50 Simple Steps You Can Take to Sell Your Home Faster and for More Money in Any Market [Paperback]

Ilyce R. Glink (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 28, 2003

America’s bestselling real-estate expert offers a highly practical, reader-friendly guide to selling your home quickly and for the best price—in any market.

In 50 Simple Steps You Can Take to Sell Your Home Faster and for More Money in Any Market, Ilyce Glink takes home sellers through the process of readying their homes for sale, offering inside tips and expert advice about how to get the most value from any house or apartment in the shortest time possible. Inside you’ll find:

• Rules every seller should live by
• Mistakes every home seller makes—but can easily avoid
• Steps you have to take before you sell, including great ideas for keeping
your house ultraclean and organized
• Room-by-room improvements—including the basement, attic, garage,
and the exterior—that will add instant value to your home
• Information on timing your sale
• Inside advice on pricing your house
• Tips for navigating the paperwork and closing documents

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About the Author

ILYCE R. GLINK’s newspaper column, “Real Estate Matters,” is syndicated nationally. She is the money and real-estate reporter for WGN-TV in Chicago, guest host for The Clark Howard Show on WSB-AM in Atlanta, and has appeared on Oprah and the Today show. Her books include 100 Questions You Should Ask About Your Personal Finances, 100 Questions Every First-Time Home Buyer Should Ask, and 50 Simple Steps You Can Take to Disaster-Proof Your Finances. She lives in the Chicago area with her husband and two sons.

Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Three Rivers Press; 1 edition (January 28, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0609809334
• ISBN-13: 978-0609809334
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,102,798 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Ilyce R. Glink is an award-winning financial journalist, radio talk show host, television reporter, best-selling book author, and Internet entrepreneur.

Her goal is to help you make smarter decisions with your money, and she works toward that by providing great real estate and personal finance information online, in print, and on the radio:

* She writes the nationally-syndicated "Real Estate Matters" and "Ask The Real Estate Lawyer" columns, that appear in more than 100 newspapers and websites nationwide;
* She is the popular Home Equity blogger for MoneyWatch.com;
* She hosts a top-rated Sunday morning talk show on Newstalk 750 WSB/Atlanta;
* She hosts and produces ExpertRealEstateTips, an Internet video series with more than 300 episodes.

She has also written twelve books, including her latest, BUY, CLOSE, MOVE IN!, and the bestselling 100 QUESTIONS EVERY FIRST-TIME HOME BUYER SHOULD ASK (3rd Ed). She has also written dozens of ebooks, which are available at ThinkGlink.com.

In addition, Ilyce works with companies to create unique content managemet and marketing programs, including lead generation, nurture, and educational programs.

Follow Ilyce on Twitter (@Glink), join her Facebook fan page (Facebook.com/IlyceGlinkFanPage), and be sure to visit her websites, ThinkGlink.com and ExpertRealEstateTips.net. While you're there, sign up for her free weekly newsletter, so you can stay on top of everything that happens in the ThinkGlink.com community.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

62 of 62 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simple-to-read tips...., March 10, 2004

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This review is from: 50 Simple Steps You Can Take to Sell Your Home Faster and for More Money in Any Market (Paperback)

I checked several books out of the library on this subject, but this is the only one I read cover to cover. It is a breeze to read. The writer adds examples from her own experience which are interesting and keep it from being a dry how-to book. The tips are very straightforward and useful. Maybe some of the steps are common sense, such as cleaning and de-cluttering the house for sale, but she adds some extra tips, such as the best place to quickly stash your junk mail & other clutter before a showing (where won't they look?). Many of the tips focus on less obvious aspects of selling, such as what wording to look out for before signing a listing contract. I appreciate the fact that the author recommends honesty to home sellers - fix or disclose problems with the house rather than covering them up. Most home inspectors will find everything anyway, and a seller who seems to be hiding something will raise red flags with buyers. I found it to be an enjoyable and helpful book.

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A small gem, May 23, 2005

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Invaluable! Solid, practical, up-to-date advice with no fluff, from a woman who knows the real estate market inside and out. Written in a friendly, conversational style--not "technical" at all. I followed Glink's advice, and my condo sold in three days (to the first person who looked at it) for $1,750 above the asking price.

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars SOLD in less than 24 hours, August 7, 2005

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This book tells it like it is. You want the most money out of your investment, than try to do all the things listed to prepare your house before you call a realtor or have people view it. It is a lot of work - it took me three months - but everyone who viewed my home said what a lovely home I had, how well-maintained it was, and I had an offer in less than 24 hours for more than my listing price! I also heard a lot of comments from potential buyers about how dirty and cluttered other homes they visited were - so much so that it was hard to see what the home had to offer. A very, very worthwhile investment.