Doghouse to Dollhouse for Dollars [Paperback]

Jeanette Fisher (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 2004

Doghouse to Dollhouse for Dollars: Using Design Psychology to Increase Real Estate Profits by college instructor Jeanette Fisher.

Easy Ways to Find, Finance, Fix & Sell Distressed Property.

The ONLY book to reveal an interior designer’s secrets to making top dollar in real estate. Use Design Psychology to sell FAST, save time and money. Jeanette’s real estate investing method is unlike any other.

Discover how you can find, finance, fix and sell distressed properties for higher profits using Interior Design Psychology.

• Learn how to avoid boring "cookie-cutter" fix-ups, how to easily transform a dump into a dollhouse, and how to sell your property for more than the competition.
• Find out how a twenty-year old woman made over $100,000 in a few months fixing and selling real estate.
• Find out how the Fisher's sell their homes in as little as three hours for thousands more than the asking price and for more money than any other home on the same street has previously sold for!

You could spend hundreds or even thousands of dollars for out-of-date real estate investing books, DVDs, tapes, seminars and mentoring. Jeanette’s books do not recommend investors to act dumb and unethical in order to trick home owners into giving away property. Don’t waste your money on tired systems that worked last century. Don’t waste your time chasing ridiculous schemes.

Discover the amazing secrets of a grandmother making over $200,000 a year playing with dollhouses.

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About the Author

Jeanette Fisher, author of Joy to the Home: Secrets of Interior Design Psychology, Joy to the Home: The Art of Design Psychology, Sell Your Home for Top Dollar - FAST! Interior Design Secrets for Optimum Selling in Any Market, Doghouse to Dollars Investor’s Guide, and Saving Sara spent over 15 years researching the psychology of residential design at the University of Florida, Harvard, and experimenting on her home. Jeanette has a bachelor's degree from Bethune Cookman College, Florida. She shares her techniques on decorating for happiness and teaches Design Psychology and Real Estate Investing. Jeanette and her family buy "doghouses" and transform them into "dollhouses." They have fixed-up 27 properties perfecting their techniques. These amazing steps can now be yours.

Product Details

• Paperback: 215 pages
• Publisher: Family Trust Publishing (February 2004)
• ISBN-10: 0974932809
• ISBN-13: 978-0974932804
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #544,292 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A gold mine, September 23, 2004

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R. Kramarz "Mr. Funding" (Southern California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Doghouse to Dollhouse for Dollars (Paperback)

I have read this book and also attended some of the author's seminars. As a real estate agent and loan officer myself, I am professionally informed on the subject matter presented. What is most remarkable is that the information provided is not just what we read in the text books. It contains real street smarts; tons of really useful solid practical information. The author has personally bought, refurbished, and sold numerous fixers, and made unusually high returns on her investments. She tells it like it is and provides highly useful pointers for replicating her success. Moreover, the information is current, reflecting the present realities of the real estate market. And it covers just about every area you need to know, from locating the good buys, doing the transaction, financing, estimating costs of refurbishing, carrying out the refurbishing itself, and selling at profit. All the tricks, tips and secrets you will need to do it all profitably. This little book is a gold mine for anyone seriously engaged in buying fixers for profit.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars REALLY!!?? I can do it too........, July 3, 2005

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Andrea Stone "Life's Student" (Newbury Park, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Doghouse to Dollhouse for Dollars (Paperback)

I had heard about investing in fixer-uppers but never thought that I could do it too. Doghouse to Dollhouse for Dollars was recommended to me and let me tell you ..... I could barely put it down. Jeanette not only gave me all the information from getting my credit on track to the act of fixing the house but the way she even wrote the book. The way information was concise, not too wordy, well organized, even the typeface used made it easy to look at and flow. She had me ready to jump out of my chair and get started before I had even finished the first chapter. Now I believe I can begin investing and securing my future in a market that is reliable. There is still alot of hardwork I have to put into it but I know I won't give up because of confusion and frustration of figuring it out all on my own. Thank you Jeanette for sharing your lessons and invaluable time so that I can have a 30 year jump start and be successful at something I have no experience at!

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Homes in the West, September 4, 2005

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Ellen Taliaferro MD "Dr T" (Half Moon Bay, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Doghouse to Dollhouse for Dollars (Paperback)

I think that the book does address the West: 15 of the 17 house examples in Jeanette's book are in California.

What I liked about the book was
that there are real examples of houses fixed up by the Fisher family. You
get to know the family in the first chapter and feel like you can copy their
unique system. The book has lots of practical, current, and helpful advice from an author who still invests in
real estate in Southern California.