Improve the Value of Your Home up to $100,000: 50 Sure-Fire Techniques and Strategies [Paperback]

Robert Irwin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 13, 2002

Earn large profits on small investments in your home!

You can profit up to $500,000 tax-free when you sell your home! And some of the most effective ways to raise the value of your home are also the least expensive! Did you know that you can increase your property value simply by parking your car in the garage? It's true! And that's just one of the many proven value-building secrets you'll find in this indispensable homeowner's handbook.

Improve the Value of Your Home Up to $100,000 is packed with money-making ideas that make your home more elegant and pleasant to live in now, and far more valuable whenever you decide to sell-tomorrow or ten years from now. You'll find plenty of tips on how to save money on major improvements, learn which improvements are most likely to add the greatest value, and even discover value-boosters that you can take with you after the sale to add value to your next home! Find out how to increase the value of your home by:
* Making buyers fall in love with your home
* Adding just the right touches to kitchens, bathrooms, and entryways
* Improving your entire neighborhood
* Finding simple, inexpensive ways to modernize
* Making your backyard "the place to be"

Your home is the biggest, most important investment you will ever make. Now you can make it your most profitable investment with simple techniques that bring higher prices and quicker sales. Find out how in Improve the Value of Your Home Up to $100,000.

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Earn large profits on small investments in your home!

You can profit up to $500,000 tax-free when you sell your home! And some of the most effective ways to raise the value of your home are also the least expensive! Did you know that you can increase your property value simply by parking your car in the garage? It’s true! And that’s just one of the many proven value-building secrets you’ll find in this indispensable homeowner’s handbook.

Improve the Value of Your Home Up to $100,000 is packed with money-making ideas that make your home more elegant and pleasant to live in now, and far more valuable whenever you decide to sell–tomorrow or ten years from now. You’ll find plenty of tips on how to save money on major improvements, learn which improvements are most likely to add the greatest value, and even discover value-boosters that you can take with you after the sale to add value to your next home! Find out how to increase the value of your home by:

• Making buyers fall in love with your home
• Adding just the right touches to kitchens, bathrooms, and entryways
• Improving your entire neighborhood
• Finding simple, inexpensive ways to modernize
• Making your backyard "the place to be"

Your home is the biggest, most important investment you will ever make. Now you can make it your most profitable investment with simple techniques that bring higher prices and quicker sales. Find out how in Improve the Value of Your Home Up to $100,000.

About the Author

ROBERT IRWIN has written more than fifty books on real estate. His Tips and Traps series has sold more than 1,000,000 copies.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (December 13, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471226696
• ISBN-13: 978-0471226697
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,066,749 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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58 of 58 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Common sense building of a home's equity, March 20, 2003

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E. Johnson (El Cajon, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Improve the Value of Your Home up to $100,000: 50 Sure-Fire Techniques and Strategies (Paperback)

Offering "50 surefire techniques and strategies" to help improve the value of one's home, Irwin utilizes common sense to help owners decide where it is best to spend their money on their homes. With the recent real estate run-up (especially where I live in Southern California), the best investment we can make is in the very place we live. While I don't plan to sell in the near future, I always want to be sure my home could be ready for a sale at any time, just in case. Irwin gives dollar-sign guides as to how much value an improvement could help increase the price you could eventually ask for your property. Although very little in this book was new to me, I highly recommend it for folks who are not very sure about how to increase the value of their homes. Although there were several suggestions I questioned (especially the value he gave to some improvements and how little he valued other improvements), I believe that he used sound judgment to guide the reader. I plan on utlizing several of the improvement ideas in my own home!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Some things in this book disturbing, June 12, 2008

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Sue A. (San Diego) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Improve the Value of Your Home up to $100,000: 50 Sure-Fire Techniques and Strategies (Paperback)

This book contained some good ideas, but other ideas disturbed me. Many of the suggestions were to make cheap upgrades that would look good for 6 months or so (such as very inexpensive new carpeting) - basically suggesting behavior that in my view is pretty dishonest, or at the very least unethical. Suggesting we ever get ahead in life by mistreating others bothers me a great deal.

46 of 88 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It might be right for you?, February 19, 2003

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This review is from: Improve the Value of Your Home up to $100,000: 50 Sure-Fire Techniques and Strategies (Paperback)

The idea for such a book IS a good one. The ideas are certainly sound..... I live in a newish(6yrs) 6000+ sq ft house,with a neighborhood association,good school district(etc) and felt that this book would NOT apply to my market.... however it could be useful for someone that lives in an urban or older neighborhood.... where a house might need curb appeal or sprucing up.... the thought of adding value to a sale is always appealing no matter what the size of your 'estate' ... no matter how deep or thin your pockets are! It is always a challenge to make the most of what you have.