remain strong into the foreseeable future, claims Lereah. Far from a real estate “bubble,” what we are experiencing today is a phenomenon that takes place only once every other generation: a long-term real estate market expansion.

Isn’t it time you started taking advantage of it today?

Are you missing the real estate boom? Can you increase your wealth from it? For most people—including current homeowners—the answer is a resounding yes.
But it’s not too late to increase your stake in the greatest real estate boom of our generation. Whether you are a first-time buyer or already own your home, Are You Missing the Real Estate Boom? will show you how you can dramatically increase your overall wealth. Author David Lereah, chief economist for the National Association of Realtors, shows why the real estate market is poised to climb higher over the next decade—and explains what you can do to profit from it. Lereah calls today’s market a “once-in-every-other generation opportunity.” Today's boom is not just driven by low interest rates—there are a host of demographic and economic reasons why real estate will continue to outpace other investments, from the growing needs of the baby-boomer generation and the rise of the “echo” boomer generation to the new ways real estate is marketed and sold. Are you a first-time buyer? A current homeowner considering whether or not to trade up? There has never been a better time to do so, Lereah convincingly claims. In Are You Missing the Real Estate Boom?, Lereah explains what to look for when you’re buying a home; which improvements add the most value to your current home; what to consider when purchasing rental properties; how to evaluate real estate investment trusts (or REITs); and the pros and cons of second homes. Full of detailed information on how to work with a real estate agent and a mortgage lender, how to analyze local markets and regional fluctuations, and how to best finance your investment, Are You Missing the Real Estate Boom? offers readers the seasoned advice they need to invest with confidence and reap outsized rewards.

The Absolute Beginner's Guide to Buying a House by Nicholas Ordway

2002-03-26T00:30:00-05:00

The Absolute Beginner's Guide to Buying a House
Written by Nicholas Ordway

Trade Paperback, 272 pages | Three Rivers Press | Business & Economics - Real Estate | $14.95 | 978-0-7615-3615-4 (0-7615-3615-9)

Stop Paying Rent!
Are you ready to make the leap into home ownership, but more than a little nervous about taking that big step? Never fear. The Absolute Beginner's Guide to Buying a House is here to help you learn everything you need to know to find your perfect home at a price you can afford. You'll discover how to:
·Choose the real estate agent right for you
·Find the perfect house: price, location, size, and style
·Determine which type of loan is best for you
·Save money using the right negotiation strategies for your market
·And much more!

If You're Thinking of Living In . . . by Michael Leahy

1999-02-02T00:30:00-05:00

If You're Thinking of Living In . . . All About 115 Great Neighborhoods In & Around New York
Edited by Michael Leahy

Trade Paperback, 496 pages | Three Rivers Press | Business & Economics - Real Estate; Travel - United States - Northeast - Middle Atlantic (NJ, NY, PA) | $19.00 | 978-0-8129-2983-6 (0-8129-2983-7)

Random House New Releases - Business & Economics - Real Estate

101 Easy Ways to Make Your Home Sell Faster by Barbara Jane Hall

101 Easy Ways to Make Your Home Sell Faster Written by Barbara Jane Hall

Seven Steps to Sold by Shannon Freeman

Seven Steps to Sold The Secrets to Selling Your Home for Big Bucks . . . Fast!Written by Donna Freeman and Shannon Freeman

The Wall Street Journal. Complete Home Owner's Guidebook by David Crook

The Wall Street Journal. Complete Home Owner's Guidebook Make the Most of Your Biggest Asset in Any MarketWritten by David Crook

The Wall Street Journal. Complete Home Owner's Guidebook by David Crook

The Wall Street Journal. Complete Home Owner's Guidebook Make the Most of Your Biggest Asset in Any MarketWritten by David Crook

Foreclosure Nation by Shari B. Olefson

Foreclosure Nation Written by Shari B. Olefson

The Wall Street Journal. Complete Real-Estate Investing Guidebook by David Crook

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