Gillan Guide Long Island 2004/2005 [Paperback]

Patrick T. Gillan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 2004

Everything You Need To Find A Neighborhood & Home on Long Island

Practical home-buying and mortgage advice complete with easy-to-use checklists and websites that take you every step of the way and show how to find the right home at the right price.

Detailed neighborhood information for all of Long Island as well as rankings of all of the public school districts, the best commutes, best buy neighborhoods, best areas for families and singles and much, much more.

A real estate and mortgage dictionary with over 200 key terms.

See How Your Neighborhood Ranks

Schools - 126 District Rankings

Home Prices - Prices for all neighborhoods

Commuting - Commuting times for train and car

Neighbors - Key stats for all 193 neighborhoods

Parks/Beaches - Descriptions of 161 parks & beaches

Shopping - Summaries of LI’s major malls

Crime - Crime statistics for all 193 Zip Codes

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Patrick Gillan is an 18-year veteran of the real estate industry, having worked in property insurance at The Chubb Group; and real estate finance at Chemical Bank (now J.P. Morgan Chase), APC Realty Advisors, and as a partner at Ernst & Young. Mr. Gillan has negotiated over $500 million in real estate transactions. He is the author of The Front Porch real estate column, founder and CEO of Conscience Bay Home, LLC, an exclusive buyer’s agency and mortgage brokerage firm on Long Island, and owner of GillanGuide.com, a unique internet site for house buyers. He earned a BA cum laude in economics as well as departmental honors from Stony Brook University in 1985, and an MBA in Real Estate Finance from Columbia Business School in 1990.

Patrick was born and raised in Rockaway Beach, New York and is now a resident of Setauket, New York on Long Island.

Product Details

• Paperback: 432 pages
• Publisher: Conscience Bay Home (December 2004)
• ISBN-10: 0976299720
• ISBN-13: 978-0976299721
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.4 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,585,345 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A terrifically useful guide to homebuying on Long Island, February 28, 2005

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F. J. Imossi - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gillan Guide Long Island 2004/2005 (Paperback)

This is THE no nonsense guide to buying a home with confidence on Long Island. It is the only one that gives an objective and informative analysis of every neighborhood and school system. It tells in simple, folksy style how to succeed in buying the right Long Island home. I found this to be a pleasant guide to use. It will certainly minimize the risk of making costly mistakes in the biggest financial and life style commitment you will ever make. It has a lot more than I ever thought I needed to know about home buying.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A real necessity, March 10, 2005

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Nellie Armstrong, "Happy Home Owner" (Middle Island, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gillan Guide Long Island 2004/2005 (Paperback)

Patrick Gillan's book is a real neccessity for anyone buying a home in Long Island's tight real estate market. The "Guide" includes information that is especially useful to a first time buyer about the entire process of making this important purchase - how it works, what documents are needed, how much house can the buyer afford, etc. Don't buy a home without it!

5.0 out of 5 stars The Gillan Guide, February 14, 2006

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Gillan Guide Long Island 2004/2005 (Paperback)

this is the best book on how to buy a home on Long Island. You can review what this wonderful authers qustions and think for a second "what does this home mean to me" "do I really think it will fit for my family" this is one of the many great soultions to finding a perfect home.

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