The Essential Handbook for Buying a Home

The Essential Handbook for Buying a Home
Author: Karen Rittenhouse
Publisher:
Total Pages: 143
Release: 2011-09-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780983775249

Buying a home should be fun and easy. You'll start with a ton of questions-inside this book are the answers! What you'll learn: How to increase your chances of getting a mortgage How to determine property values The difference between a Foreclosure, a Short Sale, and an REO All about home inspections, title search, closing costs and more!

The Essential Handbook for Landlords

The Essential Handbook for Landlords
Author: Karen Rittenhouse
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780983775225

Create wealth through owning real estate! Following a few simple steps can make your role as a landlord easier and more profitable. In this book you will learn how to: Prequalify the best type of property for rental, Market your properties to find a qualified tenant, Prepare your properties for rental, Use the correct paperwork to protect you and your tenants, Grow your financial freedom, and more. There's never been a better time to be a landlord!

Secrets of Home Staging

Secrets of Home Staging
Author: Karen Prince
Publisher: Mango Media Inc.
Total Pages: 301
Release: 2021-04-13
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 1642505552

Essential DIY Guide to Home Décor and Home Staging “…a must-read when selling your home. This book is a beautiful tutorial that will help you sell your home faster.” ―Cassandra Aarssen, professional organizer and author of The Clutter Connection #1 New Release in How-to & Home, House Plans, and Project Management Are you overwhelmed by the idea of home staging? Don’t know what to do or where to start? In Secrets of Home Staging, award-winning home stager, Karen Prince, guides you through the home staging process with easy home décor ideas, design tips, and advice on how to stage your home to sell. Home staging made simple. Secrets of Home Staging isn’t just an indispensable guide for the everyday homeowner, it’s also geared to realtors and those committed to real estate investing and flipping houses. With potential home buyers pre-shopping homes online and dismissing many of them in as little as three seconds, it is essential your home is staged to look its best. Secrets of Home Staging helps you navigate the home staging process with an easy-to-follow guide. For fans of Joanna Gaines and the real estate world. No matter what your house plan, Secrets of Home Staging offers home interior design advice and tools you need to make your home look great online and in-person. Featuring over 150 color photos, and many practical house interior design tips, Karen gives home sellers everything they need to receive more offers, faster sales, and higher selling prices. Inside you’ll find before-and-after photos and information on easy DIY home improvements that buyers love, project management tips, and: • The 6 steps to successful home staging • Decluttering and decorating ideas that sell • How to determine your “key” rooms If you enjoy real estate books, interior design books, or home decor books─like Elements of Style, Home Body, Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up, Habitat, Inspire Your Home, or The Book on Flipping Houses─you’ll love Secrets of Home Staging.

Martha Stewart's Homekeeping Handbook

Martha Stewart's Homekeeping Handbook
Author: Martha Stewart
Publisher: Clarkson Potter
Total Pages: 754
Release: 2006-10-31
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 0517577003

Whether your home is small or large, an apartment in the city or a country cottage, it is a space that should be at once beautiful and livable. The key to that is managing the upkeep without feeling flustered. Until now, there has never been a comprehensive resource that not only tells how to care for your home and everything in it, but that also simplifies the process by explaining just when. With secrets from Martha Stewart for accomplishing the most challenging homekeeping tasks with ease, this detailed and comprehensive book is the only one you will need to help you keep your home looking its best, floor to ceiling, room by room. In Martha Stewart’s Homekeeping Handbook, Martha shares her unparalleled expertise in home maintenance and care. Readable and practical–and graced with charts, sidebars, illustrated techniques, and personal anecdotes from Martha’s decades of experience caring for her homes– this is far more than just a compendium of ways to keep your house clean. It covers everything from properly executing a living room floor plan to setting a formal table; from choosing HEPA filters to sealing soapstone countertops; from organizing your home office to polishing your silver and caring for family heirlooms. Martha Stewart’ s Homekeeping Handbook is organized for clarity and maximum practicality: Room by Room covers the upkeep of the appliances, tools, furnishings, and surfaces found in each room, from the entryway to the kitchen, from the attic to the laundry room. Throughout the House instructs the reader on the proper ways to routinely clean and periodically maintain everything in the home, including dusting, sweeping, vacuuming, polishing, scrubbing, waxing and much more. Comfort and Safety focuses on techniques to ensure your home is running properly and safely, such as recognizing when to clean vents, fixing a leaky faucet, and eradicating pests. A-to-Z Materials Guide provides an invaluable resource that explains the unusual materials that many favorite objects are made of–from abalone to zinc–and how to care for them so they last. Encyclopedic yet friendly, Martha Stewart’s Homekeeping Handbook is a seminal work–a must-have for everyone who wants a well-cared-for home that will endure for generations.

The Book on VA Loans

The Book on VA Loans
Author: Chris Birk
Publisher:
Total Pages: 350
Release: 2020-02-18
Genre:
ISBN:

For 75 years, the VA loan program has helped U.S. service members and their families achieve the dream of homeownership. Today, in the wake of the subprime mortgage meltdown and ensuing foreclosure crisis, this no-down payment loan is more important than ever. VA loans have emerged as a lifeline for veterans and active duty personnel who understand their unmatched safety and buying power. The Book on VA Loans takes service members and their families on an insider's journey into VA loans, from credit scores and interest rates to the unique opportunities and challenges of this long-cherished program. Readers get insider tips and expert advice from the country's largest dedicated VA lender, Veterans United Home Loans. They also receive a buyer-friendly education in a sometimes complicated world that can trip up even seasoned real estate veterans.Featuring simple, straightforward language and voices of previous VA borrowers, this resource helps ensure service members are in the best position possible to maximize the benefits earned by their service.

Before You Buy!

Before You Buy!
Author: Michael Corbett
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 325
Release: 2011-02-22
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1101502509

The bestselling author of Find It, Fix It, Flip It! returns with a new book specifically tailored for today's market. After a period of dramatic flux, the real estate market is rebounding- but the playing field is tougher than ever. Michael Corbett, bestselling author and the host of NBC's Extra!'s Mansions and Millionaires, teaches today's prospective homebuyers everything they need to know, including: •Why Now is the Time to Buy •The 10 Most Costly Buyers' Blunders •Five Before-You-Buy Checklists for Each Type of Property •How to Navigate Foreclosures and Short Sales •Inspections, Mortgages, Closings, and Beyond Corbett is a household name, and real estate novices and seasoned buyers alike will want to benefit from his expertise.

Buying a Home in France

Buying a Home in France
Author: David Hampshire
Publisher:
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2000-04
Genre: House buying
ISBN: 9780951980439

-- Full of information on seeking, buying and developing property abroad -- Includes details on real-estate agents, renovation, utilities and home security

The Home Book

The Home Book
Author: Glen Martin
Publisher:
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2016-05-01
Genre: Dwellings
ISBN: 9780692691694

Homeowner maintenance reference manual including 380 residential workmanship guidelines covering conditions and maintenance for topics including: floors and ceilings; roofs and gutters; foundations and basements; interior/exterior components; grounds; utility systems; and walls. Homeowner and builder maintenance responsibilities are stated along with the performance guideline and additional information for each topic. Green home construction is also covered.

How to Buy a House

How to Buy a House
Author: Mark Ferguson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 318
Release: 2017-05-10
Genre: House buying
ISBN: 9781521055656

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.