The For Sale by Owner Handbook [Paperback]

Piper Nichole (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 2005

Have you ever wanted to sell your own home? Jennifer Wake is banking $45,000 from selling her home solo. This nurse by night, For Sale By Owner by day, says, "It really paid off."

The For Sale by Owner Handbook guides you step-by-step through the home-selling process. It gives you inside real estate trade secrets to sell your home like a pro.

A team of national leading experts-pros from: "Trading Spaces", Oprah Winfrey’s magazine, Better Homes & Gardens, Country Living, House Beautiful, "This Old House", Yale University, University of California-Berkeley, New York University, American University, and the Fannie Mae Foundation (just to name a few!)—take you by the hand and teach you how to:

• Sell your home for the best price
• Make your home irresistible to buyers
• Negotiate contracts with ease (sample real estate contracts included)
• Hassle-free closing
• How to make sure buyers are financially qualified to buy your home
• How to get your home listed on the MLS (Multiple Listing Service)
• And every single step along the way

In addition, there are numerous interviews with national experts, including:

• Real estate agents – successful home-selling tactics
• Attorneys -- provide legal advice and contract tips
• Interior designers -- to make your home look more spacious
• Home inspectors -- What you want to see, what you don’t want to know (see the sample inspection report)
• Appraisers, mortgage lenders, title insurance pros, home warranty experts, termite inspectors, and more.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

"A must read for both novice and experienced home owners looking for realistic selling options to avoid costly sales commissions." — Patrick M. Butler, president, Home Financing Center Realty, Inc.

"Makes the process easy to understand and easy to implement successfully. Good luck to all that make the money-saving effort!" — Norm Bour, host, "The Real Estate and Finance Show"

"Piper has done a masterful job of helping homeowners avoid costly mistakes I see people make every day." — Ron LeGrand, real-estate investor and best-selling author of How to be a Quick Turn Real Estate Millionaire

About the Author

Piper Nichole is an award winning writer, an editor for the NBC television affiliate's website in Richmond, Virginia, and the author of hundreds of articles for the Richmond Times-Dispatch and a variety of other newspapers and national magazines. She has also taken professional real-estate training and passed the state and national licensing exam.

Product Details

• Paperback: 239 pages
• Publisher: Career Press (July 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 156414805X
• ISBN-13: 978-1564148056
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #745,463 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

PIPER NICHOLE is the author of The Everything Homebuying Book, 3rd Edition, part of the bestselling "Everything" series by Adams Media. She is also the author of The For Sale By Owner Handbook and Buying a House on a Shoestring. Nichole has been featured in the Chicago Tribune, MarketWatch/Dow Jones, AOL Real Estate, Wall Street Journal, ABC Radio, Washington Post's Reader Express, The Boston Globe, Cable Radio Network, USA Radio Network (syndicated to about 100 radio stations), ESPN's Viewpoint and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you own a home you need to own this book!, July 6, 2005

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This review is from: The For Sale by Owner Handbook (Paperback)

Knowledgeably and informatively written by an award winning writer and professional realtor, this book gives the homeowner the insider tips, insights and everything one needs to know to make their home sale much more profitable. Whether you're selling on your own or through a realtor, it really guides you in making a great deal more money on the sale of your home.
It gives an insider's scoop that will keep you ahead of the selling process from start to closing. Well laid out and personably written this book kept me enthused throughout the entire book! It has massive amounts of great information, detailed descriptions, tips and examples to walk you through each step.
This book makes how to sell real estate a breeze! Even includes a cash profit worksheet, samples and how & when to sell.
I also enjoyed all the extras in the book like "how to make your home irresistible to buyers", "great ideas", "creating the right ambiance" to "curb appeal", "how to write your ad", "techniques for pricing your home" and "evaluating the offers". It made me feel very comfortable in how to sell real estate, I'm glad you wrote it!
Kudos! on this great new book! If you own a home you need to own this book!

Tony Henriques

22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Book, May 25, 2006

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Chris Hughes "Cow Man" (South Bend, IN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The For Sale by Owner Handbook (Paperback)

I went to the library and got several books on FSBO and this one was the best. Several books I had from the library were not true FBSO books for they only had one chapter talking about it. This handbook was not like that. With it recieved my full asking price and was able to understand confusing jardon and rules in selling the house. Most importantly, I felt secure at every step of the selling process that i was not getting ripped off and everything was fair.

18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Conflicting information; incomplete; poor grammar -- very bad!, September 27, 2007

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Jason Seagraves (Saginaw, Michigan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The For Sale by Owner Handbook (Paperback)

This book appears to have been thrown together quickly in order to satisfy a market niche. First and foremost, it is lacking in detail. There's no way you can take what you "learn" in this book and then immediately sell your home FSBO. You need a lot more information on closing, home inspection, and numerous other issues on which this book barely touches. Furthermore, the formatting of the book, which highlights the opinions of "experts," is often contradictory without any insight into or explanation of the contrary opinions. Rather, mutually exclusive opinions (and facts!) are presented side-by-side. Finally, there are tons of typos and grammatical errors in this book -- which is predominantly fluff, any way. The type face is large and the book is thin. Although there isn't a lot of material to be found on selling FSBO (for obvious reasons), would-be FSBO sellers would be smart to continue their searches rather than stopping here.