Trillion Dollar Women: Use Your Power to Make Buying & Remodeling Decisions [Paperback]

Tara-Nicholle Nelson (Author), Esq (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2008

Written by a woman for women, this practical, insightful guide demystifies the home buying and remodeling process and empowers the reader to work confidently with architects, interior designers, and contractors to strategically craft a home that complements her unique lifestyle and personality needs. Packed with trillion dollar tips, worksheets, and life-clarifying exercises and quizzes, you won t want to visit a building or remodeling professional without this book. If you want - a clear understanding of how your personality coincides with your housing needs - the ability to communicate confidently and effectively with real estate professionals - a sense of control over your building and remodeling process - the skills to be an active participant in creating your dream home - to understand how to create an eco-friendly, green home ...then this book was written just for trillion dollar you! As little girls, we were told not to play with the yellow Tonka truck. This book gives women permission to not only drive that truck but fill it up with dirt, dump it and grade it as well! Basically, Ms. Nelson gives us the freedom to get our party dresses dirty with the boys

Editorial Reviews

Review

Considering that all of the current trends, from green living and great design to frugal DIY, are what modern women attend to, perhaps this NAHB angle is a way out of the home/dÃcor publishing market slump: appeal to the female demographic. --Publishers WeeklyWomen make ninety-one percent home-buying decisions, holding the purse strings on about 2 trillion dollars-worth of buying power annually, according to a Harvard study quoted here. Although they initiate eighty percent of all remodeling projects, preconceptions die hard, and the old myth that construction is a guy thing is still alive and kicking. Not true, the author contends. Although Legos and Erector sets might not be as popular as Barbie and Bratz dolls among little girls, she writes, as a species, women are highly inclined toward creation and transformation. Nelson, a real estate investor and broker and an attorney with a masters degree in psychology, has another reason for targeting women in this book: a belief that men and women approach the home very differently. Women don t think about a home in isolation from the rest of their life, she says. Rather, women tend to take a very holistic view, considering how each and every feature or amenity or downside of a home will impact every other area of their lives. This extremely detailed guide to buying and remodeling an existing home or building a new one is faithful to that premise. Before designing or redoing a kitchen, for example, Nelson counsels the reader to consider her personality type and what that says about her wants and needs. A utilitarian might opt for an enclosed space with plenty of shelving; a frequent entertainer will want a restaurant-grade stove, a large capacity fridge for caterers, and so on. And is the primary cook in the household right- or left-handed? For any woman who worries that she is not organized enough to oversee a major construction project, this book is both reassuring and a remedy. Exhaustive checklists and questionnaires abound. Also included are tips on how to deal with contractors, who will almost certainly be men and, even if they don t consider females easy marks for a variety of scams, are unlikely to expect them to know a baluster from a barge board. A timely chapter is devoted to building a green home, from choosing the contractor to incorporating elements of green design. The author reminds buyers that there are degrees of green certification, and includes a list of green remodeling options for conventionally built properties. For condo conversions, Nelson advises would-be buyers to schedule a thorough walk-through with a professional home inspector before loosening those purse strings. --ForeWord Magazine

Considering that all of the current trends, from green living and great design to frugal DIY, are what modern women attend to, perhaps this NAHB angle is a way out of the home/décor publishing market slump: appeal to the female demographic. --Publishers Weekly

About the Author

Tara-Nicholle Nelson is a real estate investor and broker, attorney, and an accredited buyer s representative with a Masters in psychology. She is the founder of (RE)Think Real Estate, a content company that innovates and delivers multimedia knowledge and mindset solutions for women seeking to enhance their lifestyles through property ownership.

Product Details

• Paperback: 166 pages
• Publisher: BuilderBooks.com (January 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0867186348
• ISBN-13: 978-0867186345
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,469,214 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Tara-Nicholle Nelson, MA, Esq. is a real estate broker and an accredited buyer's representative. Tara's real estate expertise is providing real estate education and services to niche markets, including single women, investors, and parties involved in legally complex transactions. Tara completed Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Psychology at the California State University and graduated from Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall) in 2001. After leaving a diverse law practice ranging from legal malpractice defense to corporate and real estate law, she began a unique real estate sales practice. Realizing that several demographic groups--single women, seniors, investors, and bilingual clients--were being underserved, Tara melded insights from her psychology background, legal and negotiating savvy, and real estate expertise to innovate a system which she has now used to coach hundreds of single women and investors to success at the endeavor of purchasing a home. Today, Tara's passion is taking her system to women nationwide with {RE}think Real Estate, a brand of educational resources designed to transform women's experience of real estate, and to inspire them to enhance their lives with property ownership.