Buyers Are Liars & Sellers Are Too!: The Truth about Buying or Selling Your Home

by Richard Courtney

Uncover the most common lies in real estate -- what youreallyneed to know before you buy or sell a homeBuying or selling your home is a daunting task. Let's face it: you're making the largest purchase or largest sale of your life. Along with all that emotion and risk -- and dealing with agents, banks, movers, and wrapping up your current living situation -- you have to sort through all the industry lingo and half-truths that go along with any major...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0743281578
• ISBN13: 9780743281577
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Fireside Books
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

A hilarious must read for anyone buying and/or selling a home

Richard Courtney's book is delightful, insightful & informative. I knew nothing about the intricate process of buying and selling a home until I read his book. Richard keeps it simple and puts everything into perspective about what to expect when buying or selling a home. His sense of humor and real estate expertise will keep you laughing and learning from start to finish.

This book saved me...TWICE!!!

I have bought and sold two houses and thanks to this book the process was MUCH less stressful. The author's common sense advice and straightforward suggestions kept me sane many times. I would recommend this book highly to anyone who is even thinking of buying or selling a home. It will help take away the many wakeful nights of worry associated with this incredibly anxiety-filled time!

Well organized, thorough and laugh-out-loud funny!

Whether you're buying or selling your first house or your 10th, this is book to read before you begin! My husband and I have bought and sold several homes and a couple of investment properties over the years. We've read a number of real estate guides, but this one is the best. Well-organized, thorough without getting into the minutiae, and best of all, laugh-out-loud funny. I swear we've lived some of the anecdotes in this book, especially those in the chapter on closings - the author is right, "it ain't over till it's over." This book provided the reality check we needed before putting our house on the market.

An EASY, GREAT read for a hard, terrible process

My husband and I found ourselves in a terrible real estate transaction last month. "Buyers are Liars..." was a godsend. The best part for me was that the last thing I had was TIME to read. We were staging our old house for selling and wading through HUGE problems with the house we were buying. I read this book late one night... a VERY fast but still very helpful read. We were able to go into the rest of the process with more real and helpful information on our side... and the most powerful thing you can have in that process is good information. Thank you, author Richard Courtney.

THE book on buying and selling real estate!!!

This is by far one of the best (and most humorous) books I have ever read concerning the relationships between buyers and sellers in the real estate market. Anyone who is in the market for a new home, or those looking to put their home on the market, should read this before they "make their next deal". Richard seems to cover every scenario from day one to closing! A very easy read, and one that is quite hard to put down!!!