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The Irreverent Guide to Real Estate: Buying, Selling and Making Money [Paperback]

Patricia Kennedy (Author)
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September 29, 2006
The book you are holding contains an insider’s tips and secrets for saving or making money when you buy or sell a home. It answers all those questions you might be afraid to ask your agent. The Irreverent Guide to Real Estate is fun and informative and gives you an insider’s look at the world of real estate and the agents who want to sell it to you.

Patricia Kennedy shares the ins and outs of real estate, drawing on more than 20 years of experience in this industry. She reveals and explains little-known tricks of the trade and provides valuable information on common real estate issues:

  • How to tell when a real estate agent is lying to you
  • Passing the hat to your parents for down payment help
  • Relationship issues that can complicate the transaction
  • The pros and cons of dealing with discount brokerage companies
  • Maximizing Internet exposure to sell and using the Web to find your new home
  • Curbing your dog while your house is for sale
  • Where to find great professionals to help you through the process

And, that’s just the beginning—Kennedy’s practical advice guides you through the process of buying or selling a home without being manipulated by a real estate agent. The Irreverent Guide to Real Estate helps you make well informed, intelligent and money saving decisions about home buying or selling.


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About the Author

Patricia Kennedy is a successful Realtor in Washington, D.C. She is renovating an old house near Washington’s Rock Creek Park, where she enjoys entertaining friends—many of whom she got to know while helping them buy or sell a home. Pat is an accomplished flutist.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 310 pages
  • Publisher: iUniverse, Inc. (September 29, 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0595398030
  • ISBN-13: 978-0595398034
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,844,934 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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4.0 out of 5 stars A Guide for the Innocent & Not-So-Innocent, January 27, 2007
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This review is from: The Irreverent Guide to Real Estate: Buying, Selling and Making Money (Paperback)
A insider's look at the real estate game presented in clear, succinct prose & with an irreverent sense of humor. A "must read" for first time buyers or sellers, Kennedy's sound advice can save them from expen$ive missteps. Experienced house-traders will smile - & wince - as they see their past sales reflected in this book. And by the end, both groups will want to keep that "marvelous agent we used the last time" on their Christmas card list.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Timely Guide to Selling Your House in a Buyer's Market, November 3, 2006
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J. Kornfeld (Washington, DC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Irreverent Guide to Real Estate: Buying, Selling and Making Money (Paperback)
Only some of us are old enough to remember the time before ever increasing value and just wanting to sell your house made it happen. It seems the "Buyer's Market" of olden times is returning and the decisions you make regarding the sale will influence your success in selling, the price you get, and the drama you will endure.

The Irreverent Guide lays out your choices in both buying and selling with humor and clarity. It explains the unintended consequences of each choice and gives the reader a roadmap for pitfalls in the process. It is a very valuable tool in a market that demands a more careful process than we have been used to.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Fun Read About a Serious Subject, July 10, 2007
This review is from: The Irreverent Guide to Real Estate: Buying, Selling and Making Money (Paperback)
The author's sense of humor and enjoyment of her career in home real estate carry the reader along through a subject that causes stress and anxiety when you are the buyer or seller. This is an excellent resource and fun to read.
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Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
property condition clause, fire your agent, buyer broker agreement, weekend open houses, appraisal contingency, inspection contingency, contract presentation, settlement table, earnest money check, listing agent, buyer brokerage, financing contingency, listing inventory
Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Patricia Kennedy, The Irreverent Guide, Dream House, Bottom Line, Board of Realtors, New York, Multiple Listing Service, United States, Save Six, Washington Post
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