Author: Mindy JensenPublisher:
ISBN: 9780997584783
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Building Wealth One House at a Time: Making it Big on Little Deals
Author: John SchaubPublisher: McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN: 0071466495
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Strategies for creating real estate wealth by star ting small--and always making the right moves Nationally known real estate expert John Schaub learned his craft in the best way possible--on the job, and through every kind of market. Over three decades, he learned to bank consistent profits as he built an impressive real estate mini-empire. Building Wealth One House at a Time reveals how virtually anyone can accumulate one million dollars worth of houses debtfree and earn a steady cash flow for life. Unique in that it focuses on buying houses in good-quality neighborhoods, Schaub's nine-step program includes: Renting to long-term tenants, with financial incentives to pay on time Avoiding the temptation of bigger deals, which invariably include bigger problems A 10-year plan to pay off debt and own houses free and clear
How to Buy a House
Author: Mark FergusonPublisher:
ISBN: 9781521055656
Category : House buying
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
A house is the biggest purchase most people will ever make, but most people don't know the best way to buy a home. The book covers everything you need to know about the home buying and selling process so that you are not taken advantage of. including:- Deciding on how much money to spend on a house(don't let your lender or agent decide for you!)- Deciding whether you should buy or rent- How to get a great deal on a house that will build instant equity- How to get the best loan with less money down (if that is your goal) and the lower overall cost- How to find the best real estate agent and lender and why you need them- How the process works including inspections, appraisals, title insurance, mortgages, closings, escrows, HOAs, etc...- How to fix up your house and maintain it- How to find contractors to help you fix up your house- How to sell your house for the most money- When and if you should refinance your house- A glossary full of definitions for real estate terms- Plus bonus chapters on starting a career in real estateThere has been a lot of talk about real estate being a bad investment. Many financial and economic advisers suggest buying a home may be worse for your finances than renting. However, I think most people do not take the home buying or selling process seriously. They put all their faith in other people to get the right deal done for them. If you blindly buy a house based on what your real estate agent or lender tell you, it may not be a good investment! However, if you are able to find great deals, get a good loan, and take care of your home, real estate can be an incredible tool to build wealth. I am a real estate agent, and real estate investor who has done very well buying hundreds of houses. I try to teach what I know to others to help them make smarter and better decisions. If you know the right way to buy a home, it beats renting every time. There is a lot of information in this book, and depending on your real estate experience you may know some of it, or be familiar with a lot of it. I have created four sections with many chapters to make it easy to navigate. The first part of the book focuses on the bare basics of buying and selling houses, while the later sections go deeper into each aspect of real estate. I hope you enjoy the book and learn how to make your real estate purchases awesome investments.
Zillow Talk
Author: Spencer RascoffPublisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 1455574767
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
How do you spot an area poised for gentrification? Is spring or winter the best time to put your house on the market? Will a house on Swamp Road sell for less than one on Gingerbread Lane? The fact is that the rules of real estate have changed drastically over the past five years. To understand real estate in our fast-paced, technology-driven world, we need to toss out all of the outdated truisms and embrace today's brand new information. But how? Enter Zillow, the nation's #1 real estate website and mobile app. Thanks to its treasure trove of proprietary data and army of statisticians and data scientists, led by chief economist Stan Humphries, Zillow has been able to spot the trends and truths of today's housing market while acknowledging that a home is more than an economic asset. In Zillow Talk, Humphries and CEO Spencer Rascoff explain the science behind where and how we live now and reveal practical, data-driven insights about buying, selling, renting and financing real estate. Read this book to find out why: It's better to remodel your bathroom than your kitchen Putting the word "cute" in your listing could cost you thousands of dollars You shouldn't buy the worst house in the best neighborhood You should never list your house for $444,000 You shouldn't list your house for sale before March Madness or after the Masters Densely packed with entertaining anecdotes and invaluable how-to advice, Zillow Talk is poised to be the real estate almanac for the next generation.
The Wall Street Journal. Complete Home Owner's Guidebook
Author: David CrookPublisher: Crown Business
ISBN: 0307450236
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
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.
Housing 911
Author: Goldie Winge MDPublisher:
ISBN: 9781948400497
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Buying a home can be full of surprises, emotions, and pitfalls. In fact, it is often one of the most challenging undertakings that people encounter in their lives, and many physicians face a unique set of challenges when navigating the home-buying process. But fear not! Housing 911: The Physician's Guide to Buying a House is a life-saving guide for the first-time physician homebuyer. This book provides you with vital information needed to buy a home. It lays out every critical step to the path of home ownership, including deciding when you're ready to buy, positioning yourself to buy, factors to consider in finding your perfect house, dealing with real estate agents and loan officers, making an offer, understanding escrow, and closing. The information presented in this book will help you save money, time, and aggravation along the way and help you enjoy your new home to the fullest.
