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10 Secrets to Successful Home Buying and Selling: Using Your Housing Psychology to Make Smarter Decisions [Paperback]

Lois A. Vitt (Author)
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November 22, 2004

"Buying a house may be love at first sight or seemingly take forever. This terrific book covers all the bases. Readers will enjoy discovering the secrets as they are revealed. There's something valuable for everyone."

–Willard Scott, Noted NBC Radio and Television Personality

 

"This book helps you get at not only the practical aspects of home buying and selling, but also the emotional side of what is usually the largest and most anxiety-riddled transactions of your lifetime. If you are thinking of buying or selling a home, it pays big dividends to read Lois Vitt's advice before you do!"

–Jordan E. Goodman, America's Money Answers Man and author of Everyone's Money Book

 

"If you want to get in touch with your inner home buyer–and make clearer decisions based on those insights–this is the book to take you there."

–Kenneth Harney, Syndicated Real Estate Columnist, Washington Post Writers Group.

 

"The most significant purchase a person makes in a lifetime is a home. The process of finding, purchasing, or selling a home can be down right nerve-racking. Lois Vitt has written a thought-provoking book that addresses both the technical and emotional aspects of home ownership."

–Deborah Owens, Financial Commentator and author of Confident Investing and Nickel and Dime Your Way to Wealth.

 

Buying a home is not just the most important financial decision: It is also one of the most important emotional decisions. With 10 Secrets to Successful Home Buying and Selling, you get it right! Lois A. Vitt helps you discover your "housing value system," your personal housing psychology. Learn how your expectations compare with your family's expectations, so that you can make the best decisions for everyone. After you discover what you really want, answer crucial housing questions, such as: Rent or buy? Move or remodel? Sell or hold? Refinance? Vitt's practical examples, real-life stories, and easy quizzes help you make housing decisions that enrich your life emotionally and financially!


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"Buying a house may be love at first sight or seemingly take forever. This terrific book covers all the bases. Readers will enjoy discovering the secrets as they are revealed. There's something valuable for everyone."

–Willard Scott, Noted NBC Radio and Television Personality

 

"This book helps you get at not only the practical aspects of home buying and selling, but also the emotional side of what is usually the largest and most anxiety-riddled transactions of your lifetime. If you are thinking of buying or selling a home, it pays big dividends to read Lois Vitt's advice before you do!"

–Jordan E. Goodman, America's Money Answers Man and author of Everyone's Money Book

 

"If you want to get in touch with your inner home buyer–and make clearer decisions based on those insights–this is the book to take you there."

–Kenneth Harney, Syndicated Real Estate Columnist, Washington Post Writers Group.

 

"The most significant purchase a person makes in a lifetime is a home. The process of finding, purchasing, or selling a home can be down right nerve-racking. Lois Vitt has written a thought-provoking book that addresses both the technical and emotional aspects of home ownership."

–Deborah Owens, Financial Commentator and author of Confident Investing and Nickel and Dime Your Way to Wealth.

 

Buying a home is not just the most important financial decision: It is also one of the most important emotional decisions. With 10 Secrets to Successful Home Buying and Selling, you get it right! Lois A. Vitt helps you discover your "housing value system," your personal housing psychology. Learn how your expectations compare with your family's expectations, so that you can make the best decisions for everyone. After you discover what you really want, answer crucial housing questions, such as: Rent or buy? Move or remodel? Sell or hold? Refinance? Vitt's practical examples, real-life stories, and easy quizzes help you make housing decisions that enrich your life emotionally and financially!


© Copyright Pearson Education. All rights reserved.

About the Author

Dr. Lois A. Vitt founded and directs the Institute for Socio-Financial Studies, an organization focused on research, education, and the development of finances, society, and the daily lives of individuals. She has taught financial sociology and financial gerontology at American University, and she edits the Encyclopedia of Financial Gerontology. Formerly a consultant to major financial services firms, she pioneered the development of innovative financing instruments for home buying.


© Copyright Pearson Education. All rights reserved.


Product Details

  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: FT Press (November 22, 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0131455001
  • ISBN-13: 978-0131455009
  • Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,004,241 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Yippee!! I made the decision..., January 24, 2005
This review is from: 10 Secrets to Successful Home Buying and Selling: Using Your Housing Psychology to Make Smarter Decisions (Paperback)
to stay in my house! Having recently gone through a divorce, and somewhat uncomfortable with my neighborhood, which has a very different demographic from mine, I struggled with how I could manage the house on my own, and finance numerous small and large repairs without taking on too much debt.

After taking the quiz, I realized that the financial stability of my house is the most important factor I needed to satisfy. Once I realized that...it was much easier to invest a few thousand dollars to update the furnishings and to make the house more like a home that reflected my personality. I was also able to take on additional debt to make some costly, but necessary repairs, such a new foundation and sewer line. In doing so, I found a way to restructure my entire debt load that allows me one smaller monthly payment, leaving me with a greater monthly cash flow.

I can honestly say that I wouldn't have had the courage to undertake the repairs, and take on the additional debt, if I hadn't read this book. Having a clear insight into my issues surrounding "home" and understanding more clearly my emotional profile, I was able to make my need structure work in my favor, instead of against me. Without this book, I would probably have sold the house at a discount, and made another, equally unsatisfying move.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Housing Decisions, December 27, 2004
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At last a book that entertains you while giving solid information. I especially like the way this author uses flesh and blood real people to illustrate her points. I'm halfway through already in one day --maybe I'll write another when I finish it.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Remarkable Effort, December 27, 2004
This review is from: 10 Secrets to Successful Home Buying and Selling: Using Your Housing Psychology to Make Smarter Decisions (Paperback)
I have worked with Dr. Vitt for many years, and I am always amazed when the final product arrives. This book is just one of many of the remarkable things she has written, but this book alone has been the greatest help to me in deciding to refinance my home, an idea I had been toying with for a long time. After rereading it for pleasure and learning, rather than editing, I have learned a great deal more about the dynamics of buying, selling or refinancing my own home, and for this I am grateful to Dr. Vitt. This book should be a great help to anyone who is considering any kind of housing change.

V. Karen McMahon
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Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
housing value system, housing psychology, housing emotions, housing profile, housing decision making, housing history, housing decisions, housing behavior, housing transaction, housing choices, equity buildup, housing values, housing preferences, money factors
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New York, End Notes, Money Factor, National Association of Realtors, Recommended Resources, Greenwood Press, Anne Marie, Santa Claus, Social Factor, Kris Kringle, Personal Factor, American Red Cross, Housing Encounter, Comparative Housing Cost Analysis, East Coast, Harvard University Press, Second Edition, The Free Press
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