Houses by Mail
Author: Katherine Cole StevensonPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 9780471143949
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
It was the American Dream by Mail Order --Smithsonian Americans have ordered from Sears, Roebuck just about everything they have needed for their homes for 100 years--but from 1908 to 1940, some 100,000 people also purchased their houses from this mail-order wizard. Sears ready-to-assemble houses were ordered by mail and shipped by rail wherever a boxcar or two could pull in to unload the meticulously precut lumber and all the materials needed to build an exceptionally sturdy and well-designed house. From Philadelphia, Pa., to Coldwater, Kans., and Cowley, Wyo., Sears put its guarantee on quality bungalows, colonials and Cape Cods, all with the latest modern conveniences--such as indoor plumbing. Houses by Mail tells the story of these precut houses and provides for the first time an incomparable guide to identifying Sears houses across the country. Arranged for easy identification in 15 sections by roof type, the book features nearly 450 house models with more than 800 illustrations, including drawings of the houses and floor plans. Because the Sears houses were built to last, thousands remain today to be discovered and restored. Houses by Mail shows how to return them to their original charm while it documents a highly successful business enterprise that embodied the spirit and domestic design of its time. "After decades of obscurity, Sears houses have become chic." --Wall Street Journal "These were . spacious, solidly built homes." --Parade "Don't be surprised if your own cozy bungalow turns up [in the book]."--Philadelphia Inquirer "A nostalgic and informative look at the tastes of Americans in the years before World War II."--Publishers Weekly "The bible to researchers of Sears' ready-cut homes."--Saturday Evening Post
How to Sell Your Home in 5 Days
Author: Bill G. EffrosPublisher: Workman Publishing
ISBN: 0761148469
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
The proof is in the testimonials that have arrived by the thousands: "This is a really great book. It's simple. It's straightforward. We read it. We ran our ad. We got over 100 telephone calls. We sold our home."—John Henke, Boise, ID. "Our real estate broker was green with envy. In 5 days we got 24 bids higher than the highest bid she got us in 11 1/2 years. You're our hero!"—Elizabeth & Tim Hunter, South Berwick, ME. "I had a business opportunity I couldn't take advantage of unless I sold my home immediately. I saw your book in a bookstore and sold my home the next weekend. Thanks!"—Doug Walker, Salt Lake City, UT. "Thanks to your system I sold my home in 5 days at $1.26 million. You saved me $78,000 in real estate commission!"—V., Potomac, MD. Now in its third edition and timed perfectly to address a challenging real estate market, How to Sell Your Home in 5 Days turns the conventional on its head to present an innovative, practical, and foolproof alternative that makes the market work for you, the seller. Based on the one basic truth of free enterprise—that your home is worth exactly what the highest bidder will pay for it— this step-by-step plan shows exactly how to price your home attractively; make a timetable; write an effective ad; use buyer psychology, price points, and magic numbers to get the best price; and conduct round-robin bidding. It includes new information on the Internet—including a supporting website, www.5-day.com—the most recent testimonials, and updates to every phase of the process, from whether or not to renovate a kitchen before selling to the ins and outs of transferring ownership. Homes sold through the five-day plan sell for an average of 5% more than through conventional sales, plus, the seller doesn't have to pay a broker's fee—making this book among the best deals of the century.
Author: Dave RamseyHelp Me, I'm Buying a House
Author: Sandra StarkePublisher:
ISBN: 9781719901284
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
An essential and fun read about buying your own home - from First Time Buyers, for First Time Buyers. Illustrated throughout by well-known creative artist Ben Jones to make you smile. How to get thousands of Pounds for free towards your purchase. Work out a feasible financial scenario early. Research your property and be a step ahead. Be best prepared for viewing and offering. Understand and manage the conveyancing process step-by-step. Learn from others Almost two years ago, me and my partner had this brilliant idea: let's buy our own home! We were fed up with renting and thought we got this - a few months and we are sorted. Little did we know. When we embarked on the adventure, first thing we realised was that we didn't actually have a clue what we were doing, falling for the tricks of the trade at almost every step of the journey. We relied on online material and a few books explaining WHY you should buy, but not really HOW. We tumbled through the process from step to step, without being properly prepared for what was supposed to happen next and what was realistic. We had to let one house go after its survey revealed lots of issues that we could have spotted, then spent more than half a year trying to find another one and finally wound up in a chain that caused an additional 6-month delay. Thankfully, we are both scientists. In our best bid to get on top of everything, we started to do uncountable hours of research, calculations, reading up and talking to relevant people - agents, surveyors, mortgage brokers, other First Time Buyers. While we were suffering through the conveyancing process, I finally realised that I increasingly needed a therapeutic outlet. This is how this book was born: a catharsis, a plea that no matter what, something good must come out of this!! I thought - if nothing else, let's pass on everything that we have learned to make this a little easier for someone else. Because no-one deserves the unnecessary chaos, stress and financial losses that come with buying your own home. This book is our compiled wisdom to make the home buying process more transparent. We hope it will help you plan, make informed choices, be better in control of the process and, most importantly, know what is coming and what to expect. The purpose of this book is for you to be prepared and less at the mercy of 'the system'. Contents Chapter 1. WHAT YOU SHOULD CONSIDER RIGHT NOW Chapter 2. CONSTRAINTS Chapter 3. BASIC INGREDIENTS Chapter 4. FINDING A HOME Chapter 5. GETTING STUFF READY FOR AN OFFER Chapter 6. VIEWING AND OFFERING Chapter 7. OFFER ACCEPTED: PREPARING THE NEXT STEPS Chapter 8. CONVEYANCING FROM START TO FINISH Chapter 9. MOVING IN - THE FIRST STEPS Chapter 10. YOU ARE NOT ALONE. STORIES FROM OTHERS Appendix 1. GLOSSARY Appendix 2. YOUR OWN CALCULATIONS AND WISHLISTS Appendix 3. CONVEYANCING LOG-BOOK
